Current Stories Water Mafia and Governance in Karachi Water provision is “more lucrative than drugs,” said one of the interviewees in our research in Karachi, Pakistan. Competition for Read more
Current Stories Development icons The writer is an academic and researcher based in Karachi. TWO icons in the development sector passed away recently — Read more
Current Stories Ex-civil servant, social activist Tasneem Siddiqui laid to rest The funeral prayers of former top civil servant and social activist Tasneem Ahmad Siddiqui, who had passed away from a Read more
Current Stories Land supply The writer is an academic and researcher based in Karachi. ON Jan 22, Google commemorated Perween Rahman’s 65th birthday. It Read more
Current Stories THE TALKING WALLS OF KARACHI ‘Deewaaron ke bhi kaan hotay hain [The walls also have ears],’ goes the Urdu proverb. But here we argue Read more
Current Stories Many women now prefer to live alone rather than being subject to domestic abuse The recent figures of rising divorce rates in major urban centres come as a surprise for both the legal Read more
Current Stories Meeting stresses need for liaison between govt and organisations for climate change awareness Environmental activists at a meeting underscored the need for creating awareness about negative impacts of climate change on the citizens’ Read more
Current Stories Built hazards The writer is an academic and researcher based in Karachi. THE Dec 18 sewerage line blast in the vicinity of Read more
Current Stories Perween Rahman’s legacy will live on in the invaluable heritage of capable young people The life of the urban poor in Pakistan is miserable on many counts. The absence of dependable livelihoods, traumatic experiences Read more
Current Stories Time for Sindh to take decision: Asad Umar KARACHI: Leaders of various political parties at ‘all stakeholder conference’, organised by the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Karachi chapter, unanimously rejected Read more
