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Karachi anti-encroachment verdict: SC urged to form larger bench

The Supreme Court has been moved with a plea seeking larger bench formation to revisit its verdict under which directives

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NCRC asked to ensure protection of child rights in its strategic plan

KARACHI: Stakeholders, including officials from government departments, police, prisons, independent institutions and civil society have asked the National Commission on

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Experts blame government apathy, bad lifestyles for Karachi being among world’s ‘most stressful’ cities

A Pakistani stockbroker reacts while monitoring share prices during a trading session at the Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX) in Karachi

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DOWNED BY THE DRAINS OF KARACHI

Houses are bulldozed along the Gujjar Nullah | Fahim Siddiqi/White Star It’s been exactly two months since Maria Yaqub, a

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UN experts express concern over eviction, demolition drive along drains

The evictions and demolitions, ordered after last year’s devastating rains, may affect up to 12,000 homes housing 96,000 people. —

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Sindh govt to construct Mauripur Expressway, ICI interchange

KARACHI: Sindh government will construct Mauripur Expressway and ICI interchange under public private partnership (PPP) mode to facilitate the traffic

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UN experts call on govt to stop mass evictions along Karachi’s Gujjar, Orangi nullahs

Karachi Development Authority (KDA) staffers demolishing illegally constructed residences during an anti-encroachment operation on the Gujar Nullah,in Gulberg. — Online

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Loss of homes

The writer is an academic and researcher based in Karachi. WITH Supreme Court instructions to proceed with demolitions along the

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Homes Of The Homeless

More than 50,000 people lose homes in Karachi to clear two major waterways. Karachi: Sitting on the debris of her

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‘Where should we go?’: thousands left homeless as Karachi clears waterways

Rubble where houses used to stand and part-destroyed buildings in Gujjar. Photograph: Shah Meer Baloch As Pakistan’s supreme court backs bulldozing

Karachi anti-encroachment verdict: SC urged to form larger bench

NCRC asked to ensure protection of child rights in its strategic plan

Experts blame government apathy, bad lifestyles for Karachi being among world’s ‘most stressful’ cities

DOWNED BY THE DRAINS OF KARACHI

UN experts express concern over eviction, demolition drive along drains

Sindh govt to construct Mauripur Expressway, ICI interchange

UN experts call on govt to stop mass evictions along Karachi’s Gujjar, Orangi nullahs

Loss of homes

Homes Of The Homeless

‘Where should we go?’: thousands left homeless as Karachi clears waterways

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