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Accelerated vulnerability

Marginalised communities in cities and suburban areas are at a greater risk to climate related challenges T he year 2025

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Experts seek urban land reforms, halt to unregulated commercialisation

KARACHI: Urban planning experts, architects and members of civil society voiced their concerns over the recent amendments to the Karachi

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PILAP challenges controversial land-use changes by SBCA in court

KARACHI: In a significant move to protect residential areas, the Public Interest Law Association of Pakistan (PILAP), together with Shehri-CBE

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SBCA amendment allowing commercial use of residential property challenged in SHC

The Sindh High Court building in Karachi. — Facebook@sindhhighcourt.gov.pk/File The Public Interest Law Association of Pakistan (PILAP), together with Shehri-CBE

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‘Canals project will devastate Indus delta, cause water crisis’

Members of civil society, along with politicians and activists, staged a rally on Sunday in protest over the federal government’s

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A city’s needs

THE recent decision by the Sindh Building Control Authority (SBCA) to promote the construction and functioning of commercial activities within

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Alumnus appointed Acting Vice Chancellor of NED University in Pakistan

Professor Noman Ahmed, who received a PhD in Civil and Building Engineering from Loughborough University in 2005, has undertaken a

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Displaced families urge releasing financial assistance at once

Heavy machinery busy in demolishing encroachments established along the Gujjar Nullah during anti-encroachment campaign in Karachi. — PPI/File The families

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Karachi’s Wrong High-Rise Option

Housing is not just a social right but can be the best way to fight urban poverty as well. Cities

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Perilous traffic

FOR several weeks now, Karachi has seen an uptick in traffic-related tragedies, with many people killed by speeding dumpers, trucks

Accelerated vulnerability

Experts seek urban land reforms, halt to unregulated commercialisation

PILAP challenges controversial land-use changes by SBCA in court

SBCA amendment allowing commercial use of residential property challenged in SHC

‘Canals project will devastate Indus delta, cause water crisis’

A city’s needs

Alumnus appointed Acting Vice Chancellor of NED University in Pakistan

Displaced families urge releasing financial assistance at once

Karachi’s Wrong High-Rise Option

Perilous traffic

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Making cities child-friendly

Excluded from healthcare

Non-Fiction: The Karachi That We Forgot

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