Current Stories Why the silence? RECENTLY, at a history conference on academic freedom held at SZABIST, a session was devoted to analysing the culture of Read more
Current Stories Plight of the displaced The plight of the people displaced due to the anti-encroachment drive in Karachi is an urgent humanitarian crisis that demands Read more
Current Stories SC summons Karachi mayor on plea to rehabilitate displaced families The Supreme Court on Monday summoned the Karachi mayor and other officials for Dec 21 in a case pertaining to Read more
Current Stories Issues with BRT WHILE meeting an Asian Development Bank delegation earlier this month, Sindh’s caretaker chief minister said that 180 solar-powered buses will Read more
Current Stories A place called home The state of housing in Pakistan is anything but satisfactory. A State Bank of Pakistan Report from 2020 says that Read more
Current Stories Karachi’s social problems discussed in context of environmental issues The inauguration ceremony of the second edition of five-day winter school “Environmental Change, Societies at Risk and Social Vulnerabilities in Read more
Current Stories Karachi’s precarious land market The Supreme Court (SC) recently initiated measures to effectively implement the judgments passed with respect to Bahria Town Karachi (BTK). For Read more
Current Stories Decorating Karachi IN a recent meeting, Sindh’s caretaker chief minister expressed his resolve to ‘beautify’ Karachi. Addressing bureaucrats, heads of civic agencies Read more
Current Stories Afghan refugees THE manner in which Afghan refugees are being repatriated from Pakistan is unfortunate. Under the Citizens’ Act, anyone born in Read more
Current Stories ‘Nature can’t be blamed for health problems created by man-made environmental hazards’ The topic of the talk organised by the Urban Resource Centre (URC) on Tuesday was ‘The adverse effects on health Read more
