Eviction, Jan to Jun-2017 Encroachment and Eviction News January – June 2017 This compilation covers key news events from January to June 2017, focusing on encroachment and forced evictions in Pakistan. It Read more
Eviction, July to Dec-2017 Encroachment and Eviction News July – December 2017 This compilation highlights key events from July to December 2017 related to encroachment and forced evictions in Pakistan, shedding light Read more
Current Stories KARACHI’S STREET ECONOMY Fruit vendors and other hawkers at a bazaar in Karachi | Courtesy the writer This article draws upon the work Read more
Current Stories Development and displacement: Federal govt to aid extension of city’s storm drains Project may take two years to complete, affecting some 1,200 houses in the process The prime objective of the construction Read more
Current Stories Planning the city No matter how industriously master plans of cities are made, because of the prevalent bureaucratic work culture the operationalization of Read more
Karachi Circular Railway KCR Displaced Families Effective List by JICA This report provides a detailed list of families displaced due to the Karachi Circular Railway (KCR) project, as compiled by Read more
Current Stories Census & the city THE federal cabinet has approved the 2017 census results. Some political parties, including those with greater stakes in Karachi, have Read more
Current Stories How Karachi Developed by Jugard One day architect, provocateur, town planner Arif Hasan went to see Shafiqur Rahman Paracha, the bureaucrat who was in charge Read more
Current Stories THE FAULT IN OUR MEGAPROJECTS How can city planning be made more inclusive? Underpasses, flyovers and parking plazas are often presented as the epitome of Read more
Current Stories In the face of demolitions, very little will be left of Karachi KARACHI: Sustainable development remains a distant dream in Pakistan, as the government fails to consider an integrated planning approach, which Read more
‘Nature can’t be blamed for health problems created by man-made environmental hazards’ Current Stories
