Mansoor Raza
From poor female employment numbers to a growing housing crisis, Karachi Census 2023 presents an accurate image of issues that need to be addressed in the city.
Updated 09 Feb, 2025 02:23pm
Water ‘tankers’ barrelling down the road are a common sight even in Karachi’s ‘posh’ areas, illustrating the greatest issue
Updated 05 Jan, 2025 12:10pm
The beating pulse of Muharram is underpinned by the noha , which is more than just a recounting of the events and tragedy of Karbala.
Updated 14 Jul, 2024 09:11pm
Urdu resistance poetry has played a seminal role in the darkest of times, challenging the status quo, giving voice to
Updated 21 Apr, 2024 04:16pm
Karachi neighbourhoods have undergone massive upheaval.
Published 02 Mar, 2024 07:04am
Inflation has cast a shadow on every sphere of life.
Published 13 Jan, 2024 07:07am
Pakistan’s population explosion and rapid urbanisation has left a growing number of people without access to housing.
Updated 07 Nov, 2022 10:35am
All hazards are natural and all disasters a result of unjust anthropogenic interactions with nature.
Updated 27 Sep, 2023 12:07pm
Karachi will continue to flood no matter how many thousands are displaced in the name of anti-encroachment drives.
Updated 28 Jul, 2022 02:06pm
Thanks to advances in medicine, the number of citizens who are 60 years and above is rising around the world. But in this country
Published 24 Jan, 2021 06:44am
How can city planning be made more inclusive?
Updated 13 Dec, 2020 12:48pm
The prevalence of mental illness has increased with unemployment and political and economic uncertainty, which can only
Published 13 Oct, 2019 07:12am
Voices of dissent are once again being raised about a constitutional requirement.
Updated 30 Jan, 2017 01:05pm
Horror stories about rise in violence against women may mask trend showing increasing role of women in the public sphere
Updated 12 Aug, 2016 11:37am
The horror stories about the rise of violence against women may be masking a complementary trend: the increasing role
Updated 12 Aug, 2016 03:54am
May Day was once the celebration of the eight-hour day movement; today, it is a gory reminder of the global decline of
Published 01 May, 2016 07:01am
While the men are routinely subjected to everyday violence, the more heinous attacks on scheduled castes are aimed at
Published 13 Mar, 2016 06:40am
In the city of lights, life under flyovers and on pedestrian bridges is far removed from the pace of traffic over them.
Updated 26 Jul, 2015 01:28pm
They hustle on the street from dawn to dusk, they serve our needs and desires. Meet the street vendors of Karachi.
Published 03 May, 2015 12:06pm
