A system for the rich and powerful
Reckless sale of land along the Northern Bypass, clandestine land acquisition by a mega realtor along Super Highway, ....
Dr Noman Ahmed
Weak structures
Buildings have been falling like ninepins in Karachi.
After the rains
Karachi needs to be managed with consensus.
Urban flooding
Karachi should prepare for the next torrential downpour.
Karachi’s collapse
Urban development functions in an institutional limbo.
Youth volunteers
Pakistan’s youth can benefit from serving others.
After the Rs12,000 dole
The knowledge to deal with the poor and poverty lies with institutions that have experience of working in these sectors
Building safety
Karachi requires an urgent intervention.
SHELTERLESS IN KARACHI
Every day is a struggle for the shelterless in Karachi, but they make do and find ways to survive.
Fixing Karachi
The need for landfill sites must be addressed on a priority basis.
Hutment inferno
Such fires are caused by many factors.
Jinnah’s forgotten precept
ACCORDING to Hector Bolitho, one of Jinnah’s biographers, scrupulousness and uprightness were few of the several...
Building collapse
Such structures become living death traps.
The BRT problem
Total integration with other modes of transport is necessary.
The master plan
The strategic significance of Gwadar was never in doubt.
Waste conundrum
Karachi needs to tackle its mountain of garbage.
PTI's one year: Has tabdeeli come to Karachi?
The party has to do a lot more to impress the city.
Why did Karachi sink in the rain?
The city's topography has been altered without any regard to the overall form of the megapolis.
Wanted: a democratic political party
While democracy is an integral component of statecraft, it is nowhere to be found within political parties.
Derailed again
Lack of political will is preventing reform in PR.