Karachi’s collapse
Urban development functions in an institutional limbo.
Dr Noman Ahmed
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.
Right to shelter
The issues faced by the urban poor are severe.
Which master plan?
Karachi is growing in a rudderless manner.
Impending disaster
Institutional responses towards the challenges are not promising.
Will PTI’s Karachi package be different from those of the past?
Repeatedly injecting billions of rupees may seem impressive, but there are many pitfalls to learn from.