Empress Market

END OF THE EMPRESS

END OF THE EMPRESS

Gentrifiers bulldozed Karachi's iconic market years ago, but the violence unleashed in that moment never stopped.
Updated 25 Apr, 2022 10:24am
The Empress’s five old trees

The Empress’s five old trees

The stories about Empress Market require corroboration but nature, and the love it bestows on buildings, does not.
Updated 28 Dec, 2018 09:23am
Fate of an icon

Fate of an icon

Empress Market was not meant to be a museum.
Published 05 Dec, 2018 07:18am
Karachi's fallen Empress

Karachi's fallen Empress

Like the Four Horse­men of the Apocalypse, four bulldozers stand in the rubble of what was once Empress Market.
Updated 19 Nov, 2018 11:50am