The state's dereliction of duty is costing innocent lives. The collapse of a five-storey residential building in Karachi's Lyari neighbourhood, which has so far claimed at least 27 lives, is the predictable outcome of a system that no longer functions to protect its people. For over a year, the Sindh Building Control Authority (SBCA) had declared the structure unsafe and issued four evacuation notices. Yet residents remained inside, utilities........

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