The Sindh government's decision to ply double-decker buses in Karachi is a cosmetic move. It goes without saying that the metropolitan, ranked 12th globally in terms of size and population, is in dire need of a public transport system, but not one that is fancy and ill-planned. The ground reality is that Karachi's civic infrastructure is in tatters as none of the stakeholders come to own it, per se.

The city has been longing for a circular railway for decades. The existing transportation is ultra-privatised, with millions left with no other choice but to hop on junked carriages, putrescent rickshaws........

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