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The expressway is bound to threaten Karachi’s ecology.
More than 60 per cent of Karachi’s population now lives in informal neighbourhoods because of the scarcity of affordable planned housing.
The much-needed ‘modernisation’ of Karachi's railway infrastructure may transform the city's and region’s future, but also
The footprint of the proposed museum may be very small, but its area of usage will be at least six times as much and will cause further congestion in...
At present, many parks in the city exist as isolated spaces.
Karachi’s old city settlement of Lyari occupies a distinct place in the Pakistani (and now in the Indian) imagination, coloured
When the government removes the homeless, where do they go?
New museums, revived public spaces, and growing youth participation in and engagement with the arts are reshaping Karachi’s...
Views on removing conocarpus trees have been mixed.
Flyovers have not solved the city’s problems.
Planning and development expert Arif Hasan has spent more than five decades working with poor communities across Pakistan and development...
The mapping of waterways is necessary.
What have Karachi agencies done to tackle urban flooding.
Buildings must be seen in the larger context of their physical environment.
Many informal developers have become quite ‘formal’.