KARACHI: In one of the major neighbourhood-level interventions since the new local government system came into place in 2023, the Karachi Metropolitan Corporation (KMC) has approved nearly Rs300 million per year —Rs100,000 per month each — for 246 union committees (UCs) to
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THE lidless manholes in Karachi lay bare the failure of the city administration to provide even the bare necessities of daily living to residents. This week, a regular shopping trip left another family scarred for life. A manhole near Nipa in Gulshan-i-Iqbal
KARACHI: Sindh Senior Minister Sharjeel Inam Memon said the world’s largest housing programme, Sindh Peoples Housing for Flood Affectees (SPHF), has grown beyond a scheme and turned into a social revolution. He said verification of two million people has been completed, accounts
KARACHI: Karachi Commissioner Syed Hassan Naqvi has directed the Sindh Building Control Authority (SBCA) to complete the survey of dangerous buildings in the city, have them evacuated, and demolish those already evacuated as soon as possible. During a meeting he chaired at
KARACHI: The displaced residents of Gujjar, Orangi and Mehmoodabad Nullahs staged a protest outside the Karachi Registry of the Supreme Court on Friday to demand the rental payments and housing compensation promised to them after their homes were demolished more than four years ago.
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Karachi is teetering on the edge of a major disaster, as over 80 per cent of the city’s buildings lack basic fire safety systems, and more than 90 per cent have no emergency exits, leaving millions of residents at constant risk, fire
Karachi was lashed by heavy downpours as the second wave of monsoon rains hit the city, with Surjani Town receiving the highest rainfall at 129.8mm over the past 24 hours. According to the Pakistan Meteorological Department (PMD), Gulshan-e-Maymar (Jamia Rasheed) recorded 93.1mm,
Sindh Senior Minister for Information and Transport Sharjeel Inam Memon has said the Sindh government stands with the flood-affected people and is providing them with all possible relief. In a statement, he said that on the instructions of the chief minister, district