The author is Chairperson of Department of Architecture and Planning at NED University, Karachi. He can be reached at nomaniconn@gmail.com
Katchi abadis are a response to the successively failing attempts of state institutions towards providing housing for low-income people
Higher education policies must be formulated through a scientific process
State institutions, civil society, and political forces will have to come together to ensure peace and security in our society
Our heritage sites need urgent and proper conservation mechanism
Safety of the worker must be the priority of a contractor before starting a development project
Activating local governments with no focus on the welfare of the poor means nothing
How best to reap the benefits of initiatives like Habitat-III and prepare better human policies
A set of focused strategies is needed without delay to deal with incidents of violence
Despite a thriving real estate sector in Karachi, there is a total absence of any sane development control
The best way to take the country forward and foil coups is to take politics and political organisations to the grass roots and make people believe...