Bundal Island development, a policy disaster in waiting. on December 2, 2020Bundal, a small island off the coast of Sindh, is at the center of a political storm. The Prime Minister Imran Khan is determined to develop Bundal into a world-class island city under the jurisdiction of the recently established Pakistan Island Development Authority. But this move has sparked yet another dispute with the Sindh administration […]
The problem with “transforming” Karachi on September 14, 2020This week, the federal government officially unveiled the Karachi Transformation Plan (KTP). At first glance, the Rs1.1 trillion initiative looks like a concerted effort to address the city’s housing, municipal, and transport needs. Unfortunately, despite an attempt to build stakeholder consensus, cracks have already begun to appear in the Center-Sindh partnership at the heart of […]
The journey from water pipe to pipe dream on July 4, 2018Conducting research in Karachi is exciting. Every summer, I look travel to this city and speak to its inhabitants about their water problems. Hanging around with officials and listening to everyday people describe how they navigate Karachi’s hydraulic chaos; I have heard some truly marvellous stories about life in this city. This summer, however, the […]