The mushroom growth of slums in Karachi has become one of the city’s most pressing issues. As Pakistan’s largest metropolis ...

Pakistan's Karachi yet again witnessed prolonged power ... extending from the North Karachi Industrial Area to adjacent slums. The industrial zone experiences no power outages.

At the same time, affordable housing and other fair resolutions to Karachi's housing problems are not on the government's agenda, meaning slums will continue to pop up. The provincial government ...

Machhar Colony — also known as Muhammadi Colony — is believed to be the oldest and the largest slum area of the metropolitan city. Primarily home to Bengali community, the slum, which is ...

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By 1951, with the influx of people migrating from India to Pakistan, Karachi’s population ballooned to 1.37 million as most refugees ended up in the coastal city — the capital of Pakistan at ...

Six Chinese nationals running businesses in Pakistan’s southern port city of Karachi have withdrawn a harassment complaint against the police after local authorities promised to investigate their ...