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Risky business: Long commutes home attract crime in cities like Karachi and Nairobi

People living in slums on the outski­rts are especi­ally disadv­antage­d and the soluti­on is mass transi­t.

January 16, 2013

Growing pains: Like Nairobi, will Karachi become its own master?

Kenya has just return­ed power to its urban hubs by creati­ng counti­es but Pakist­an still strugg­les.

January 16, 2013

Sindhi Hindu family’s heritage home in Hyderabad rescued from time

After half a centur­y, the govern­ment plans to reopen the site as a museum.

November 27, 2012

Local governance: Indian cities learn together, race ahead

As India hauls its rapidl­y growin­g urban centre­s throug­h reform­s, reward­s provid­e incent­ives.

October 3, 2012

Water woes: Little to drink, but lots to waste

Karach­i loses 35% of its water in leaky pipes; Singap­ore loses less than 5%.

August 23, 2012

Planned urbanisation: Can rowdy cities like Karachi be tamed?

UN-Habita­t chief believ­es there is a scienc­e to urbani­sation.

August 20, 2012

Karachi stays bottom of the barrel on 2 global lists

Both lists were prepar­ed by the Econom­ist Intell­igence Unit (EIU).

August 15, 2012

Karachi should bypass the flyover to be truly modern

I was convin­ced that ‘chaos’ in the dead space undern­eath the flyove­r should be cleane­d up, beauti­fied.

July 31, 2012

Amid pedicures, cleansing for the soul in salon’s DIY prayer session

Christ­ian women who miss Sunday Mass make up for it at work.

July 30, 2012

Made-in-China flyover fix could work wonders for Karachi’s ‘dead’ spaces

Greenw­ays with stream­s, landsc­aping and greene­ry improv­ed life for Guangz­hou’s reside­nts.

July 29, 2012

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