Empress Market

Participants deliberated on priorities of the next master plan

Infant monkeys handed over to ACF, will be released in Nathia Gali after rehabilitation, says wildlife dept

Anti-encroachment squad appealed to encroachers to remove stalls and other structures on their own

Seagulls, owls and falcons set free at Sea View, Super Highway

The small mammals are apparently sold for the purpose of witchcraft

Owners of the over 1,700 shops demolished around the iconic structure question the wisdom of the move

Karachi's revitalisation drive aims to remake Pakistan's largest city

Night markets for displaced vendors also proposed

The committee comprises architects, horticulturists and civil engineers

Roughly 14,719 shops have been demolished so far — 1,700 in Empress Market, 296 in Lunda Bazaar

Karachi needs at least four or five new market buildings, especially in the central business district

KMC and Sindh government have plenty of space to build markets in the city’s main business district

Park and monuments will be built in areas adjoining Empress Market, says provincial adviser

The long arm of the law keeps swooping in to crush the hopes of people who have little — or nothing

Around 10,000 families have lost their livelihoods in a matter of two to three days

A grand operation is underway to remove illegal encroachments around Karachi's Empress Market

The anti-encroachment drive is being conducted across Karachi on the Supreme Court's orders

Sindh govt to turn Empress Market into pedestrian only zone, operate trams for public use

Sindh IG Allah Dino Khawaja also took notice of the incident and asked the South DIG to conduct an inquiry

About 22 freedom fighters were executed on the site where Empress Market now stands

Eighty-year-old Muhammad Hassan is paid Rs5 for shelling a kilogramme of peas