Urban development

The govt’s ad hoc repairs unlikely to be of any aid to Karachi, fear urban planning experts

Focus remains on roads, infrastructure, health and education

Construction along greenbelts, influx of population and traffic issues proving catastrophic for capital city

World Bank to fund 3,000 more lavatories

Environmental concerns need to be a major proponent of the design aspect of the gated structures

Arable land being eaten up by housing societies, will have grave consequences for our food security: Imran

They say land use policy should be developed to regulate this phenomenon

With low fiscal space, govt is persistently looking for alternative funding sources

Run by inept planners, there is no zoning for commerce, education, public space and poverty

‘Planning Commission had asked Metro authorities to protect cultural sites’