Transforming a Karachi slum into a tidy suburb
The success of various programmes initiated under a pilot project in Orangi, a Karachi slum, has inspired its leader to predict the squatter …
IMF package leads Pakistan to disaster
A short-term economic policy has meant more unemployment and poverty as well as a slower growth rate and environmental degradation
Community welfare works as a contraceptive
In Pakistan, they are controlling population growth by raising the living standards of local communities through Pasbaan, the social …
The fight to save Moenjodaro
A worldwide initiative to save the ancient city is trying to lower the water table around it and bind back the Indus before it gets washed away
Figuring out natural costs
Many economists now argue that nature cannot be the provider of a perpetual free lunch. It's time to account for natural resource degradation …
While Pakistan angers Arabs for its bustard
'Orangi is not unique, I am'
Akhtar Hameed Khan is one of Asia's foremost social organisers. The Orangi Pilot Proiect, Karachi's outstanding slum development programme, …