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Intensifying Urbanities in Karachi

Vol. 57, Issue No. 5, 29 Jan, 2022
Adam Abdullah, Soha Macktoom, Nausheen H Anwar, Noman Ahmed

Millennial Karachi is an “intense city” with compounding precarities of varying scales. The COVID-19 pandemic has added yet another layer of uncertainty. Through an engagement with the concept of the intense city, the pandemic’s regulation and hopeful prospects in the state’s new welfare policies are considered. 

 

Ustaads, Shagirds, and the Drudgery and Virtuosity of Breakdowns and Repair

Vol. 55, Issue No. 51, 26 Dec, 2020
Nausheen H Anwar

Maintenance and repair work constitute an important part of a thriving urban life, in this case, in Karachi, Pakistan. The connection between breakdowns, and repair and maintenance practices is looked at along with evaluating the promises around development and modernity. This is done by understanding the work dynamics of the ustaads and shagirds who form the backbone of all kinds of repair work.

Keeping Cities in Motion

Vol. 55, Issue No. 51, 26 Dec, 2020
Nausheen H Anwar, Malini Sur

As the cities in South Asia transform into global or “world-class” cities, the lives of those who construct, repair, and maintain these cities are changing.

Pakistan : 'Regularising' the Poor

Vol. 36, Issue No. 29, 21 Jul, 2001
Kurt Jacobsen, Sayeed Hasan Khan

The Sindh Katchi Abadi Authority, led by Tasneem Ahmad Siddiqui, has devised a cost-effective model of housing for the urban poor in the Pakistani province. The objective is to tap ordinary people's ingenuity while improving and legalising their living conditions. The model has been so successful that it has won Siddiqui global recognition.

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