CPEC is on its way
Is the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) going as planned? Since it was launched in 2013, the flagship project of the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), has been under the watchful…
Covid and displacement
The advent of Covid-19 is having a profound impact on the everyday life experiences and well-being of displaced families, who are still struggling to recover from the grave socio-economic setbacks…
Rs54 billion a year
Austerity is practised at two levels: economic and political. At the economic level, austerity is an attempt to reduce the government’s budgetary deficit by reducing government expenditures. At the economic…
For an equal society
The arrival of the first train car for the Orange Line Metro Train project signified a major development for the project that has drawn the attention of people from across…
A fine balance
The two recent judicial interventions of the Supreme Court of Pakistan are significant with regard to the questions of urban development and their impact on cultural heritage. The suo motu…
Heritage and development
If there was any ‘award’ gained in 2017 – in addition to the benefit reaped in the case of the Hudaibiya Paper Mills – it would undoubtedly be the green…
Lahore’s ruin at Shahbaz Sharif’s hands
The Lahore High Court (LHC) has struck a blow for the preservation of the Punjab capital's heritage and against the incremental tendency of the province's PML-N government, and especially Chief…
