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Who Is Responsible?

Who is responsible?

In one of the worst industrial tragedies in the country, a fire that erupted on Tuesday in a Karachi garment factory left upwards of 250 people dead, most of them…

Oppression Of Women Workers

Oppression of women workers

On April 11, the Arts Council auditorium in Karachi resounded with festivity. The first National Convention on Home Based Workers (HBW) was being held there. The disturbance caused by crying…

All Is Not Well

All is not well

Those readers who have visited the marvellous Mohatta palace in Karachi must have noticed a couple of lion statues sitting there since 1920, the year the palace was built. Had…

Reduced Gas Supply To KESC

Reduced gas supply to KESC

Currently, KESC has been forced to carry out increased loadshedding in Karachi due to unjust and inadequate allocation of low cost generation fuel, that is natural gas. This is a…

Smokers’ Corner: Enter Altafism

Smokers’ Corner: Enter Altafism

In 2010 in Karachi, billboards and wall-chalking appeared across the city with the term ‘Altafism. ’Unlike the word ‘Bhuttoism’ that was mainly the construct of some passionate lower-tier leadership of…

New Thinking On Public Parks

New thinking on public parks

The Supreme Court and the High Courts have always been the protectors of parks and green spaces. Recently, the Supreme Court had a wholesale shopping market in Karachi agree to…

Pakistan’s Masters

Pakistan’s masters

The recent retrospective shows of the work of master sculptors Shahid Sajjad and Rabia Zuberi provided Karachi the opportunity to view an important segment of the country’s art history. Simultaneously,…

The Looming Catastrophe

The looming catastrophe

On June 20, four terrorists, allegedly belonging to the murderous Jundullah, who were standing trial for bombing the Ashura procession in Karachi last December, were freed by six allegedly fellow…

All About Books

All about books

There is good news about books. The Pakistan Publishers and Booksellers Association’s fourth international book fair in Karachi in December was quite a crowd puller. The fair has now emerged…

Misrepresenting Women

Misrepresenting women

Recently I hosted a screening of the documentary Miss Representation at The Second Floor in Karachi. The documentary, written and produced by American filmmaker Jennifer Siebel Newsom, shows how the…