Karachi (Culture)
Karachi: What the Census Tells Us
Karachi: What the Census Tells Us By Arif Hasan, Amal Hashim and Dhuha Alvi The census of a country gives us details of its population structure, its socio-economic wellbeing, and the conditions of its human...
Karachi’s Public Transport
Karachi’s Public Transport Karachi, the largest city in Pakistan has a major transport crisis. This book describes the pre-Independence situation and subsequent initiatives while analysing the political, social, technical, and financial reasons for their failures...
KARACHI’S STREET ECONOMY
Fruit vendors and other hawkers at a bazaar in Karachi | Courtesy the writer This article draws upon the work I have done at different times with Architects Asiya Sadiq Polack and Christophe Polack, Dr...
The Future of Karachi’s CBD
Karachi’s Central Business District (CBD) is normally considered to lie between Lea Market to the north, Maulvi Tamizzuddin Road to the south and between the Quaid’s Mazar to the east and Merewether Tower to the...
The Churches, Temples, and Shrines of Karachi
This study was initiated by Arif Hasan in 1987 and was carried out until 2010. The research work was conducted by Architect Aqsa Mumtaz. She was assisted by an engineer, Abdul Hakim, from Arif Hasan’s...
The Future Of Karachi’s Saddar
For the past 30 years, the future of Empress Market and hence of Karachi’s Saddar has been a subject of debate among architects, planners, administrators and politicians. Some have proposed that the building should be...
Saddar Massacre
One of the reasons given for the demolitions is the protection of heritage. But heritage is not simply a dead colonial stone building. It is a living thing, enjoyment and a form of participation for...
Where’s Empress Market?
KARACHI’S pre-Partition mayors and colonial administration placed most of our beautiful institutional and iconic buildings on the axis of important roads. As a result, these buildings, before pollution obscured them from view, could be seen...
Where’s Empress Market?
KARACHI’S pre-Partition mayors and colonial administration placed most of our beautiful institutional and iconic buildings on the axis of important roads. As a result, these buildings, before pollution obscured them from view, could be seen...
Chaotic city area
KARACHI’S central business district (CBD) is normally considered to lie between Lea Market to the north, Maulvi Tamiz¬zuddin Road to the south and between the Quaid’s mazaar to the east and Merewether Tower to the...
Responding To The Transport Crisis In Karachi
Transport-related problems in Karachi have increased considerably in recent decades. Traffic congestion contributes to increased air and noise pollution, leading to health problems, high accident rates, and environmental degradation. It has also meant declining living...
M. A Jinnah Road (Part I)
1996 – Arif Hasan Initiated and supervised the photographic documentation of M. A. Jinnah Road. This was done to record Karachi’s built heritage which was being threatened by the elevated light-rail project through this historic artery of the city.
