Because of an increasing number of requests for information received by Arif Hasan and the impossibility of responding to all of them, Engineer Mansoor Raza suggested that an Arif Hasan archival website that can be continuously added to, should be created. The International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED) UK, accepted the idea and agreed to finance the website and the research and documentation required for it.
Architect Durreshahwar Alvi was made in-charge of the website project. She has selected and categorised the articles, reports, seminar papers and books that form part of the site. She has coordinated this work with Architect Natasha Zubair who has made a selection of Arif Hasan’s architectural and planning projects and photographs of Karachi and the different areas of Pakistan where Arif Hasan has worked. Sabahat Muhammad has designed the website and Zainab and Mansoor Raza have been advisors in the site design and selection process.
13 Comments
I have to drop a quick line to congratulate you for producing this site. It is a tremendous contribution and I hope, with time it will improve. Led by Arif Hasan you are attempting to record and preserve the things which unfortunately often disappear without a trace or are nearly impossible to obtain as reference.
Durreshahwar Alvi, Natasha Zubair, Sabahat Muhammad deserve lots of credit for this useful contributions.
I hope to use this mine of information in future.
Thanks to all of you.
Iqbal Aalam
This is a great initiative and improves accessibility of resources hugely. Arif Sahib’s thoughts and work is extremely relevant to development practice and I will be using this site for our projects, talks etc.
Mansoor Ali
A great initiative, a useful resource centre, marvellous work by a an extraordinary man. I am very happy to access the work of Arif Hasan online.
Thanks for this. Extremely useful sources for my transport/ public policy research.
It’s an asset for us. I highly appreciate this great effort.
Commendable effort.
Arif Hasan Saab is an intellectual asset of Pakistan. Thanks to (IIED) UK and its team for developing this website.
A good idea, useful source of information & urban issue. A helpful point to
the researcher. We have need it
Thank You Sir
Love it
When I was in Karachi in 1972, I had no idea that Jewish cemetery existed. But your photos show that it’s still in decent repair.
Just found this website during my research on various express ways. I am impressed by the quality of the content and the design of the website.
Thank you for collecting such a wide range of substantial information the team has collated at a single platform.
Great work and extremely useful website. I would also love to see more on sustainable architecture and current residential high-rise trends in Karachi.
Thank you for sharing!
Mr. Arif Hasan has contributed a colossal body of work to a nation that has over the years become obnoxiously reluctant to free thinking and preservation of knowledge. There is a great inspiration for anyone interested in the many topics that he has covered.