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Contents

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1.0 Eviction Watch and Housing Rights 03 2.0 URC Forums 09 3.0 Act as watch group 11 4.0 Networking and Exchange ______13 5.0 Community Architect Training 14 6.0 Youth Training Program 14 7.0 Publications 15 8.0 Documentation _____ 17 9.0 Photographs of the activities 18

Appendix

 List of Evictions  An alternative plan for ’s displaced shopkeepers’ rehabilitation  Assembly debate on KCR  List of URC’s publications and documents

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Highlights

Once again forced evictions turned a major problem for the livelihood of poor communities in . On the orders of Supreme Court the government started a massive demolition operation in the city. Over 15,000 venders and small shopkeepers were displaced during this operation. The Karachi Metropolitan Corporation (KMC) has demolished shops in a brutal way without any prior notices. No compensations and resettlement were offered to the displaced shopkeepers. In many instances the shopkeepers were not allowed to take out their goods before demolition of their shops.

The communities along (KCR) tracks were also received fresh threats of evictions. The demonstration and resistance from the communities forced the government to stop this demolition operation.

The government promised for a resettlement plan for the KCR communities as well as for displaced shopkeepers but still could not come up with any plan.

URC developed collaboration with NGOs and academic institution to stop forced evictions and prepared alternative. The press conference and protest were organized against forced evictions.

During current reporting period URC held forums on the following subject:  Hospital Waste Management – An overview of the issues”  Goods Transport – Issues and solution”  Women health education  Women health education  The trauma of eviction experienced by women  Land Ownership and Forced evictions  Land rights and its ownership

URC has initiated the Community Architect Program. The four batches of 59 youth have completed their training. Now training for 5th batch will start from February 2018.

A number of news articles and stories published in various newspapers related to URC work.

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1.0 Eviction Watch and Housing Rights Program

Evictions in Karachi;

Recent Evictions in Karachi On 27rh October 2018 the Supreme Court ordered the removal of illegal encroachments in Karachi. On the basis of these orders the Karachi Metropolitan Corporation (KMC) started an anti-encroachment drive in Empress Market and area on 4th November 2018. Latter on the KMC has extended this drive to the entire city. Over 15,000 vendors and small shopkeepers were displaced during this operation. The KMC has demolished shops in a brutal way without any prior notices. No compensations and resettlement were offered to the displaced shopkeepers. In many instances the shopkeepers were not allowed to take out their goods before demolition of their shops.

The Urban Resource Centre (URC) initiated an advocacy campaign against these forced evictions. URC contacted representatives affected shopkeepers. A number of meetings were held with shopkeepers to draw a joint strategy against these forced demolitions.

URC also started circulating information regarding these demolitions to the civil society organizations and media. URC also circulated photos and videos of these displacements.

On the basis of URC’s information a number of researchers, journalists and human rights activists had written news articles against these brutal and inhumane demolitions. These news articles openly opposed these demolitions and declared them shameful and inhumane. See list of these articles in the publication section.

On 18th November 2018 URC informed its international partner organizations such as Asian Coalition for Housing Rights (ACHR), Slum Dwellers International (SDI) and other housing rights organizations regarding these forced evictions. URC also request them to send appeal to the Supreme Court and other authorities in to stop these forced evictions.

On 27th November 2018 URC held a meeting with shopkeepers’ associations at Lunda Bazzar Light House Market. The meeting decided that more consultations will be held for a joint strategy against these forced evictions.

On 30th November 2018 the shopkeepers association held a demonstration in front of the KMC head office. The shopkeepers demanded resettlement/relocation and compensation for their losses.

On 1st December 2018 URC arranged joint meeting of civil society and shopkeepers’ associations. The other civil society organizations which attended this include Human Right Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) Aurat Foundations (AF), Pakistan Institute of Labour Research (PILER), All Pakistan Katchi Abadi Alliance and Karachi Urban Lab (KUL). This meeting was held at HRCP office. The meeting decided to hold a press conference and a demonstration in front of Supreme Court of Pakistan

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(SCP) to denounce these forced evictions. Also it was decided that the shopkeepers associations will also file a review petition in the Supreme Court.

On 7th December 2018 URC organized a joint press conference of Civil Society Organizations and Shopkeepers association at Karachi Press Club. In this press conference the civil society organizations and rights activists have demanded that the government stop the forced evictions, tender an apology to the affected people for destroying sources of their livelihoods and implement a fair compensation and rehabilitation plan.

On 9th December 2018 the civil society activists and journalists visited Empress Market to express their solidarity with displaced shopkeepers. On this occasion the representatives of civil society express their concerns on the demolition of shops and extended their support for the rehabilitation of the displaced shopkeepers.

On 10th December 2018 URC representatives took part in a TV talk show telecasted by TV News One. The URC representatives presented case of displaced shopkeepers and vendors and pointed out the brutal act of authorities while displacing shopkeepers.

Meanwhile URC continues its effects to circulate the information about inhumane act of demolition. URC circulated news articles, photograph, videos and interviews of shopkeepers and venders through social media and emails.

On the 11th December URC organized a joint demonstration of displaced shopkeepers and affectees of KCR settlement. The protest was held in front of Supreme Court Karachi registry office. The demonstration appealed to the Supreme Court to stop evictions and provide alternative relocation to the victims of these forced evictions.

On 8th December 2018 the Supreme Court declared that the provision of resettlement and relocation is responsibility of the government. The SC further clarified that its orders do not prohibit the government for providing alternative resettlement. The announcement seems a great achievement as earlier the government declared these shopkeepers as illegal encroachers. URC also initiated a dialogue with displaced shopkeepers to develop an alternative resettlement plan for the rehabilitation of shopkeepers around Empress Market.

URC also continued its lobbying and advocacy efforts. A number of meetings were held with concerned government officials, politicians, ministers and journalists. On 18th December 2018 a delegation of civil society organizations (including URC, PILER, HRCP and AF) held meeting with Mr. Izhar ul Haq a parliamentary leader of MQM to seek his party’s support to stop forced evictions and provide rehabilitation. On 30th December 2018 the delegation of civil society organizations met with legislators of different political parties including MQM, PTI, GDA and others. The delegation explained destruction of livelihoods of the poor shopkeepers as result of recent evictions in Karachi. The legislator promised to raise issue on the floor of provincial assembly. As a result number of motions tabled at Sindh provincial assembly and matter of forced evictions discussed at provincial assembly. The member of provincial assembly resolved that the matter of forced evictions must be

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On 21st December 2018 the representatives of URC held a meeting with Mr, Saeed Ghani, minister for local government Sindh. URC team explained impact of recent forced evictions on the livelihood of poor shopkeepers. The team members also requsted the minister for the rehabilitation of shopkeepers.

URC developed collaboration with NED University and Karachi Urban Lab of Institute of Business Administration (KUL- IBA) for networking, advocacy, documentation and information dissemination on displacement and forced eviction of shopkeepers.

URC also developed collaboration with number of other civil society organizations such as Pakistan Institute of Labour Education and Research (PILER), Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP), Aurat Foundation for networking and lobbying to stop these forced evictions.

URC will continue its monitoring of forced evictions and will lobby for the rehabilitation of displaced shopkeepers.

The communities along Karachi Circular Railway (KCR) Tracks received eviction threats

On 17th November 2018 Justice Gulzar Ahmed of the Supreme Court issued directions for removal of encroachments from railway lines to clear the land of Pakistan Railways (PR). These directions were given to the deputy commissioners (DCs) relevant districts. Justice Ahmed, who was chairing a meeting at the apex court’s Karachi registry, also asked the authorities concerned for revival of the Karachi Circular Railway (KCR). The SC judge directed the DCs to remove encroachments to clear the route of the KCR.

These directions from Supreme Court judge created an uncertain situation for the settlements along railway track in Karachi. As the government was already working on a proposal to revitalize the local train of KCR.

The URC and affected communities were engaged negotiating with the government to ensure relocation of the settlement along railway tracks. For this purpose the communities already filed a petition in National Commission for Housing Rights (NCHR) for rehabilitation of affected families. The government has prepared a list of 4,653 families in 19 settlements along KCR tracks for relocation.

But Supreme Court’s new direction about removal of encroachment along KCR tracks were unclear and does not ensure relocation of affected families.

Therefore URC held a number of meetings with community activists to stop these evictions and advocate for proper relocation of the communities.

On 18th November 2018 a meeting of the community activists was held in Omer Colony to discuss the situation and recent orders of the Supreme Court.

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On 19th November 2018 an emergency meeting was at the NCHR to discuss the demolition operation orders of the Supreme Court. The meeting was attended by the NCHR, URC, Karachi Urban Lab (KUL) and community activists. The meeting decided to inform the SC and relevant authorities about promises of relocation of the affected families. The NCHR circulated this information to the concerned departments.

On 18th November 2018 URC informed its international partner organization such as Asian Coalition for Housing Rights (ACHR), Slum Dwellers International (SDI) and other housing rights organizations regarding these forced evictions. URC also request them to send appeal to the Supreme Court and other authorities in Pakistan to stop these forced evictions. As result amny international organization sent letters to the Supreme Court of Pakistan expressing their concerns over recent evictions.

The communities along KCR trackers also submitted many hundred letters to the Supreme Court. They appealed the court to immediately stop these forced evictions.

On 19th December 2018 a delegation of community activists visited Commissioner Karachi and presented their concerns over current eviction threats. The Commissioner office informed that the current demolitions are being carried out on Supreme Court (SC) orders and his office has to obey these orders.

On 20th November 2018 the Deputy Commissioners (DCs) put on posters on walls in various settlements to vacate their houses immediately and demolition operation would start soon.

On 25th November another meeting of community activists was held in Omer Colony. URC and KUL representatives also attended the meeting. The meeting informed the community activist current developments of the situation.

On 25th November 2018 Mr. Khuram Sherzman a member of parliament from ruling party (PTI) visited Garibabad civil lines one of the affect community and promised proper resettlement of all affected families of KCR project.

On 27th November 2018 notices displayed in NTR Colony, Furniture Market Garibabad and other settlements by Pakistan Railway for demolishing the settlements in the light of Supreme Court Order.

On 27th November 2018 the community activists held a sit on protest in front of Deputy Superintend (DC) Pakistan Railway Karachi office. The protestors demanded resettlement of families before demolition of their houses.

On 28th November 2018 an All Party Conference (APC) was held in Hazara Colony. The representatives from ANP, Jamat-e-Islami, PTI attended the APC and they promised to resolve the displacement issue of KCR track settlements.

On 28th November 2018, Jamat e Islami (JI) held a conference on ongoing demolition operation in the city. The conference demanded immediate halt of demolition operation and awarding compensation/alternatives to the victims of these demolitions.

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On 5th December 2018 a meeting of all communities along KCR track was held at URC office to discuss the current situation threats. Later on the meeting was Mr. Navid Anthony a member of provincial assembly and advisor to local bodies’ minister also attended the meeting. Mr. Anthony promised to raise the issues of forced evictions of communities at assembly floor and also discuss the matter with chief minister. A Large number of community activists attended the meeting.

On 11th December 2018 the KCR affected communities organized a demonstration in front of Supreme Court Karachi Registry along with affected shopkeepers. They demanded a proper resettlement and relocation plan before demolition of their houses.

On 18th December 2018, the News One telecasted a talk show to highlight the problems of affected communities of the KCR project. The representatives of community, URC and KUL participated in the discussion.

On 20th December 2018 URC prepared a fact sheet on KCR project’s affected communities. The fact sheet was released to media and also circulated to other relevant departments.

On 21st December 2018 Pakistan Railways bulldozers arrived in Hazra colony (one of settlement along railway tracks) to demolished the colony. The community organized a big protest demonstration to stop this forced eviction. The community persons from other settlements also participated in the demonstration. Due heavy resistance the authorities have to postpone their operation for demolition.

On 21st December 2018 National Commission for Housing Rights (NCHR) held its hearing on KCR resettlement issue. The community informed the commission about recent demolition attempts. The NCHR reassured the communities that it would play its role for awarding resettlement to the affected communities before demolition of their settlements.

URC along with railway communities continued their effort to prevent these forced evictions and play their role to demand for appropriate relocation plan. But there is an increasing pressure from the government side to remove all railway settlements as soon as possible. So far the government is unable to present any acceptable resettlement plan.

URC also developed collaboration with Karachi Urban Lab of Institute of Business Administration (KUL-IBA). This collaboration supports the communities in advocacy and documentation against forced evictions.

The families particularly women and children are going through depression on these eviction threats. To understand impact of evictions a forum and follow-up counseling sessions were organized by the Karachi Urban Lab in collaboration with the Urban Resource Centre for the women of Umar Colony on 17th November 2018. This community is one of the most anxiety-ridden due to the impending evictions. The

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URC along with the communities will continue to follow up the proposed forced eviction along KCR track and struggle for a viable and acceptable relocation of affected families of the project.

URC is supporting the communities through information and networking and engaging them in lobbying and advocacy.

URC will continue its support to the communities to protect their housing rights.

2.0 URC Forums

To encourage interaction between different development sectors of the city, regular forums are held at URC, where various groups come in contact with each other. This promotes collective thinking, decision making and actions on major urban issues. URC documents and prints the proceedings of these forums regularly. During the current reporting period, the following forums were held:

Forum on “Hospital Waste Management – An overview of the issues” This forum was held on 12th September 2018 at URC. Mr. A. A. Chandani, environmental activist and Dr. Tipu Sultan, executive member of Pakistan Medical Association (PMA) explained issues and problems link to haspital waste disposal in the city. According to the speakeakers except few, all hospital dispose their in the open municipal waste. This situation is not only dangerous for health but also creating enviromental problems.

The participants demanded the government should take right actions and steps for proper hospital waste management.

Forum on “‘Goods Transport – Issues and solution” This forum was held on 16th August 2018 at URC office. The following reaources persons presented their views on this subject:

 Mr. Noor Kahn Niazi, president Karachi Goods Carrier Association  Mr. Nadeem Arain, Executive Member, Karachi Goods Carrier Association  Mr. Asad Iqbal Butt, Vice President Human Rights Commission Of Pakistan

The participants of forums discussed the problems of goods transport movement in

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Forum on women health education

This is a new intiative from URC to hold discussion sessions with community women on issues matters women. Yhis session was held on 14th July 2018 in Umer Colony. Dr. Sooriya Bezad, women and child care specilist, gave a lecture on women health related subject. The community women from Umer Colony and other nearby settlements mostly working as domestic workers participated in the discuusion.

Forum on women health education

This lecture was held on 29th September 2018 in Umer Colony. Dr. Sooriya Bezad, women and child care specilist, continued her interaction with community women on women health subject. The focus of discussion was how women could improve their health and living conditions. The community women activily participated in the discussion. They shared their experiences and seeked advises from the resource person.

Forum on the trauma of eviction experienced by women

This forum was held on 17th November 2018 in Umer Colony. This was jointly organized by Karachi Urban Lab (KUL) and urban Resource Centre (URC). Ms. Gulnaz Anjum assistant professor of psychology at the Institute of Business Administration (IBA) led the discussion. This community is one of the most anxiety- ridden due to the impending evictions. The session was dedicated to discussing stressors and anxieties. See news report in the appendix.

Forum on Land Rights and Forced evictions from women perspectives

This forum was held on 1 5th December 2018 at URC office. Ms. Kenza Rizvi, legal advisor at Karachi Urban Lab of IBA explained the lagal implications of land rights. The community women from various settlements facing forced evictions threats participated in this discussion. Various aspects of land ownership were discussed on this ocassion. Women participants seeked clarification of different issues of land ownership.

Forum on land rights and its ownership from women perspectives

This forum was held on 29th December 2018 in Gribabad . This lecture was organized for community women of the settlements (which are facing evictions threats). Ms. Kenza Rizvi, legal advisor at Karachi Urban Lab of IBA explained land

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3.0 Act as a watch group on major urban issues

URC plays the role of a `watchdog' group in the city's planning and development scene. In this respect, it has worked on a number of issues, currently it is involved with the following:

Bus Rapid Transit System (BRTS) in Karachi The government has planned to construct Bus Rapid Transit System (BRTS) in Karachi. The construction work on one of the BRTS corridor (Green Line) is already underway. The second corridor of the BRTS (Red Line) is at planning stage.

The BRTS Green Line Corridor The construction work on “Green Line” corridor of BRTS has been going on. The Green Line to run on a 17 Km stretch between and Guru-Mandir. According to the government this project will be completed at a revised cost of Rs.26 billion.

On suggestion submitted by URC’s board members a major modification was made in the design of Green Line project. Under this modification the elevated portion at M.A. Jinnah Road was made partially underground and at grade. This change in the design has a significant impact on historic district of the city.

The construction work on underground portion of the Green Line BRTS is underway and it is expected to be completed by the end of June 2019. The project supposed to be completed by December last year now it seems to be further delayed for another year.

URC will continue to monitor the developments of proposed BRTS plan and its impacts on the city.

The BRTS Red Line Corridor

The second corridor named Red Line BRTS is being proposed on University Road. It will begin from Safora and end at Guru-Mandir. URC has been following the development of the project. The design consultants are preparing initial plans of the project.

A focus group forum cum consultation was held at URC office on 20th February 2018. The aim of the meeting was to record views of disadvantage groups to improve the design of Red Line BRTS. The community activists from settlements along the Red Line corridor attended the meeting. The Red Line consultants presented the initial design and recorded participants’ point of views.

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The report of the focus group discussions is available at URC. The Red Line project is still at planning stages. It is being funded through Asian Development Bank (ADB). It is still not clear when will government will announce the implementation of this project.

URC will monitor further development of the project.

Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA)

URC representatives regularly attend Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) hearings organized by the Sindh Environmental Protection Agency.

The EIA reports are now being posted at URC web site for wide circulation. URC attended the following EIA project hearings

 Bus Rapid Transit Red Line 16th October 2018  Acid Manufacturing plant in Pakistan steel Mills 20th December 2018  Berth Back up area expansion project at Karachi 20th December 2018  Deepening, widening and straightening existing navigation Channel at Port Qasim Karachi 20th December 2018

URC will analyze the EIA reports and will inform the communities if any of these mega projects involve any kind of dislocation or other impacts on poor communities.

Women Health Education URC has been interacting with community women group. On the basis of discussion with community women URC has initiated a has started incooperating women issues in URC forums. Now URC is also organizing forum exclusively for women. See details in the forum section.

Documentation of Hawkers and shopkeepers at Empress Market URC has been documenting issues of Hawkers and vendors in Saddar area. But in November 2018 the government has started massive forced eviction drive against hawkers and small shopkeepers in Saddar area. Later on this drive has been extended to the entire city. As a result of this drive many thousand shopkeepers, hawkers and vendors were displaced in the city. See detail report in eviction section of this report.

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4.0 Networking and Exchange

During the current reporting period URC has been engaged in the following networking actions:

Community Development Network (CDN) The Community Development Network (CDN) is a national network of partner organizations. The CDN is an important platform for information and experience sharing. The partners exchange their working experiences and learn from each other work. The CDN meetings provide an opportunity to members to understand each other’s work and to observe partners work on site, as the venue of the meeting is rotated among partners. Members discuss various development issues and trends.

On 20th January 2018 a CDN meeting was held at OPP Karachi office. Partners from various organizations presented new developments in their work, expansion of work, link up with government programs.

Local Governance Initiative Network (LOGIN) URC also became member of the Local Governance Initiative Network (LOGIN). The LOGIN is a ‘not for profit’ multi-stakeholder network that strives to advance decentralization and local governance reforms in East and South Asian countries. The aim of LOGIN is to enable peer-exchange and learning to contribute to decentralization and local governance reform efforts across East and South Asia.

Login network is being restructured to make it more effective for information sharing and experience exchanges.

Joint Action Committee (JAC) URC is also a part of an NGO Network called Joint Action Committee (JAC). This is a coalition of NGOs in Karachi. The JAC is working on gender and human rights issues. This network holds regular meetings, seminars, workshops, public demos and interactions on gender and human rights issues.

The JAC provides a larger platform to raise some more important issues of the common interest for the policy dialogue.

Network of communities against forced evictions

URC has been working with the following community networks:

 Network of communities living along railway tracks of Karachi.  Network of shopkeepers against forced evictions

During the current reporting period URC has been engaged with both networks. URC provided support, information and networking in various activities. Please see details in eviction section.

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5.0 Community Architect Training Program

URC provides mapping and drawing training to the youth from communities. The focus of this program is to involve the youth in community related mapping. So they would be helpful for their respective communities for making. It aims to build future community leaders and involve them in community related work.

During this period two more batches of 27 youth completed their training.

The training basically focuses on the following disciplines:  Community/settlement mapping  Leveling survey  Small houses designing  House improvements techniques : These training sessions are being held at URC office, which will enhance interaction and networking of youth. This process will also develop orientation of youth towards low income communities issues and problems.

6.0 Youth Training Program

The students from various universities join URC on short term basis to work in low income communities to understand causes and nature of urban problems. Currently The main objective of the program is to develop the orientation of youth on urban issues.

The students from different universities join this training as part of their internship. A number of interactions of students with the various communities through field visits were also arranged in which the students collected primary and secondary data from various communities.

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7.0 Publications

URC continues its research and documentation activities on urban issues.

Recently the following publication were printed

 Karachi Circular Railway – Resettlement from community perspectives January 2019  Karachi water supply Crisis – an overview and suggestions November 2018  How Solid Waste will become a source of Income August 2019

URC will continue to its research activities and will conduct more investigation to get better understanding of the city.

Some of selected news articles published in various Newspapers related to URC work:  Encroached drains, poor waste management put Karachi at risk of urban flooding, Daily 8th July 2018  Absence of waste management system puts Karachi at risk of urban flooding: reports, Daily Pakistan Today 8th July 2018  After Lahore, is Karachi next? Daily Times 9th July 2018  Houses or housing? Arif Hasan, Daily Dawn, 15 July 2018  Report warns of unprecedented housing crisis, Daily Dawn 17th August 2018  THE CRISIS OF URBAN HOUSING, Arif Hasan, Daily Dawn, 19th August 2018  Housing Crisis, Daily Business Recorder 21st August 2018  Climate concerns, Arif Hasan, Daily Dawn 31st August 2018

List of some selected articles published on recent evictions

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 Saddar massacre By Arif Hasan, Daily Dawn, 19th November 2018,  The World Bank, Empress Market and the Sindh government, By Mahim Maher, Samaa TV, 22nd November 2018  Encroach if rich, By Aasim Sajjad Akhtar, Daily Dawn, 16th November 2018  Informally urban, By Faizaan Qayyum, Daily Dawn, 15th November 2018,  The 'clean-up' of Empress Market doesn't have to be this way, Noman Ahmed, By Noman Ahmed, Daily Dawn, November 16, 2018  Karachi’s anti-encroachment drive discriminates against the poor: HRCP Press release, Published in The News, 23rd November 2018  Footprints: Karachi's fallen Empress, By Tooba Masood, Daily Dawn, 18th November 2018,  State failing its people, By Mirza Mahmood Ahmed, Daily Express Tribune, 29th Novembe 2018  Empress Market evictees await justice, rehabilitation, By Muhammad Salman Khan, Daily Express Tribune, 27th November 2018  Anti-poor bias? By Arif Hasan, DailyDawn, 28th November 2018  City and plans, By Arif Hasan, Daily Dawn, 10th December 2018  Evictions: by-product of urban policy failure, By Nasir Jamal, Daily Dawn, The Business and Finance Weekly, 10th December 2018  Platitudes overshadow consequences of Karachi anti-encroachment drive, By Afshan Subohi, Daily Dawn, The Business and Finance Weekly, 10th December 2018  An Empress Dethroned and a Lighthouse in Darkness, By Vaqar Ahmed, NewsLine Magazine, 5th December 2018  Lives of the poor, (By Noman Ahmed, Daily awn, 11th December 2018  Supreme Court forbids demolition of houses during Karachi anti- encroachment drive, By Shafi Baloch, Daily Dawn, 11th December 2018  Umer Farooqi market is no more, but the man lives on in shopkeepers’ hearts, By Bilal Farooqi, Daily Express Tribune, 6th December 2018  Civil society demands apology and compensation plan, By Zia Ur Rehman, Daily The News, 8th December 2018  Civil society activists demand restoration of demolished shops, Daily Express Tribune, 8th December 2018  Anti-encroachment drive: Govt asked to take experts, affected people on board on rehabilitation plan, Daily Dawn, 8th December 2018  Dispossession of the poor, (By Foqia Sadiq Khan, Daily Times, 16th December 2018

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8.0 Documentation

News Clippings

URC has a news clippings library. It regularly collects news clippings and articles on important development issues of the city. These news clippings are compiled in subject wise files and are available at URC library. Students research, journalists, communities activists use these news clippings as reference in their research studies.

URC Library

URC has been maintaining a library on development. The library has a collection of government reports, books, research papers, magazines and newsletters on urban issues in general and on Karachi in particular. The researchers, students, journalists, community activists and training groups widely use URC library facilities.

Website

URC web is extending the outreach of its information dissemination. The web address is www.urckarachi.org. The website is being updated on a regular basis.

URC on face book

URC circulates current information and news clippings on city development through face book page on regular basis.

URC block on Tumblr blog

URC is posting all news articles and updates related to its work on tumblr page. The link is http://urckhi.tumblr.com/

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Appendix: List of Eviction Demolished shops and Markets Demolition Demolished S.No Market Name/ Area Date Units* Type 1 Empress Market 5,6,7 Nov 2018 2200 Shops 2 Daud Pota Road 7 Nov 2018 300 Shops 3 Lighth House Market 19 Nov 2018 450 Shops Araam Bagh Furniture 19 Nov 2018 4 Market 350 FM Shops Liaquatabad Super 15 Nov 2018 5 Market 20 SM Shops Jama Cloth Frame 20 Nov 2018 6 Market 150 Shops Jama Cloth Dupatta 20 Nov 2018 7 Gali 100 Shops 8 Sohrab Khattak Road 15 Nov 2018 480 Shops Sarmad Shaheed 15 Nov 2018 9 Road 150 Shops 10 Shahrah-e-Iraq 15 Nov 2018 450 Stalls 11 Akbar Road NA 750 Sun Sheds 12 Zaibunnisa Street NA NA Encroachments 13 Magazine Lane NA NA Encroachments Abdullah Haroon NA 14 Road NA Encroachments Raja Ghazanfar Ali NA 15 Road NA Encroachments Mir Karam Ali Talpur NA 16 Road NA Encroachments 17 Shah 1 NA 1000 Stalls Burnes Road Food 23 Nov 2018 18 Street 800 Shops 23 Nov 2018 building 19 Burnes Road1 66 projections Lalo Khet NA 20 Market 65 Shops Hassan Square to 24 Nov 2018 21 Nipa NA Cabins/Sheds Hassan Square to 24 Nov 2018 22 Nipa 1 wedding lawn 23 Gulshan to Maskan 24 Nov 2018 NA Encroachments 24 Karachi 5 Jan 2019 405 Shops/Offices 25 Preedy Street NA 50 Shops 26 Shalimar Bus Adda NA 20 Offices

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Aga Khan III Road NA 27 Bambino Cinema 1 Restaurants Aga Khan III Road NA 28 Bambino Cinema 8 Shops 29 Saddar Fire Station NA 20 Shops Mohammad Ali NA 30 Society NA Shops 31 Tariq Road NA NA Shops 32 Dhoraji NA NA Shops 33 Area NA 480 Shops/Hawkers 34 Khaji Ground NA 1 Marriage Lawn 35 Lunda Bazaar NA NA Shops 36 Banaras Chowk NA NA Shops 37 Orangi No. 3, 4 and 5 NA NA Shops 38 Metro Cienema NA 1944 Workshops 39 Ali Grah Market NA 376 shops 40 NA 294 Shops Garibabad Furniture NA 41 Market 575 Shops 42 NA 195 Shops 43 Boultan Market NA NA Shops 44 Kohri Garden NA NA Shops 45 Joria Bazar NA NA Shops Cloth Market, Motan NA 46 Das Market, NA Shops 5 to 6 Main 6 Jan 2019 140 Shops 47 Market 2 Houses Shops/Houses 48 Korangi Crossing 7 Nov 2018 20 Shops

* Approximate number as obtain from field visits and newspapers.

Compiled by: Urban Resource Centre

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Appendix: An alternative plan for Empress Market’s displaced shopkeepers’ rehabilitation

The future of Karachi's Saddar By: Arif Hasan, Urban Resource Centre

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 turned into a museum, others have wanted it to become an art gallery and, more recently, the planners appointed by the government have proposed that it should be turned into a high-end dining space. There are also those who have said it is, after all, Empress Market (the emphasis being on market). So why should it not remain a market?

All proposals have been accompanied by area plans. The proposal of the present city mayor is simple: Empress Market should be restored to its former glory. To which period “former” belongs to has not been defined.

The future function of Empress Market will, to a great extent determine whether Saddar is to acquire an elitist and sanitised physical and social environment, taking away yet more more space from the middle-middle, lower-middle and working classes of the city, or will it, in some way, reflect its existing populous nature. After the recent demolition of the bazaars around Empress Market, the eviction of shopkeepers from within it, and the removal of the hawkers from Saddar’s streets and pavements, the question of its future has become all the more important, not only for Saddar, but for Karachi as a whole. So, a bit of history is necessary.

A history of Saddar Saddar was established in 1839, after the British occupied Karachi as a trading post, in competition with the markets of the native city which were located within and on the periphery of the walled city of Karachi, mainly in the areas of Kharadar and Mithadar. After the annexation of Sindh in 1843, the British administrative and military functions were located in Saddar and its environs. The first Church in Karachi was also built in 1843 in Saddar and, between then and the turn of the century, a large number of the important administrative and military complexes were constructed in Saddar along with civic and religious buildings of the Christian and Parsi communities.

The freedom fighters of the rebellion of 1857 against the British were also blown from the mouths of cannons in Saddar on the parade ground where Empress Market is located today and the parts of their blown-up bodies were buried in pits on the parade ground. As such, Empress Market is also their mausoleum. There are many legends associated with the rebellion and they survive with the residents of , many of whose ancestors were sent to Kala Paani to die of disease and starvation because they had supported the rebellion led by Ramay Panday, who was from Bareli (in Uttar Pradesh) and a Subedar in the army of the East India Company.

Empress Market was inaugurated in 1889. It was designed as a meat, vegetable, fruit and household goods market and it was meant for the families of the British administrators and soldiers and Goans and Parsis who inhabited Saddar. The area around the market had posh cafes, bars, and restaurants such as the Saddar Tea Rooms, Elphinstone Restaurant, India

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Coffee House, the old Todi shop and Café Parisian. Badly dressed persons were not permitted to enter Saddar and it came to be known as the European Quarter of Karachi where the white population could shop in a not unfamiliar environment, often with merchandise brought from home.

Here it is important to note that Empress Market was part of a larger urban design project. It was placed on the axis of Napier Street (Karam Ali Talpur Road). During the same period, the Edulji Dinshaw Dispensary was also built (1882) and it was placed on the axis of Somerset Street (Raja Ghazanfar Ali Road). The Parsi maternity home was built in 1917. These three buildings are built around Jahangir Park, which was inaugurated in 1883 and was the first and last gravel park of Karachi.

A number of other axes were also created by the British. An important one in Saddar is Clark Street (Shahrah-e-Iraq). Christ the King monument and St. Patrick’s Cathedral lie on its axis and so does the High Court. Before Partition, there was an important monument on the crossing of Clark Street and Somerset Street emphasising the importance of the axis. The monument has long since disappeared. In any plan for Saddar, the importance of these axes has to be taken into account and respected.

Because of its importance, Saddar also became an important public transport terminal of a city that, by 1941, had a population of 450,000. Bus routes terminated here and it was an important tramway junction.

Top view of the proposed plan showing the dismantle-able shops on the Empress Market premises, and the paved courtyard surrounding it to facilitate pedestrian flow. And so Empress Market and Saddar continued until 1947 when the demography of Karachi underwent a major change due to Partition and the market, along with Saddar as a whole, had to accommodate the needs of a much larger population and also cater to different classes and ethnicities. By 1977, Saddar had 44 pre-Partition businesses still operative, 17 non-text bookshops, 17 bars and nightclubs, 11 billiard rooms, 12 cinemas and four music schools. In addition, it had 37 restaurants and cafes. These facilities catered to different classes and existed side by side. Jahangir Park became the centre of political and religious activity and a

- 48 - cricket ground, where Pakistan’s leading cricketers have played and received training. Thus, a multi-class public space was created which was within walking distance from the federal secretariat on the Artillery Maidaan, Civil Lines (where embassies were located), the university on Baba-e- Road, and the D.J College, S.M Law College, and N.E.D Engineering College. As a result, a mix of bureaucrats, politicians, intellectuals, students and proletariat became part of Saddar’s commercial and intellectual life.

Since Saddar was the destination or transit point for the majority of commuters, the new commercial demands found space around Empress Market and its neighborhood to establish themselves. The state supported this process by regularising and, in some cases, creating the emerging business markets. With ‘Islamisation’ in 1977, entertainment and recreation disappeared from Saddar. The night clubs, bars and billiard rooms vanished. With this change, the elite stopped visiting it. The retail markets started to cater almost entirely to the lower and lower-middle class.

However, Saddar remained a major bus terminal in Karachi and, as a result, the number of commuters continued to increase with an increase in population. Hawkers emerged to cater to the needs of the commuters and occupied pavements and, later on, even entire streets. In the sixties, trade and commerce expanded rapidly but no place was developed in the city for catering to it.

Since Saddar was the destination or transit point for the majority of commuters, the new commercial demands found space around Empress Market and its neighbourhood to establish themselves. The state supported this process by regularising and, in some cases, creating the emerging business markets.

So in the process, the tea market (with strong links with Kenya, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh), the market (with strong links with legal bird suppliers in Africa and Southeast Asia but also with smugglers in the wildlife trade) and the dry fruit market (with strong links with Balochistan and Afghanistan) were created in 1962. The cloth markets with strong links with Chinese and Indian product importers were created in 1972-1973. The tea, dry fruit and bird markets were specialised markets, and their customers were those who had an acquired taste for these products.

All informally created markets, hawkers, beggars and performers paid bhatta (extortion money) amounting to crores of rupees per month to ‘collectors’ protected by the police.

This entire development was organic and ad hoc, its nature determined by the culture and the financial and technical constraints of those who created it. Its “disorganisation” was heavily criticised by planners and city managers.

At the same time, the ambience it created was appreciated by many architects and romantics, and especially by tourists. This was because of its strong informal culture and atmosphere of an “oriental bazaar.”

People from all walks of life kept visiting Empress Market but it was the commuters and Karachi’s middle-middle and lower-middle class that were the majority. As the number of predominantly male visitors increased, the number of women visitors decreased and, with the end of elite-related recreation and entertainment, and the creation of alternative bazaars in the elite ghettos, the “begums” ceased to visit it.

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What was lost? It is not possible to determine the extent of loss that the demolition has caused to the informal economy of Karachi, which according to estimates is 30-40 percent of its total economy. Nor is it possible to determine the loss incurred to various chains of production, delivery, wholesale and retail. However, it is possible to determine the number of markets that have been demolished, and the number of jobs that have been lost in the process (a list of demolished markets is given on page 1). Here, it is important to note that 72 percent of all Karachi jobs are informal and the majority of jobs lost due to the demolition are almost all informal.

Estimates vary. However, the figure most quoted is that 1,700 shops were demolished, of which 1,200 were either leased or were paying rent to the Karachi Metropolitan Corporation. Inside the market, 93 butchers’ shops were also destroyed although they were not encroachers. In addition, fruit and vegetable markets were removed from the pavements and so were approximately 3,000 push-cart hawkers. These figures do not include mobile hawkers and those who spread out cloth on the ground and placed their wares on it. It also does not include the musicians and performers who entertained the commuting public, nor the beggars who extracted charity from the visitors.

Surveys by NED University students of development studies and the Karachi Urban Resource Centre have established that over 200,000 persons lost their jobs due to the demolitions. These include suppliers of manufactured goods, meat and vegetables; employees of the various businesses; porters, solid-waste collectors, chowkidaars, and 20-30 Hindu women who sold spices on the roadside like their parents and grandparents had done before them.

Front view of Empress Market. Visits and meetings with the affected population established that they were poor and, as a result of the demolition, they are rapidly falling into debt, without which they can no longer feed their children or pay their rents.

In addition to the markets, Saddar also has a cultural life revolving around the educational and religious institutions of the Christians and Muslims. The most important Catholic cathedral (St. Patrick’s) is located here along with a number of Catholic educational institutions, including St Patrick’s High School and St Joseph’s Convent High School, set up in 1861 and 1862 respectively. Katchi Memon Masjid, an important mosque and educational institution of Karachi is also located here. Then, there is night cricket played on the streets under floodlights in Ramazan and also on weekends. There are also special bazaars during Eid and people from all over Karachi, including its distant katchi abadis visit them. And then there is also a Sunday book bazaar at Regal Chowk which has been there since the last 50 years and attracts students and book lovers from every corner of the city.

With the building of the Atrium Cinemas and the commercial area connected to them, a process of gentrification is emerging in Saddar. Owners of properties are being approached by developers, and fast-food outlets are exploring the possibility of establishing themselves here. Some have already done so. This gentrification is welcome and should be guided through appropriate building by-laws and zoning regulations that also promote the reuse of heritage buildings. However, Saddar’s present reality and its pre- and post-Partition history and tangible and intangible heritage should also be protected and promoted so that a multi-

- 50 - class public space can be recreated. For example, a non-obtrusive plaque in a corner of the Empress Market courtyard should be placed in memory of the martyrs of the freedom movement of 1857 and should tell their forgotten story.

Surveys by NED University students of development studies and the Karachi Urban Resource Centre have established that over 200,000 persons lost their jobs due to the demolitions. The proposal The manner in which this can be done is by accommodating the old markets and bringing back the hawkers in an organised manner so that their presence does not create congestion or obstruct pedestrian and vehicular movement. Popular culture can also be promoted by creating public spaces for performances by young people who constantly demand open spaces in the city centre for their cultural activities and fail to get it. Some occupy space without permission, such as the ghazal singers of Kotari Parade did when Muhammad Bin Qasim Park was open, and the singers and dancers in the gardens. More recently, such space has formally been provided in a park in Sector 11-B of , which has been taken over by under the ‘Adopt a Park’ Scheme.

Before and after demolition of ‘encroachments’. Keeping the above vision in view, it is proposed that:

1. Bring back the meat, vegetable, spices and household goods shops in the interior of a beautifully restored Empress Market. This was its original function.

2. Create about 800 shops in an organised manner around the building of the Empress Market. These shops can be of metal, dismantle-able and of low height. They can be arranged in a manner that the view of the Empress Market is not obstructed. Even after they have been put in place there will be sufficient space around the market to accommodate events such as weekend bazaars, food courts and cultural happenings (for details see above plans and 3-D models).

3. Where wide pavements are available, such as on Preedy Street, small beautifully designed and dismantle-able kiosks can be placed for commercial activity.

4. Bazaars that cannot be accommodated around the market can be shifted to the City Government District Karachi (CDGK) parking plaza and the open space next to it can be developed in an organised manner as a hawkers’ market. To make the plaza and the hawkers’ market commercially viable, a number of bus stops should be created next to them on Preedy Street. A pleasant walkway should link the hawkers’ market to the Empress Market podium. The walkway should continue to an appropriately upgraded Regal Chowk so that the weekend book bazaar can be held in a more pleasant environment. The walkway should continue to the Burnes Road food street, where pavements can be widened to accommodate roadside eating spaces. The walkway can then turn right to a renovated Urdu Bazaar which is visited by hundreds if not thousands of students and book lovers every day, and then turn left to the open space near the S.M. Law College and the D.J. Science College, and also to Pakistan Chowk. Many such walkways can be created to link students, small businesses, hawkers and different types of eating places with each other.

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5. Hawkers’ bazaars that are held on M.A. Jinnah Road on Sundays and are visited by low-income groups should also be organised so as to have a better appearance. Spaces for community, cultural and social use should be created wherever open space is available. Perhaps some aspects of the Pakistan Chowk Community Centre can serve as a model.

6. The axes that were created by the British should be enhanced. Pavements on both sides of Karam Ali Talpur Road, Raja Ghazanfar Ali Road and Shahrah-e-Iraq should be widened and trees on either side should be planted so as to enhance the axis and integrate important public buildings into a larger plan.

7. The car parking problem in Saddar is less related to the non-availability of space and more to traffic and space management. Space for parking can be considerably enhanced by segregating through and local traffic in Saddar. Proposals for this have been made previously by the Traffic Engineering Bureau.

8. A major constraint in improving Saddar’s physical and social environment is related to the poor state of Karachi’s public transport vehicles and the pollution they cause, both visually and environmentally. In addition, there is an absence of proper bus stops, pavements and traffic management. If these aspects are not addressed, it is more than possible that Saddar will go back to being what it was before the demolition. But then, this is not a Saddar-specific problem but holds good for all of Karachi.

The process The above proposals are schematic in nature. They, or any future plans, need to be critically examined and discussed with the Saddar market operators, hawkers’ unions and the residents of Saddar. To make this possible, it will be necessary to follow a process described below.

A. Categorise the activities and markets that have been demolished and those that still exist.

B. Determine which markets and activities need to be rehabilitated around the Empress Market and those that can function commercially even if they are relocated to the Parking Plaza.

C. Determine the number of hawkers that can be placed at bus stops and the locations for such placement.

D. Hire appropriate consultants that have an understanding of the socio-economic aspects of urban development and are acquainted with the evolution and and of the people that inhabit it.

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The map shows the proposed walkway linking the hawkers’ market to Empress Market and continuing to the Burnes Road food street and Pakistan Chowk. To make any proposal possible, institutional arrangements have to be made. Maybe it is time to have an institution that deals with planning and implementation of developments in Saddar with a vision that it is to be a multi-class city centre, catering to the needs of not only its residents, but of Karachiites of all classes and ethnicities, by providing them the institutional and physical space for setting up their businesses and for expressing their culture. But such an institution has to be subservient to a larger Karachi planning and development agency, which unfortunately does not exist in any effective form.

It also requires a political establishment that is less paranoid of liberal values. A struggle for the creation of such an agency, and for societal values that reflect the aspirations of Karachi’s youth, has to be a part of this struggle as well.

The writer is an architect and town planner

Published in Dawn, EOS, January 6th, 2019 https://www.dawn.com/news/1455851/special-report-what-does-the-future-hold-for-karachis- historical-saddar-area

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Appendix: Sindh Assembly debate on KCR

Sindh Assembly asks Centre to fulfil promise to revive KCR Hasan Mansoor January 22, 2019

Minister says work to survey and regularise katchi abadis across province is under way. ─ Online/File KARACHI: After allegations and counter-allegations from both sides of the aisle, the Sindh Assembly on Monday unanimously asked the federal government to fulfil its promise regarding the revival of the Karachi Circular Railway (KCR).

“This house asks the Sindh government to approach the federal government to ensure [that] its commitment to the people of Karachi regarding the Karachi Circular Railway [is realised],” said a motion moved by Pakistan Peoples Party’s Sadia Javed. The mover said the federal government had “deliberately” delayed the plan to revive the KCR. She said Islamabad was not doing its share of the job, thus, it was going against its commitment with the people of Karachi vis-a-vis the KCR’s revival.

Minister says work to survey and regularise katchi abadis across province is under way Transport and Mass Transit Minister Awais Qadir Shah asked three major opposition parties — Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf, Muttahida Qaumi Movement and Grand Democratic Alliance, all partners in the federal government — to influence their colleagues ruling Islamabad to play their part for the revival of the project.

Railways slammed for not giving RoW

He said it was the federal government which could give sovereign guarantee to a Chinese company. Besides, handing over of the Karachi Urban Transport Authority to the Sindh government was still far from reality. Additionally, he asked the opposition parties to help the PPP’s Sindh government in convincing Railways Minister Sheikh Rashid to notify the right of way (RoW) for the KCR project. “You get us right of way, we will start fencing of the railway property.”

He requested Prime Minister Imran Khan to provide maximum funding and due rights to a city which was the powerhouse of the country’s economy. Referring to a frequently discussed report prepared by the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) in the house, the minister said it also discussed the removal of human settlement en route KCR for which a big chunk of money was required.

He said his party’s stance was clear, which it had reiterated in the courts as well ie mandatory settlement of the affected people before uprooting and bulldozing of their houses. These people should be compensated and settled elsewhere. Referring to a statement by the Railways minister in which he alleged that the Sindh government was not cooperating, Mr Shah said he had repeatedly conveyed to the federal minister that the provincial government was ready to work with him.

He told the house about a recent meeting with the Railways authorities in which the latter utterly refused to give the right of way for the project. “How can we float tenders for fencing the KCR land when they have flatly refused to give us the right of way? “We are writing a letter to the federal government again for getting the right of way,” he said. He said during a recent meeting of the Karachi Infrastructure Development Company Limited (KIDCL) at the

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Governor House, Prime Minister Khan had told Chief Minister Murad Ali Shah in unequivocal terms that the federal government would arrange for buses and computer system for the Green Line project before handing it to the provincial authorities. Otherwise, he said, the provincial government had allocated funds for the procurement of computer system and buses.

Number of houses on KCR land doubled

Opposition Leader Firdous Shamim Naqvi had earlier said the provincial government should clearly tell the house what it wanted from the federal government. He appreciated JICA for conducting a $10 million study for the project, in which it identified seven corridors and routes and chalked out a mass transit scheme duly linked up with the KCR. He said the number of households on encroached land was over 4,000 when JICA filed its study in 2010 and now it had swelled to 8,000. He said it took nine years for the Sindh government to issue tenders for fencing of the KCR land.

MQM-P’s Mohammad Hussain and PTI’s Umar Omari said the adjournment motion in question should have not been admitted in the first place. Speaker Agha Siraj Durrani confronted them, asking them to sit down as the motion was passed by the house and the members should speak over the subject.

PPP’s Raja Razzaq and Liaquat Askani said the people who would be affected by the project should be adequately compensated and settled elsewhere. MQM-P’s Jawed Hanif said because of the “cold shoulder” by the PPP government, JICA transferred its funds for the KCR project to a project in Bangladesh. Another MQM-P lawmaker, Khwaja Izharul Hasan, said that his party, being a coalition partner of the federal government, would ensure that the KCR would be revived. GDA’s Nand Kumar and Nusrat Abbasi, MQM-P’s Rashid Khilji, PPP’s Shamim Akhtar, Murtaza Baloch and PTI’s Shehzad Qureshi and Arsalan Taj also spoke.

Regularisation of katchi abadis

Earlier, furnishing a statement and replies during Question Hour, Katchi Abadis Minister Saeed Ghani said that the survey and regularisation of katchi abadis was being done by the Sindh Katchi Abadis Authority under the SKA Act. To a question, he said that the projects of the Slums Infrastructure Development Programme in Mirpurkhas, Thatta, Shaheed Benazirabad, Naushahro Feroz and Karachi had been completed with the cost of Rs44m during fiscal year 2016-2017. In reply to another query, Mr Ghani said that no appointment was made in the SKA during 2016-2017. To a question, he said that a Rs40m project of provision of basic facilities of sewerage and drains in different slums was to be completed by June 2019.

Published in Dawn, January 22nd, 2019 https://www.dawn.com/news/1459013/sindh-assembly-asks-centre-to-fulfil-promise-to- revive-kcr

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Appendix - List of publications and documentation available at Urban Resource Centre:

Some Recent Publications:

 Responding to the transport crisis in Karachi, by URC with Arif Hasan and Mansoor Razaworking paper published International Institute for Environmental Development (IIED), July 2015  The Pedestrian Bridges of Karachi, by Mansoor Raza working paper published by Urban Resource Centre (URC), October 2015

The proceedings of the Forums printed: 1. Karachi Sewerage Plan – An Overview of the implementation 2. Occupational Health and Safety 3. Role of Karachi in 1946 Naval Mutiny, Aslam Khwaja 4. Public Transport Issues and proposed Bus Rapid Transit System in Karachi 5. Ban on Qingqi Rickshaws in Karachi - The Perspective of Operators, by Syed Safdar Shah and A.A.Wahidi, published by URC, December 2015. 6. Road Safety Issues in Karachi – an over view of the situation, Abdul Qadir Bullo published by URC, September 20015. 7. Heat Wave Deaths in Karachi – capacity of health facilities to cope with emergency situation, by Dr. Tipu Sultan, published by URC, October 2015. 8. Control and contestation of space and emerging safety and security issues in Karachi by Dr Noman Ahmad 9. An over view on shrinking transport facilities in the city, by Mr. S Irshad Hussain Bukharai, 10. Weapomization and its impact on violence by Mr. Naeem Sadiq 11. Karachi Mass Transit – An overview by Mr Rashid Mughal 12. The drainage system of Karachi – Major issues and a way head Rs. 50/- 13. Karachi: Demographic trends - social and political Implications Rs. 50/- 14. Sindh Local Government Act 2013 - An Overview Rs. 50/- 15. A Research Study on Road Accidents in Karachi – Causes and Impacts Rs. 50/- 16. The Goths of Karachi and their regularization process. Rs. 50/- 17. Flood and after: an Overview of the Flood Situation in Sindh by Arif Hasan Rs. 50/- 18. The Post Flood Relief Program of Sindh Government by Taj Haider Rs. 50/- 19. Report of the Task Force on Urban Development by Arif Hasan & Dr. Noman Ahmed Rs. 50/- 20. Problems of Street Children by Mr. Rana Asif Habib Rs.50/- 21. Karachi Transport Management - current situation and a way forward by Dr. Waheed Uddin Rs.50/- 22. Karachi Sewerage Improvement Plan S-III Rs.50/- 23. Role of water Tankers in Karachi Rs.50/- 24. Water Supply in Karachi: Situation/Issues, Priority issues and Solutions. Rs.50/- 25. Active Organized People – Sustainable Development Rs.50/- 26. Gutter Baghicha by Nisar Baloch, Rs.50/- 27. Electricity Crisis in Karachi by Prof. Mohammad Noman Rs.50/-

The case studies of the Community Based Organizations (CBOs) are available as separate publications: Case studies of 50 Community Based Organizations are available at URC office library with the price tag of Rs. 50/- for each copy.

Case studies of the following community organizations (CBOs) were printed: i. Al Rakhshi Welfare Services ii. Anjuman-e-Itehad Sajidi Balochan Welfare Association. iii. Anjuman Imdad Bahimi Kohi Goth iv. Social Welfare Association Junejo Town v. Welfare Association Talent Citizen Human Rights (WATCH) for special persons vi. Insaf Welfare Trust vii. Al-Barka Welfare Trust viii. Anjuman -e- Itehad Sajidi Balochan Welfare Association ix. Kashmir Residential Welfare Society - 56 -

x. Dream Foundation Trust xi. Anjuman Warper Social Welfare Association xii. Fikar-e-Nau Welfare Society xiii. Rifa Development Organization xiv. Welfare Association xv. Slummer Welfare Organization xvi. Gulshan-e-Bakhtawar Welfare Society xvii. Anjuman Falah-o-Behbood, Chaman Iqbal Colony xviii. Muzzaffarabad Welfare Society, Muzzafara’bad Colony

The case studies of the settlements are available in Urdu as separate publications: i. Case Study of Colony Rs. 50/- ii. Case Study of Allah Wali Colony Rs. 50/- iii. Case Study of Madhu Goth Rs. 50/- iv. Case Study of Kashmir Mujahid Colony Rs. 50/- v. Case Study of Old Sleeper Quarters Rs. 50/- vi. Case Study of Pahr Gunj Rs. 50/- vii. Case study of Umer Coloy No. 2 Rs.50/- viii. Case study of Umer Farooq Town Rs.50/- ix. Case study of Wahid Colony Rs.50/- x. Case study of Awami Colony Rs.50/- xi. Case study of Kausar Niazi Colony Rs.50/- xii. Case study of Umer Colony No. 1 Rs.50/- xiii. Case study of Hasan Aulia Village Rs.50/- xiv. Case study of Chaman Iqbal Colony Rs.50/- xv. Case study of Bilawal Jokhio Goth Rs.50/- xvi. Case study of Moria Khan Goth Rs.50/- xvii. Case study of NTR Colony Rs.50/- xviii. List of Goths (villages) in Karachi Rs. 50/-

Facts & Figures (monthly facts sheet) URC has been publishing this newssheet in Urdu and English since January 1993.

Appendix: News clippings and articles year wise files are now available from Jan 1992 up to Dec 2015. 1. Traffic & Transport Management 10. Beaches, Parks and plantations 2. Housing & Land Management 11. Water Supply 3. Health 12. Sewerage 4. Education 13. Solid Waste Management, 5. Environment 14. Electricity 6. Economics 15. CDGK & Local Body System 7. Law & Order 16. Urban Services 8. Expressway 17. Flood 9. Eviction and Encroachment

Some Documentaries  Housing Option for Karachi  Highway of Tears  Karachi Circular Railway a trip around Railway Land  Karachi Rising - The unplanned Densification of low income housing  Lyari Expressway Evictions  Informal Waste Recycling in Karachi  Karachi Beaches\  URBAN PUBLIC TRANSPORT  URBAN RESOURCE CENTRE –Case Study .  ARM Child and Youth Welfare – Case Study  The People VS Lyari Expressway.

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