Karachi is sinking and we let it happen!

We lulled ourselves into believing that the floods and landslides devastating Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa and Gilgit-Baltistan would never reach us. We comforted ourselves with the lie that Karachi was somehow immune, that climate change would punish the north but spare our city. We were wrong—dangerously wrong. Today, Karachi, a megacity of more than 20 million people and … Read more

Schools closed in Karachi following heavy downpour

The Sindh government announced that all public and private schools in Karachi will remain closed on Wednesday due to forecasts of further heavy rainfall. Sindh Education Minister Sardar Shah said schools would remain shut across the city in view of possible downpours. Senior provincial minister Sharjeel Inam Memon also confirmed the decision, adding that the … Read more