Barbed wire, security check-posts, questioning by the security personnel asking for proof of identities – one might be forgiven for thinking it is an entry point to the beseiged Gaza strip in Palestine. But this is Mariabad—the Hazara locality in Quetta, Pakistan. The sectarian violence, bomb blasts, targeted killings caused fear in the city have […]
ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court earlier this week headed by Chief Justice of Pakistan Justice Gulzar Ahmed, while hearing a case regarding encroachments on Orangi and Gujjar Nullah at the Karachi Registry, directed the anti-encroachment department to continue its operation. Naya Daur Media spoke to activists and organizers who have been following these developments. On Monday, […]
Trade unions, farmers’ organizations, Sindhi nationalist parties and local affectees staged a protest this week against the alleged demolition of local settlements (‘goths’) by Bahria Town Karachi. In the course of these protests, some cars have been set on fire. Karachi police have reportedly arrested more than 80 people on charges of protesting and rioting […]