Year: 2023

Shopping Mall Fire Kills 10 in Pakistan – The New York Times

AdvertisementSupported byFire safety is a persistent problem in Karachi, where construction has outpaced firefighting infrastructure and building code enforcement is lax.By Zia ur-RehmanReporting from Karachi, PakistanA devastating fire engulfed a multistory shopping center in the Pakistani port city of Karachi on Saturday, killing at least 10 people and injuring dozens more, officials said. The disaster […]

Revered Hindu temple demolished in Pakistan, another destroyed for building coffee house: Report – WION

Several Hindu temples have reportedly been destroyed in Pakistan (Representative image) Photograph:(Agencies) The authorities in the Tharparkar district of Sindh province cited a court order to carry out the destruction of the Hinglaj Mata Mandir (temple). The authorities in the Tharparkar district of Sindh province cited a court order to carry out the destruction of […]

Sachs on Pakistan’s economy – DAWN.com

‘Koi khwaab na ho to bataen kya?’ (When no dreams stay what can one say?) — Athar Nafees (sung by Farida Khanum)ON Nov 21, Dr Jeffrey Sachs, the renowned development economist of Columbia University, addressed the Sustainable Development Policy Institute in Islamabad. He began by referring to the general “failure of political systems to address […]

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