Jun 6th, 2008 · Karachi is attracting huge investments from wealthy Persian Gulf developers whose luxury projects seem to multiply along the city's coastline. But some local builders say developers should do more to help the city's poor with housing.
Jun 5th, 2008 · Morning Edition's Steve Inskeep continues his reporting from one of the largest cities in the world as part of our series, "The Urban Frontier." In this segment, we meet two influential women in Karachi, Pakistan. Sabra Khadun supervises men digging a new sewer, and Purveen Rehman works as an architect and leader of a research center. Both women are breaking stereotypes in a male-dominated society.
Jun 5th, 2008 · Karachi is choked with people and getting more crowded all the time. Demand for housing has forced growth along the city's farthest reaches, where homes are built illegally and police are said to take money to look the other way.
Jun 4th, 2008 · As big-money developers flock to Karachi, Amber Alibhai is one of the few people to openly question the development. In a city where millions of people live in poverty and clean water is often scarce, the activist asks, who needs golf courses? Alibhai's work has provoked threats against her and her family.
Jun 3rd, 2008 · The mayor of Karachi, Pakistan, is a player in a brutal political game: the fight for control of one of the world's most crowded cities. Syed Mustafa Kamal says he wants to reshape his sprawling, dirty city. He must overcome a legacy of bad government — and violence.
Jun 3rd, 2008 · Karachi is one of the most-populous cities in the world, growing and changing at a breakneck pace. Two of its leading citizens — the late Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto's niece and a colorful newspaper columnist — offer their views of the dynamic Pakistani city.
Jun 2nd, 2008 · A Karachi ambulance driver named Mohammed Nader is emblematic of the changing face of Pakistani cities. Nader came to Karachi from a rural village, got married and found a job, like many of the world's population that migrates to urban areas. But political and ethnic conflicts still threatened his life.
Jun 1st, 2008 · Karachi, Pakistan, a city of about 15 million, is a series of contradictions. As many as half its residents live in squatter homes made of concrete blocks even as foreign firms pour big money into luxury waterfront developments.