Sindh govt flips Karachi Malir Expressway route, PPP stronghold saved
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This is a rough indication of the old plan and the proposed plan for the Malir Expressway to give the reader an idea of how it sits by the river. Image: Samaa Digital
The Sindh government is changing the shape and route of the Malir Expressway from the right bank to the left of the river to save money on compensation and ostensibly to gain political currency.
Kite string kills father of two
Karachi
March 15, 2021
The father of two children lost his life on Sunday after a kite string slit his neck on Shahrah-e-Quaideen within the jurisdiction of the Ferozabad police station.
Police said the deceased man was riding a motorcycle when the string fell on him. He was rushed to Jinnah Postgraduate Medical Centre where doctors pronounced him dead. The man was identified as 35-year-old Omair Ahmed Siddiqui, son of Aziz Siddiqui. SHO Aurangzaib Khattak said he worked at a private laboratory and was going for some work when the tragedy occurred. Siddiqui had two children and was the eldest among seven siblings. He lived in the Nazimabad locality.
Civil society, residents fear massive displacement due to Malir Expressway project
Karachi
February 11, 2021
Showing their concerns over the displacement of families because of the ongoing anti-encroachment drive along the Gujjar Nullah and Mehmoodabad Nullah in Manzoor Colony, the construction of the Malir Expressway, and expansion and reconstruction of ML-1, a group of urban planners, civil society activists and residents said on Wednesday the federal and Sindh governments had been committing human rights violations by demolishing homes of working class people.
This observation was made at the Karachi Press Club at a news conference, held under the banner of the Joint Action Committee Karachi, an alliance of civil society groups.