Land and violence
July 2, 2021
There is much outrage over the Supreme Court’s decision of June 14 in which the bench declared the leases of more than 10,000 houses fake with a stroke of a pen. Many lawyers have provided legal commentary on the decision, and experts have stressed upon the various kinds of paperwork and regularization mechanisms – but this issue can never be resolved in the courts or the chambers.
Karachi came to prominence during the British era, when our former masters realized the importance of its port. Since then, people started pouring into the city, initially from other areas of Sindh which was easily managed by the Karachi Metropolitan Authority. After 1947, the inflow increased exponentially, and the young state of Pakistan was unable to facilitate the new inhabitants.
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