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SAMAA - Did the World Bank fund Karachi's nullah evictions?


Did the World Bank fund Karachi’s nullah evictions?
$100m SWEEP project in hot water
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Sohail Rab Khan - Posted: May 6, 2021 | Last Updated: 3 weeks ago
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SAMAA |
Sohail Rab Khan
Posted: May 6, 2021 | Last Updated: 3 weeks ago
Buildings along a nullah in Liaquatabad being demolished to widen the waterway ahead of the monsoons in Karachi, March 18, 2021. Photo: Online/Sabir Mazhar
There are two little stories about international donors that everyone who lives in Karachi should know.   
In 1994, the World Bank gave the Sindh government a roadmap to privatise Karachi’s water supply. It shortlisted international utility companies as possible private operators. They were International Water, Thames Water, Severn Trent Water, Générale des Eaux, Lyonnaise des Eaux and Enron. The KW&SB trade unions and civil society challenged the privatisation in court by 1999 and t ....

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Determination is the key to success – Professor Lubna Ansari Baig


Professor Lubna Ansari Baig is the Founding Dean, APPNA Institute of Public Health at Jinnah Sindh Medical University (AIPH-JSMU) and is presently its chairperson. Professor Baig started her career with UNICEF as a field Medical Officer and then got Master of Public Health Degree from University of Oklahoma, USA. On her return to Pakistan, she joined AKU as Instructor. From 1993 to 1999, she worked at Baqai Medical College and Jinnah Medical and Dental College. In 1998, she was requested by the Federal Ministry of Health to join as Consultant for the Community Oriented Medical Education (COME) Project of World Health Organization (WHO). This was the first project in Pakistan for making innovative changes in COME curriculum for four medical colleges in the public sector. ....

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World Bank approves $300mln loan for projects in Sindh


World Bank approves $300mln loan for projects in Sindh
Business
December 10, 2020
ISLAMABAD: The World Bank on Wednesday approved $300 million in financing for two projects in Pakistan including the Sindh Resilience Project and the Solid Waste Emergency and Efficiency Project (SWEEP).
“These investments would bolster Pakistan’s efforts to build resilience to natural hazards such as floods and droughts in Sindh, and strengthen solid waste management in Karachi to tackle recurrent urban flooding and public health emergencies in the city,” the bank said in a statement on Wednesday.
Najy Benhassine, country head of World Bank Pakistan said building resilience to natural disasters and health emergencies is an important and urgent agenda in Pakistan that would help save lives and protect the economy. ....

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