Adil Najam The Economist Intelligence Unit has released a new report on the liveability of major cities around the world according to which, Karachi is ranked fourth from the bottom amongst the 132 cities ranked. Karachi was also in the bottom 10 in the 2005 installment of the index. At the very top of the […]

Lahore Rapid Mass Transit Rail Project

Posted on August 20, 2007
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Owais Mughal Last month there have been several news items about the Lahore Rapid Mass Transit (LRMT) Rail project. We have tried to gather key information from many of these news items and will present it in the following as one concise post on the topic. The proposed rail service is the main part of […]

What is wrong with KESC?

Posted on August 7, 2007
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Owais Mughal Curtain Raiser: A friend of mine came up with a very creative motto for KESC during our school days at NED Karachi. It said: zor ka jhatka..zara dheeray se lagay It seems true now as KESC is giving lots of jolts to its customers. These jolts come slowly but linger longer than before. […]

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