Hindu Temples in Karachi By: Gul Hassan Kalmatti The Karachi region has been home to various religions. Hinduism and Buddhism had their influence in this region. The forests and mountains in and around Karachi have remains of places of worship; among them Wagoo Darr near Rehri Mian, Damloti, banks of Bazaar torrential river, Ameelano, Khadeji, […]
Political slogans are spray-painted on the entrance pillars and an old flag of Pakistan flutters on top of the main building of Narayan Jagannath Vaidya (NJV) High School reflecting the poor state of Sindh’s first public school. Established in October 1855, NJV school started off with only 68 boys and a makeshift building. It started […]
Karachi is considered to home to the largest Baloch urban and rural population in the world. The Baloch community living in the city, especially in its ancient town of Lyari, has been involved in left-leaning nationalist politics and the promotion of literary activities and the Balochi language since 1960s. They had elected iconic Baloch figure […]
KARACHI: The rich prevail at the cost of the weak. It is a tale often repeated and seen in play across centuries, borders and cultures. At Habib University on Friday, a similar dynamic was explored with reference to the mushrooming of gated communities in Karachi, only possible after the displacement of the poor residents of […]
KARACHI: Two police mobile vans now guard the main entrance to the shrine of Hazrat Abdullah Shah Ghazi as the security has been tightened since the terrorist attack at the shrine of Sufi saint Lal Shahbaz Qalandar in Sehwan on Feb 16. Police officers at the shrine in Clifton explained that they received orders from […]
KARACHI: The façade of a 100-year-old temple located in the city is going to be completely hidden from the public eye because of illegal construction to which the authorities are paying no attention, it emerged on Tuesday. A recent protest by the Karachi Indigenous Rights Alliance brought the issue of the temple and a surrounding […]