The city of Karachi is prone to massive urban flooding, especially during the monsoon season each year. This is owing, in large part, to poor urban planning, including illegal encroachments and the dumping of solid waste into storm-drains, thereby reducing their capacity and efficiency. The resultant flooding causes widespread damage and loss of life.
PILAP wrote an RTI to the Sindh Government and Karachi Metropolitan Corporation asking pointed questions about the maintenance and capacity of Karachi’s storm-drains, as well as solid waste management.
Given large-scale power outages in Karachi, which are not only an inconvenience to domestic users in the extreme summer heat but also hamper industrial growth, PILAP wrote an RTI to
What’s at Stake A Children’s Protection Centre has been under construction in the Korangi area of Karachi since 2010 under the Sindh Government. To this day it has not seen
What’s at Stake In 2021, the Federal Government fixed the minimum wage at Rs. 20,000. Unfortunately, most janitors and sanitary workers are not paid even this amount. Current Status PILAP
What’s at Stake In late July 2021, during heavy rains in the capital, two lives were lost due to unregulated construction along a nullah. The Capital Development Authority (CDA) is
What’s at Stake The Right of Access to Information Act, 2017 requires the principal officer of each public body to publish, including upload on the internet, the “detailed budget of
