Tag: Urban

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s urban air pollution situation is causing more than 20,000 premature deaths among adults each year, reported by The Express Tribune.  According to a...

Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif on Friday announced ownership rights to residents of 326,516 residential units of Katchi Abadis across the rural and urban...

The Fox television network announced Sunday it has tapped rapper Nicki Minaj and country singer Keith Urban as judges on troubled TV talent show...

From slums of Karachi, Sindhu Desh Liberation Army (SDLA) has started making its presence in urban part of the province, it is learnt. SDLA, a...

Chinese authorities confirmed Thursday that a woman was forced to abort seven months into her pregnancy, several days after her plight came to light...

Somehow the tuition phenomenon has gained traction Recently I saw two surveys, done by other researchers, from rural and urban areas of Punjab and Khyber...

Speakers on Wednesday said citizens and relevant government departments should make joint efforts to strengthen urban security in order to attract foreign investment as...

Country singer Keith Urban is expected to have throat surgery this month, after a polyp was discovered on his vocal cords, according to his...

Disturbing statistics such as 50 per cent of the urban population living in squatter settlements make one wonder if the survey of 39,708 households...

Setting a new fashion trend at the most happening and vibrant Islamabad, Urban Culture opened its branch at city busiest Super Market. Urban Culture...

The Pakistan Muslim League-Functional (PML-F) has ruled out the possibility of forming a joint opposition in the Sindh Assembly with the Muttahida Qaumi Movement...

Paris, the city that has inspired legions of artists and creative thinkers over the centuries is looking to the future - searching for urban...

Urban Sole, a renowned brand in the footwear industry, organised a launch exhibition at a local hotel yesterday, to unveil their 2011 Urban Sole...

Frequent population influx from rural to urban centres and the urban lifestyle adopted by the people in general has resulted in a steady rise...

KARACHI - Speakers at a seminar on the rehabilitation of flood affected people - with the focus on 'choices imposed and choices made' - have demanded that the lands of Karachi, allotted to the people of other provinces, should be given to the flood survivors of Sindh.
"The flood-affected people living in relief camps are being forced to leave the city," they added. The seminar was organised at the Jashn-e-Faiz event by the Pakistan Institute of Labour Education and Research

KARACHI - The counter urban terrorism training of selected Sindh police personnel of various ranks - sub inspector, assistant sub inspectors, sergeants and constables - conducted by the Army, concluded at Malir Cantt on Monday. An ISPR press release said that the four-week intensive training course of a batch of 202 policemen was held under the auspices of Karachi Corps. The training included enhancement of skills in close quarter encounter, sniper firing, repelling, cordon and search

The idea pitched, of transit-oriented development, must be located within the specific context of Lahore. The argument of this model shall centre around the Data Gunj Bakhsh town forming the central business district of Lahore. The area starts outwards from the Lahore High Court, spanning the Circular Road and The Mall, swelling out to five to seven minutes walking distances.
Forming the centre of the city's business activity it is faced by a peculiar phenomena: while the city's