The report’s criteria include stability, culture, environment, healthcare, infrastructure, public transport, affordable housing, and education. There is a shortage of clean drinking water and the city has failed to meet the demand for 90,000 housing units and a reliable mass public transport system is non-existent. In our reverent pursuit of creating a neoliberal ‘world-class city’, Karachi has followed a callous development policy with a disregard for its social, economic and environmental context. In fact, 75% of Karachi’s population belongs to poor and low-income groups and many are victims of the vicious poverty trap caused by these divisive policies. According to a report titled The Rise of Karachi as a Mega-City: Issues and Challenges, the current seat to passenger ratio for public buses is 1:34.

Source: The Express Tribune January 08, 2018 05:37 UTC