Hawwa Fazal Dawn

Sep 23, 2024 | asianews.network | Hawwa Fazal |Hawwa Fazal Dawn

September 24, 2024 KARACHI – Why do Karachi’s roads cave in each time it pours? The answer lies somewhere between negligence and indifference. A wise man once said: “When it rains, water comes. And when it rains some more, more water comes.”What this wise man failed to explain to the over 20 million citizens of Karachi was why each time it rains, Karachi ends up looking like the remnants of Moen Jo Daro (in all honesty, it doesn’t look like Paris at any other time of the year either).

Oct 25, 2023 | asianews.network | Hawwa Fazal |Hawwa Fazal Dawn

October 26, 2023 ISLAMABAD – Through loans and taxpayer money, millions of dollars are being poured into the water utility to make it ‘better’. Only time will tell whether Karachiites will reap the benefitsWater is precious in Karachi. For many of its residents, running water is available only sporadically — in some cases, for one or two hours a day, every few weeks or months.

Feb 15, 2023 | asianews.network | Hawwa Fazal |Hawwa Fazal Dawn

February 16, 2023 ISLAMABAD – It is nearing rush hour along the Wall Street of Pakistan, better known as II Chundrigar Road. The traffic is a mix of pedestrians, cycles, motorcycles, rickety rickshaws, shiny cars, an odd donkey cart and a few buses, all trying to snake their way past each other. Tapping her feet on the walkway outside the Burns Garden, Saiqa Aslam waits patiently. “It should be here any minute now,” says the 25-year-old.