Karachi in the dumps

Karachi in the dumps

Karachi has never suffered from a shortage of plans. What it has endured, decade after decade, is a crippling absence of follow-through. Successive governments announce grand "transformation" roadmaps with great fanfare, only for the city to sink deeper into chaos once the press conferences fade. As yet another Karachi Transformation Plan is approved, the question that demands an honest answer is not what is being planned, but why implementation…