A once posh Karachi locality now in disrepair

Painful Conditions: The residential area around Badar Commercial in Karachi’s Defence Housing Authority (DHA) used to be a posh locality, but over the last few years, conditions have gone from bad to worse. The entire area is littered with all sorts of garbage, and shabby garbage-pickers constantly roam around unchecked by police, DHA vigilance teams or wardens of the Clifton Cantonment Board (CBC). These garbage-pickers are usually drug addicts who keep getting away with minor thefts. The roads are in a bad shape, and most of streetlights have stopped working. Despite several complaints to the CBC, no positive response has been received.

TAHIR HASSAN

KARACHI