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Karachi Rains

By MO | Published: September 12, 2011

More than 40mm of rain fell in Karachi over two hours on September 10, 2011, leaving the entire city flooded.

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City by the Sea – The future of Karachi’s Coastline (Urdu)

By MO | Published: August 23, 2011

This documentary explores alternatives to haphazard development along Karachi’s coastline in light of the basic principles of urban planning. Watch the English version here.

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Back in Shigar

By MO | Published: August 18, 2011
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Street Gardening in Karachi

By MO | Published: August 11, 2011

Planting vegetable seeds on an empty plot just before the rains in Karachi.

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Taste the Waste

By MO | Published: August 11, 2011

A documentary film by Valentin Thurn about the worldwide destruction of food.

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Khorwah Medical Camp

By MO | Published: August 1, 2011

Photographs from offroadpakistan’s medical camp in the village of Khorwah, district Badin in Sindh. The group included doctors, veterinarians and volunteers from Karachi who were selfless in their efforts to give back to a community. Hand pumps were also distributed.

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Biking to Jinnah’s Mazaar with Critical Mass

By MO | Published: July 26, 2011

The alarm went off at 5.20am. I gave my brother KO a wake up call, secretly hoping he’d say he wasn’t feeling well so I could go right back to sleep. “Oh, you’re up then? Ok, then.. let’s go!” Having fought off the early morning mind changer devil person, we grabbed our water bottles, our [...]

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Sentries of the Coast

By MO | Published: July 20, 2011

A short film on the importance of mangroves, filmed on the coast of Sindh.

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Life cut short in the mangroves

By MO | Published: July 17, 2011

Irfan Husain in DAWN: IT would seem that all of Pakistan is in the grip of one frenzied land grab. From Khyber to Karachi, the rich, the powerful and the well-connected are squeezing out the vulnerable and the marginalised from their traditional lands to further enrich themselves. More here.

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The future of Infographics

By MO | Published: July 13, 2011

A great way to create infographics. Like they say, seeing is believing.

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