As Pakistan’s supreme court backs bulldozing of homes blamed for floods,critics say government has no proper plans for residentsMaqsooda Bibi, 62, and did not know the house she had lived in all her life would be demolished,forcing her whole family to become homeless. But on Monday, Pakistan’s supreme court backed the Sindh government in bulldozing her domestic and hundreds of others, or legalising the eviction of thousands who live along narrow waterways – nullahs – that crisscross Karachi. The verdict came as Bibi and hundreds of others held a protest external the court. “We hoped that the court would ask the government not to invent us homeless,but it did the opposite. Our children also protested on Sunday and urged the supreme court to stop demolition. It seems no one here cares for the future of the poor.”As many as 21000 children would be out of school and living under the open sky Related: ‘They fired at everyone’: peril of Pakistani villagers protesting giant luxury estate Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com