The approval of the slum upgrade rules clears the way for a structured approach to addressing the challenges posed by informal housing settlements in the capital territory. The regulations are ...

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan, December 8 (UNHCR) - The UN refugee agency has begun helping some 3,000 Afghan refugees move from a slum in the Pakistani capital to an undeveloped plot of land in a green belt on ...

A study released last year by the Awami Workers Party Rawalpindi-Islamabad found that nearly half of Islamabad's informal ...

Temporary settlements at mercy of courts as development authority seals water access. As the winter sun sets on Islamabad, residents of the city’s largest Christian slum use bicycles, donkey carts and ...

Islamabad, Pakistan — Until about a year ago, Merhia Baraki was a makeup artist for Afghanistan's state-run television network. CBS News met her Tuesday in a park in Pakistan's capital, as she tried ...

In a court filing, Capital Development Authority had claimed it needed to demolish slum as they might change city’s religious demographic. Human rights activists slammed Islamabad authorities Thursday ...

A planned demolition of 12 Christian and Muslim slums in the Pakistani capital of Islamabad has been met with threats of large-scale protest. Former MP Julious Salik, a prominent Christian community ...

Peter Joseph says he does his best to keep his family safe during the coronavirus pandemic. They all wear masks. They use hand sanitizer when they can find a supply – it's in short supply across the ...

Islamabad (Fides News Agency) – Archbishop Joseph Arshad of Islamabad-Rawalpindi described the Federal Constitutional Court's ruling, which calls on the Islamabad-Rawalpindi city government to ...

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