Help Save Families from Mass Evictions in Karachi
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KARACHI BACHAO TEHREEK is raising funds to help the residents of Gujjar Nala in their fight for their homes and lives against the ambitions of the World Bank and illegal activities by the state infringing on their human rights.
Residents living along the Gujjar Nala have been under the threat of displacement due to an anti-encroachment drive since February 2021. Entire generations of families are at risk of homelessness as we speak!!
This demolition campaign is part of a plan that aims to permanently solve Karachi’s drainage problem. HOWEVER, most of the households which are being demolished are NOT encroachments, neither are they blocking the flow of water. The residents of Gujjar Nala are a scapegoat for the incompetence and neglect officials have suffered the city of Karachi for decades, and their human rights are being infringed upon because of this.
Their homes are not encroachments. Even if they were, as per Supreme Court orders, even encroachments cannot be removed without adequate rehabilitation.
Over hundred leased homes have obtained lawful stays from demolition from the Anti-Encroachment Tribunal in Karachi and the Sindh High Court. They are lawfully protected from demolition but are under a constant urgent threat of it.
Residents have not been given alternative housing or emergency shelter or any form of real and meaningful alternative to live in and this illegal act is rendering them homeless. Protestors are being arrested and detained . Heavy machinery including bulldozers stand outside their homes rightnow, threatening to demolish the neighborhood!
Please donate to KARACHI BACHAO TEHREEK to help us in our legal fight against these unjust evictions! Your donation will directly support this cause and every single proceed will go directly to those affected.
For those in Pakistan who would prefer a bank transfer, you can donate to:
Bank: Habit Metropolitan Bank Ltd
Account Title: Umm-e-Laila Raza
Residents living along the Gujjar Nala have been under the threat of displacement due to an anti-encroachment drive since February 2021. Entire generations of families are at risk of homelessness as we speak!!
This demolition campaign is part of a plan that aims to permanently solve Karachi’s drainage problem. HOWEVER, most of the households which are being demolished are NOT encroachments, neither are they blocking the flow of water. The residents of Gujjar Nala are a scapegoat for the incompetence and neglect officials have suffered the city of Karachi for decades, and their human rights are being infringed upon because of this.
Their homes are not encroachments. Even if they were, as per Supreme Court orders, even encroachments cannot be removed without adequate rehabilitation.
Over hundred leased homes have obtained lawful stays from demolition from the Anti-Encroachment Tribunal in Karachi and the Sindh High Court. They are lawfully protected from demolition but are under a constant urgent threat of it.
Residents have not been given alternative housing or emergency shelter or any form of real and meaningful alternative to live in and this illegal act is rendering them homeless. Protestors are being arrested and detained . Heavy machinery including bulldozers stand outside their homes rightnow, threatening to demolish the neighborhood!
Please donate to KARACHI BACHAO TEHREEK to help us in our legal fight against these unjust evictions! Your donation will directly support this cause and every single proceed will go directly to those affected.
For those in Pakistan who would prefer a bank transfer, you can donate to:
Bank: Habit Metropolitan Bank Ltd
Account Title: Umm-e-Laila Raza
Organizer
Sana Rizwan
Organizer
Tempe, AZ