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Karachi Residents Plan Court Challenge to Nehr-e-Khayyam

The challenge would cite drainage and urban flooding risks.

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Residents gathered beside the Nehr-e-Khayyam waterway
Karachi residents plan to challenge the Nehr-e-Khayyam project in the Sindh High Court over drainage and urban flooding. Photo: Enable Pakistan

Karachi residents plan to challenge the Nehr-e-Khayyam project in the Sindh High Court, citing concerns over drainage and urban flooding. Nehr-e-Khayyam is the named project, and the challenge is a case the residents intend to take to that court.

The people are Karachi residents. The court is the Sindh High Court. Drainage means how rain and waste water leave an area. Urban flooding means streets and neighbourhoods filling with water. Those are the concerns given for the challenge. The update says residents plan to go to court. It does not say a hearing date has been fixed.

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Why residents want the Nehr-e-Khayyam case heard

The project they want examined is Nehr-e-Khayyam. The forum is the Sindh High Court. The reasons named are drainage and the risk of urban flooding in Karachi. The step described is a plan to challenge the project.

Our verdict

Karachi residents plan to ask the Sindh High Court to hear a challenge to the Nehr-e-Khayyam project, on grounds of drainage and urban flooding. No hearing date is given.

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Frequently asked questions

Who plans to go to court?

Karachi residents.

Which project?

The Nehr-e-Khayyam project.

Which court?

The Sindh High Court.

What concerns do they cite?

Drainage and urban flooding.

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