Squatting in Pakistan is the occupation of unused land or derelict buildings without the permission of the owner. Squatted informal settlements formed following the creation of Pakistan in 1947. They were known first as "bastis" then later "katchi abadis" and the inhabitants were forcibly resettled under military rule. By 2007, there were 7.5 million squatters in Karachi alone. The Sindh Katchi Abadi Authority (SKAA) announced in 2019 that a total of 1,414 katchi abadis had been located and 1,006 of those had been contacted with regards to beginning a regularization process.
Squatter areas in Pakistan are known as "bastis" or "katchi abadis" and low-income villages absorbed into cities are called "goths".[1] The goths are defined by the Government of Pakistan as slums.[2] After the creation of Pakistan in 1947, the new capital Karachi grew rapidly in size. Bastis were formed either through land invasions or illegal subdividing of existing land.[3] The largest squatter area, Orangi, was home to around a million inhabitants.[3]
By the early 1990s, there were over 2 million people squatting in Karachi (out of the 8 million total population) and by 2007, there were 7.5 million squatters out of a total population which had risen to 15 million.[1][3] There were also katchi abadis in other cities, for example Islamabad had 52 squatter areas in 2015, estimated to be housing over 100,000 people.[4]
Regularizationedit
The government has embarked upon a program of regularization. The Sindh Katchi Abadi Authority (SKAA) announced in 2019 that a total of 1,414 katchi abadis had been located and 1,006 of those had been contacted with regards to beginning a regularization process. Karachi had 575 settlements, Hyderabad 408, Shaheed Benazirabad 144, Larkana 112, Sukkur 91 and Mirpurkhas 84.[5]
Referencesedit
^ abvan der Linden, Jan (1991). "Security and Value: Squatter Dwellings in Karachi". In Donnan, H.; Werbner, P. (eds.). Economy and Culture in Pakistan. Palgrave Macmillan UK. pp. 62–76. doi:10.1007/978-1-349-11401-6_3. ISBN978-1-349-11401-6.
^ abcHasan, Arif; Mohib, Masooma (2003). "Urban Slums Reports: The case of Karachi, Pakistan". UNDERSTANDING SLUMS: Case Studies for the Global Report on Human Settlements.
^ abcGayer, Laurent (2007). "Guns, Slums, and "Yellow Devils": A Genealogy of Urban Conflicts in Karachi, Pakistan". Modern Asian Studies. 41 (3): 515–544. doi:10.1017/S0026749X06002599. S2CID 144550290.
^Ahmed, Shahzada Irfan (9 August 2015). . The News on Sunday. Archived from the original on 2018-09-15. Retrieved 23 March 2021.
^Siddiqui, Tahir (5 November 2019). "Govt notified 1,006 katchi abadis in Sindh, PA told". Dawn. Retrieved 23 March 2021.
Further readingedit
Lee, Marilyn Bell (July 1999). "Power, self‐care and health in women living in urban squatter settlements in Karachi, Pakistan: a test of Orem's theory". Journal of Advanced Nursing. 30 (1): 248–259. doi:10.1046/j.1365-2648.1999.01070.x. PMID 10404002.
Rahman, Perween. Katchi Abadis of Karachi: A Survey of 334 Katchi Abadis. Orangi Pilot Project - Research and Training Institute.
March 27, 2024
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