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Erum Ashfaq
Erum Ashfaq

  • May 26, 2022

    Elevated whimsy

    An elevated expressway has been planned from the middle of the city of Lahore to ease the exit from the center of the city, thus joining the Ravi...

  • April 04, 2022

    National urban policy

    Pakistan desperately needs urban planning, the lack of which can lead to the worst scenario of regional disparity. Ever since the creation of...

  • March 28, 2022

    Safety through urban design

    Whether we are healthy, wealthy and live a lavish life, security remains the foremost condition for us to enjoy every blessing. Time and again...

  • February 01, 2022

    Rekindling the Anarkali romance

    In the recent past, authorities have introduced a number of interventions related to cultural tourism in Lahore. But the approach lacks a holistic...

  • January 06, 2022

    Our cities are us

    ‘What is the city but the people?’ – these words by Shakespeare say it all for the world we are living in. Cities are a manifestation of...

  • December 05, 2021

    The other half

    Her energy is the tip of the iceberg, and yet she remains the most underrated and underutilised part of human capital in Pakistan. Even today, there...

  • November 15, 2021

    A town like Bhera

    The writer is a Lahore-based urban planner, economist and artist.A silence that prevails in the quietness of abandoned mansions, with doors that...

  • October 23, 2021

    Culture policy

    The Punjab government has announced its first-ever Punjab Culture Policy of 2021 to revive and protect the province’s cultural heritage to promote...