AFTER two weeks in Karachi, I’m not sure whether to laugh or cry. Either way,
it involves water—or rather the lack of it.
In Western Europe or the US, you only have to turn on the tap and you’ll see
a jet of cold water, ready to drink, cook and bathe in, or wash the car. Turn on
the tap in Karachi and you’ll be lucky to fill a few buckets. Until 1947, the
city was part of British India, whose engineers built and maintained a modest
water supply network for the city’s 500,000 inhabitants. Today, Karachi is home…
