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Did the World Bank fund Karachi’s nullah evictions?
$100m SWEEP project in hot water
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Sohail Rab Khan - Posted: May 6, 2021 | Last Updated: 3 weeks ago
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Sohail Rab Khan
Posted: May 6, 2021 | Last Updated: 3 weeks ago
Buildings along a nullah in Liaquatabad being demolished to widen the waterway ahead of the monsoons in Karachi, March 18, 2021. Photo: Online/Sabir Mazhar
There are two little stories about international donors that everyone who lives in Karachi should know.   
In 1994, the World Bank gave the Sindh government a roadmap to privatise Karachi’s water supply. It shortlisted international utility companies as possible private operators. They were International Water, Thames Water, Severn Trent Water, Générale des Eaux, Lyonnaise des Eaux and Enron. The KW&SB trade unions and civil society challenged the privatisation in court by 1999 and t ....

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