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Five journalists have been killed so far this year in the South Asian country 

Pakistani authorities frequently use colonial-era laws and policies to forcibly evict low-income residents, shop owners, and street vendors to enable public and private development projects.The evictions disproportionately affect the most economically and socially marginalized communities in Pakistan without resettlement assistance or means of redress.The Pakistani government needs to reform its land laws and ensure that no one is made homeless due to eviction, and that there are adequate

Mass forced evictions are also often linked to climate and environmental harms. In Lahore, the state has forcibly acquired tens of thousands of acres of farmland and replaced it with concrete structures, which exacerbate soil erosion and flooding, and magnify extreme heat. In 2020, after torrential rains caused widespread urban flooding in Karachi, municipal authorities blamed informal settlements for blocking stormwater channels, and demolished thousands of homes ostensibly to prevent future

The Pakistani administration has been using excessive force and colonial-era laws and policies to evict low-income citizens in the name of its developmental pro

The Pakistan Institute of Development Economics (PIDE), in collaboration with the Research for Social Transformation & Advancement (RASTA).