Empress Market (2).

Byline: Lt Col (retd) Chaudhry Shahid Nazir - Karachi

IT is imperative that the anti-encroachment drive is stopped immediately as it has endangered the livelihoods of the poor and daily wage earners on the roads, highways and main markets of the city.

The demolition of Empress Market should not have happened in the first place. With so many people involved, we should have shifted the pre-partition structure to another location. How is it possible that the 1,000 shops were not taxed or granted legal cover?

Action against vendors on streets should be delayed till a budget is improved for widening roads. There is no need to demolish anything on a wide road if...