Land mafias and the battle for Karachi's booming real estate
In one of the world's fastest-growing megacities, land disputes are settled by bribery, patronage and sometimes deadly force
Karachi
PERWEEN Rahman was returning home one evening in March 2013 from her job as head of the Orangi Pilot Project (OPP), which for years has pushed land title claims for Karachi's poor, when she was shot three times by a gunman on a motorcycle.
Ms Rahman died as she was rushed to hospital by her friend and colleague Anwar Rashid.
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