Every time you look up there is another tall building rising into the blue sky from the sea level in Clifton. At the same time the sea is also rising along the Karachi coast, according to figures released periodically by various institutions.

There is also the increasing threat of cyclones and other threats that a rapidly changing weather, increased temperatures and overflowing population can generate. The increase in temperatures is really a serious issue as, according to reliable sources, our temperature increase is higher than the global average. Amidst all this multi-storied buildings continue to raising their head many on what is popularly known as reclaimed land.

This is what fascinates me to no end. The terminology reclaimed land. In simple English language it means getting back what was once yours. What logic is there to claim what was once under the deep sea was yours by any stretch of imagination.

It is more like forcibly removing a legal tenant and grabbing its........

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