Dispossessing Islamabad’s Working People: Evictions, Economic Strangulation & Repression
Across Islamabad, from historic settlements like Bari Imam to numerous katchi abadis, eviction drives are displacing working families with alarming regularity, raising urgent questions about legality, justice and human dignity.
These actions unfold amid rising poverty, deepening inequality, and economic pressures shaped by global and domestic policy decisions. For millions of working people – many already pushed out of rural livelihoods – urban life offers little stability, with precarious employment, housing insecurity, and limited opportunities for a better future.
This session examines the broader structural crisis behind these realities, exploring questions of displacement, class inequality, and the rights of marginalized communities. It invites a critical conversation on what it means to build a just city, and who truly has the right to belong.
About the Panelists:
- Umer Gilani
(Advocate Supreme Court) - Rana Shahbaz
(Anjuman Rehribaan Islamabad) - Shagufta Bibi
(All Pakistan Alliance for Katchi Abadis) - Alia Amirali
(Assistant Professor QAU & Political Worker — Moderator)
This session is free and open to all. Just visit the venue to attend it.
The Black Hole
Plot 5H, Street 100, G-11/3, Islamabad.
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