Abstract
This article deals with the role of Katchi Abbadis in achieving the goal of
housing for all. Right to life has been interpreted by the supreme court of Pakistan in
the case of Shehla Zia Vs WAPDA. The apex court of Pakistan while interpreting the
word life has authoritatively declared that life does not mean to spend a life like
animals or vegetables. Life includes all those necessities of life which are essential to
spend a life which includes all the necessities of life like food, clothes and shelter and
not only a shelter but shelter with healthy environment. Pakistan is a member of UN
Habitat agenda which envisages housing for all. The Government of Pakistan is
striving its level best to achieve the goal of housing for all, but it is beyond the
financial resources of the Government Pakistan to providing housing units to all
citizens of Pakistan without the help and cooperation of private sector. Private sector
is not interested to provide housing units at low cost so it is serving the needs of the
elite class so a major segment of the population is deprived of the housing units. When
we talk about the role of the state like a mother then state cannot leave this segment of
the society homeless. This very poor segment of the society has been accommodated in
the shape of Katchi Abbadis (slums), which is the last hope for very poor segment of
the society.
Mirza Shahid Rizwan Baig, Hafiz Muhammad Usman Nawaz, Dr. Rao Qasim Idrees. (2020) Housing for All: A Case Study of Kachi Abbadis (Slums) in Achieving the Goal of Housing for All in Pakistan, Orient Research Journal of Social Sciences, Volume 5, Issue-2.
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