We toured Karachi's Red Line to bring you this update

Few things test Karachi commuters’ patience like its roads and public transport. For nearly five years, construction of the Red Line has added another obstacle to daily journeys, with traffic diversions, dust and disrupted businesses along the corridor. We wanted to understand why the project was taking so long. So we travelled the route, documented the work on the ground and spoke to the people living and working beside it. The idea for the Red Line was born in the early 2010s when it was clear Karachi could not survive its own traffic. The Japan International Cooperation Agency, known…