{"id":26619,"date":"2023-11-20T20:22:18","date_gmt":"2023-11-20T20:22:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/after-successive-floods-pakistan-is-forced-to-consider-resilient-housing\/"},"modified":"2023-11-20T20:22:18","modified_gmt":"2023-11-20T20:22:18","slug":"after-successive-floods-pakistan-is-forced-to-consider-resilient-housing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/after-successive-floods-pakistan-is-forced-to-consider-resilient-housing\/","title":{"rendered":"After successive floods, Pakistan is forced to consider resilient housing"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<p>As millions rebuild their homes in the wake of the devastating 2022 floods, Yasmeen Lari\u2019s innovative model for flood-resilient homes shows the way.<\/p>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\n<p>Last August, Rano, a schoolteacher from Kewal Kohli, a village in the Mirpur Khas district of Sindh province in southeastern Pakistan, saw the mud hut where he lived wash away in devastating floods.<\/p>\n<p>Just eight kilometres away was a village called Pono, where a group of one-room bamboo houses had all withstood the force of the floods and remained intact.<\/p>\n<p>People\u2019s houses \u201cdid not collapse [in the floods] and they were not forced to evacuate,\u201d Rano tells <em>The Third Pole<\/em>. These houses provided shelter to people from neighbouring villages, including Rano and others from Kewal Kohli.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"media  sm:w-1\/2  w-full  media--right  media--embed  media--uneven\">\n<p>    <iframe class=\"nk-iframe\" onload=\"setInterval(()=&gt;{try{this.style.height=this.contentWindow.document.body.scrollHeight+'px';}catch{}}, 100)\" width=\"100%\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" style=\"height:400px;position:relative\" src=\"https:\/\/www.dawn.com\/news\/card\/1749620\" sandbox=\"allow-same-origin allow-scripts allow-popups allow-modals allow-forms\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<p>Rano found out through villagers that the houses were designed by Yasmeen Lari, one of Pakistan\u2019s most celebrated architects.<\/p>\n<p>A team from her organisation, the <a rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"link--external\" href=\"https:\/\/www.heritagefoundationpak.org\/Hf\">Heritage Foundation of Pakistan<\/a> (HFP), had taught community members to build the houses, which she designed. Inspired, Rano and others from his village contacted the company to ask for training on building the houses for their community.<\/p>\n<p><figure class=\"media  sm:w-full  w-full  media--stretch  \"><figcaption class=\"media__caption  \">The one-room structures built using models designed by the Heritage Foundation of Pakistan. \u2014 Heritage Foundation of Pakistan<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p>\n<h2><a id=\"a-simple-and-sturdy-solution\" href=\"#a-simple-and-sturdy-solution\" class=\"heading-permalink\" aria-hidden=\"true\" title=\"Permalink\"\/>A simple and sturdy solution<\/h2>\n<p>Beneath a slanted, conical roof made of grass, the house\u2019s structure consists of eight bamboo panels \u2014 a material chosen for its resilience, Lari says.<\/p>\n<p>The panels are plastered with lime and mud, and designed with cross bracing \u2014 an X-shape which reinforces the structure. These are installed on a plinth made of lime brick, which raises it above ground, and the ground directly below the house is paved with porous pavement, a surface with a high percentage of air voids that allows water to pass through it and infiltrate the soil.<\/p>\n<p>Being constructed on higher ground with proper drainage meant that there was a lower risk of flood water entering the structure, Rano notes.<\/p>\n<p>In Rano\u2019s village, a total of 25 of these houses were built last October. Each house took just 10 days to build, at a cost of Rs25,000 ($89), with the low cost down to the use of locally accessible materials such as mud and rice husk. The foundation paid for specialist materials and provided technical advice during construction, while house dwellers were tasked with obtaining material locally and providing construction labour.<\/p>\n<p>Currently, the house\u2019s design uses bamboo sourced from the central-eastern province of Punjab, though HFP has been encouraging locals to grow it themselves. Naheem Shah, project manager for the foundation, explains that this is so that, in the event of future disasters, people have the materials to rebuild their houses themselves.<\/p>\n<p>Living in these houses, Rano says: \u201cWe feel safe now. There\u2019s no fear of the roof collapsing on us\u2026 [and] we [don\u2019t] feel the urge to sit outside when it rains.\u201d<\/p>\n<h2><a id=\"building-self-resilience\" href=\"#building-self-resilience\" class=\"heading-permalink\" aria-hidden=\"true\" title=\"Permalink\"\/>Building self-resilience<\/h2>\n<p>The <a rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"link--external\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thethirdpole.net\/en\/series\/the-aftermath-of-pakistans-unprecedented-floods\/\">Pakistan floods of 2022<\/a> were unprecedented in their magnitude, and wreaked havoc in Sindh and Balochistan provinces in Pakistan\u2019s south. More than 1,700 people <a rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"link--external\" href=\"https:\/\/cms.ndma.gov.pk\/storage\/app\/public\/situation-reports\/November2022\/N2n1eEarMt6q6Rb8ZYwn.pdf\">died<\/a>, with <a rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"link--external\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thethirdpole.net\/en\/food\/pakistan-farmers-who-lost-crops-to-floods-struggle-without-compensation\/\">33 million affected<\/a> and more than 8m displaced. Nearly 900,000 homes were <a rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"link--external\" href=\"https:\/\/reliefweb.int\/report\/pakistan\/pakistan-monsoon-floods-operation-update-4-mdrpk023\">razed<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Lari, Pakistan\u2019s first woman architect, <a rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"link--external\" href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/artanddesign\/2020\/apr\/01\/yasmeen-lari-pakistan-architect-first-female-jane-drew\">designed<\/a> the bamboo homes in 2005 after an <a rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"link--external\" href=\"https:\/\/reliefweb.int\/report\/pakistan\/kashmir-earthquake-october-8-2005-impacts-pakistan\">earthquake<\/a> devastated Pakistan-administered Kashmir. Distribution of the house model was expanded to flood-hit areas of Sindh province, southeastern Pakistan, in 2011, where the foundation <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dawn.com\/news\/759973\/fighting-on-different-fronts\">built<\/a> at least 1,000 of the houses in Khairpur and Tando Allahyar districts as part of her housing <a rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"link--external\" href=\"https:\/\/www.heritagefoundationpak.org\/mi\/7\/sustainable-green-construction\">programme<\/a> she dubbed \u201cgreen shelters for all\u201d. Her work in humanitarian architecture led Lari to be <a rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"link--external\" href=\"https:\/\/www.architecture.com\/knowledge-and-resources\/knowledge-landing-page\/yasmeen-lari-to-receive-the-2023-royal-gold-medal\">awarded<\/a> this year\u2019s Royal Gold Medal from the Royal Institute of British Architects.<\/p>\n<p>Lari\u2019s housing model is based on the concepts of self-building using locally sourced materials and through teaching the community house-building skills. These allow the community to actively participate in building disaster-resilient homes and keep \u2014 and spread \u2014 the skills within the local community, rather than rely on outside help.<\/p>\n<p>To encourage self-reliance, HFP focuses on supplying skill and materials rather than financial aid. \u201cThe moment you start giving people a handout, that is the end of their own dignity,\u201d Lari says. Disaster victims \u201care displaced, not handicapped; teach them the skills and they\u2019ll do amazing things\u201d.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"blockquote-level-1\">\n<p>Disaster victims are displaced, not handicapped; teach them the skills<br \/>\nand they\u2019ll do amazing things<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>But to ensure total self-sufficiency, Lari believes aid should extend beyond the house and into daily existence. \u201cThere are millions in my province alone who are without any water,\u201d Lari says. \u201cBut you give them a house, and what about other things? How are they going to survive?\u201d To that end, HFP also provides solar panels and hand pumps to communities, both of which are paid for by the foundation, which is funded by donors and sponsors.<\/p>\n<p>The foundation has also made available online in-depth <a rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"link--external\" href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/YC5dm2Yl1EE?si=Nklff_KG1nI-mnn-\">tutorials<\/a> on building the house. As a result, Lari\u2019s designs have been used by other NGOs such as <a rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"link--external\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/madatcommunity\">Madat Balochistan<\/a>, a community-led organisation in the mountainous southwestern province it is named for.<\/p>\n<p>Maryam Jamali, co-founder of Madat Balochistan, tells <em>The Third Pole<\/em> that her organisation has built between 250 and 300 of the houses in the five months after the floods, largely in the Gandhaka area of Jaffarabad, a district in the province\u2019s southeast which was badly hit by the floods.<\/p>\n<p><figure class=\"media  sm:w-full  w-full  media--stretch  \"><figcaption class=\"media__caption  \">Structures based on HFP\u2019s design that were built in Balochistan\u2019s flood-hit districts after homes were washed away. \u2014 Madat Balochistan<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p>\n<p>Construction of the houses has generated employment, Jamali says, as typically, local carpenters produce the panels, and skilled labourers provide advice on structural integrity and assemble them with the homeowner.<\/p>\n<p>The house design has been lauded for its versatility under different climate pressures. \u201cNot only are they flood-proof, but also good for extreme heat \u2013 we experience 50C to 52C <a rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"link--external\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bolnews.com\/pakistan\/2022\/05\/pakistan-sizzles-as-temperature-touches-50c-in-some-parts\/\">heat<\/a>, and the frequency of heatwaves in our region has also increased,\u201d explains Jamali.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe mud houses could withstand these temperatures, but they\u2019d be easily annihilated by floods. With brick houses, the temperature is even higher inside, as concrete traps heat.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Arbela, 30, a tenant farmer from the district, tells <em>The Third Pole<\/em>: \u201cAfter the floods, we didn\u2019t have any shelter. Our little kids were sitting in the open air, under the blazing September sun. At least now, our kids are safe.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Another tenant farmer, Hakim, 50, agreed, saying: \u201cOur families were left in the open air after the floods [destroyed our homes].\u201d He recalls the severity of the 2022 floods. \u201cWe still had flood water in our feet when we came back from the canal bank [before these homes were constructed by Madat Balochistan],\u201d he says. \u201cThese homes [will] keep us safe.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Both Arbela and Hakim are landless tenant farmers who live on their landowner\u2019s land, and are liable to eviction at any time. The ability to detach and rebuild elsewhere makes the new house design practical for their circumstances. As they are plastered to the ground with mud, uprooting the structure only takes digging the mud with a shovel, labelling the bamboo panels and reassembling them elsewhere, which Madat Balochistan has seen cases of.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"blockquote-level-1\">\n<p>Instead of lumping us all into the \u2018poor, vulnerable people from<br \/>\nBalochistan\u2019 monolith, we need representation from each and every<br \/>\ncommunity<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>In Balochistan, the government has not put any effort into <a rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"link--external\" href=\"https:\/\/thediplomat.com\/2022\/11\/why-pakistans-post-flood-rebuilding-efforts-are-neglecting-balochistan\/\">rebuilding<\/a> houses so far, says Jamali, and it is NGOs that have been leading initiatives. However, she notes, these are not community-led. \u201cDesigns and decisions are forced by the NGOs [on the people] in these initiatives,\u201d she says.<\/p>\n<p>But community-based decision-making and representation are integral to ensure climate resilience, she adds. \u201cEvery community has different needs, norms and cultures \u2013 instead of lumping us all into the \u2018poor, vulnerable people from Balochistan\u2019 monolith, we need representation from each and every community and diverse solutions.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"media  sm:w-1\/2  w-full  media--right  media--embed  media--uneven\">\n<p>    <iframe class=\"nk-iframe\" onload=\"setInterval(()=&gt;{try{this.style.height=this.contentWindow.document.body.scrollHeight+'px';}catch{}}, 100)\" width=\"100%\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" style=\"height:400px;position:relative\" src=\"https:\/\/www.dawn.com\/news\/card\/1732645\" sandbox=\"allow-same-origin allow-scripts allow-popups allow-modals allow-forms\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<p>This has been evident in the case of HFP. Despite Lari\u2019s house design\u2019s seeming potential for use across all flood-prone areas, the model is not a one-size-fits-all solution, as seen in the case of the NGO, <a rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"link--external\" href=\"https:\/\/byac.dev\/\">Balochistan Youth Action Committee<\/a> (BYAC).<\/p>\n<p>It plans to build 40 houses and 10 public washrooms in the flood-affected district of Sohbatpur with disaster management organisation <a rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"link--external\" href=\"https:\/\/hands.org.pk\/\">Hands Pakistan<\/a>, and had initially considered using the bamboo model houses. But they encountered a major issue when drawing up their plans: pests that consume bamboo, the key structural material of the house.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe were exploring the idea of [HFP\u2019s] bamboo houses, but [from] doing on-ground research, we identified that bamboo would not be a sustainable material in this [region] because termites are a big issue,\u201d says Sikander Bizenjo, co-founder of BYAC.<\/p>\n<p>The material they are using instead is brick that is locally produced in Sohbatpur. \u201cIt is something supplied in abundance there and locals see it as more sustainable and [a] long-term [solution],\u201d Bizenjo notes.<\/p>\n<h2><a id=\"a-government-trapped-in-old-ways-of-thinking\" href=\"#a-government-trapped-in-old-ways-of-thinking\" class=\"heading-permalink\" aria-hidden=\"true\" title=\"Permalink\"\/>A government trapped in old ways of thinking<\/h2>\n<p>As communities confront the gargantuan task of rebuilding, and amidst looming threats of more climate change-induced disasters battering the <a rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"link--external\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thethirdpole.net\/en\/climate\/ipcc-severe-consequences-of-further-warming-in-disaster-hit-himalayas\/\">Hindu Kush Himalayan<\/a> watershed, experts are emphasising the importance of climate-resilient, flood-proof structures in the region, which is <a rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"link--external\" href=\"https:\/\/www.icimod.org\/?q=1137\">home to<\/a> 240m people.<\/p>\n<p>This is particularly important due to the poor state of the current housing stock and infrastructure. \u201cHouses and infrastructure were built in areas with no-zoning laws, in low-lying areas and flood paths. Or, where the laws existed, they were ignored due to weak governance,\u201d explains Ali Tauqeer Sheikh, an expert on climate change in Pakistan.<\/p>\n<p>He adds that construction standards \u201cwere all weak and poor\u2026 [They were the] same as in the colonial era, and had not been upgraded. That\u2019s a primary source of vulnerability.\u201d Sheikh notes that corruption is also to blame for inadequate housebuilding standards.<\/p>\n<p>On top of the devastating loss of life, poorly constructed homes have had far-reaching economic impacts for Pakistan. Of the $30 billion in <a rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"link--external\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/floods-pakistan-south-asia-islamabad-25ee9dc0ec7aee6f4f2ef7b557216ee7\">losses<\/a> from the 2022 floods estimated by the government, $10bn accounted for private losses that included housing, while around $7bn was from damaged infrastructure like roads, bridges, power stations, educational buildings and hospitals, says Sheikh.<\/p>\n<p>In Sindh, the government has established a not-for-profit <a rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"link--external\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SphfOfficial\/status\/1663609495640068098\">company<\/a>, the <a rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"link--external\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/sphfofficial?lang=en\">Sindh People\u2019s Housing For Flood Affectees<\/a> (SPHF), to build \u201cresilient\u201d houses made of cement and reinforced concrete. It disbursed $727m allocated for reconstruction, $500m of which was a loan from the World Bank. The funds are used by the beneficiaries to build their own houses with guidance from masons engaged by the company.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"media  sm:w-1\/2  w-full  media--right  media--embed  media--uneven\">\n<p>    <iframe class=\"nk-iframe\" onload=\"setInterval(()=&gt;{try{this.style.height=this.contentWindow.document.body.scrollHeight+'px';}catch{}}, 100)\" width=\"100%\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" style=\"height:400px;position:relative\" src=\"https:\/\/www.dawn.com\/news\/card\/1771567\" sandbox=\"allow-same-origin allow-scripts allow-popups allow-modals allow-forms\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<p>Since February, \u201cSPHF has successfully disbursed funds to 1.8m out of 2.1m beneficiaries. Construction is in progress for 100,000 houses at various stages across Sindh,\u201d Khalid Shaikh, director of SPHF, told <em>The Third Pole<\/em> in September.<\/p>\n<p>To ensure climate resilience, the SPHF guidelines include \u201craising floor levels above the high flood level or adopting wet and dry floodproofing techniques to mitigate future risks, as well as ensuring proper roof drainage systems,\u201d says Shaikh.<\/p>\n<p>But Shahid Sayeed Khan, an environmental architect and founder of sustainable development NGO <a rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"link--external\" href=\"https:\/\/www.indusearthtrust.org\/\">Indus Earth Trust<\/a>, worries that these floodproofing guidelines are not enough, and that the government isn\u2019t looking at the housing crisis through a climate change lens.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSince the government is building using reinforced concrete, they can only build a few \u2018show houses\u2019 [due to the material\u2019s high cost]. This cannot resolve the housing problem because the poor in the rural areas cannot afford to have reinforced concrete,\u201d he explains. Instead, he proposes, \u201cwe have to teach the people to build their own houses, using earth as a material source.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>At a cost of Rs300,000 ($1,067) each, Lari says that the cost of these government-built houses is high and that HFP\u2019s homes would be a much cheaper solution. \u201cHFP homes cost just about Rs25,000 ($89) per structure. Even if you multiply it by a million, it wouldn\u2019t be a huge number,\u201d she notes. \u201cCertainly the $500m the World Bank has given will cover all the housing needed.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>But Shah, HFP\u2019s project manager, says that the government has yet to respond to the foundation\u2019s pitch on their bamboo houses.<\/p>\n<p>To Lari, the government\u2019s strategy is flawed. \u201cUsing concrete and steel comes with a high carbon footprint. Not only is it highly destructive to the environment, but [also] to people\u2019s [lives],\u201d she says. In contrast, her motto, as espoused in her do-it-yourself house model, has been \u201czero carbon, zero waste, zero donor \u2014 leading to zero poverty\u201d.<\/p>\n<p><em>This article was originally published on<\/em> <a rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"link--external\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thethirdpole.net\/en\/livelihoods\/after-floods-pakistan-resilient-housing\/\">The Third Pole<\/a> <em>and has been reproduced with permission.<\/em><\/p>\n<hr\/>\n<p><strong>Header image:<\/strong> A family collects items from the remains of their home damaged by floods in the Shikarpur district, Pakistan, on Aug 30, 2022. \u2014 Fareed Khan \/ AP via Alamy<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As millions rebuild their homes in the wake of the devastating 2022 floods, Yasmeen Lari\u2019s innovative model for flood-resilient homes shows the way. Last August, Rano, a schoolteacher from Kewal Kohli, a village in the Mirpur Khas district of Sindh province in southeastern Pakistan, saw the mud hut where he lived wash away in devastating [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":26620,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/i.dawn.com\/large\/2023\/11\/1821335478d937c.png?r=221653","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-26619","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-top-news"],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26619","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=26619"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26619\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/26620"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26619"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=26619"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=26619"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}