Arif Hasan, is a Pakistani architect, planner, activist, social researcher, and writer.
[1] He received his school and college education in Karachi; studied architecture at the Oxford Polytechnic, UK from 1960–1965; worked in architects' offices in the UK, France and Spain for three years, and returned to Karachi in 1968 to establish his independent practice.
This practice slowly evolved into dealing with national and International urban planning and development issues.
[4] In 1989, he founded the Urban Resource Centre (URC) in Karachi of which he is a founder and chairman.
[4] Arif Hasan's complete works (articles, reports, papers) are available for download at http://arifhasan.org/category/articles