This PhD research aims to look into the current condition of ‘British Protected Heritage in Pakistan and investiagtes the adaptive reuse potential in the heritage from British era in Karachi, Pakistan which have the protected status but still losing its existence. And how the concept of adaptive reuse can play an important role for rejuvenating this heritage positively in Pakistan.

In theoretical way, this study will try to revitalize the British Heritage of Karachi to, perceive the idea of adaptive reuse in Pakistani perspective that protected heritage can be unwritten as a discourse for sustainable development. The research will focus on finding the new approaches that will aim to the idea of finding values and meaning of the past that can be constituted and utilized in the present to revive the heritage for future. The focus will be on the commercial, residential-commercial or commercial-residential typology buildings from the first protected enlisting of 1995-1997, in Karachi and reusing them as an agent for the sustainable urban regeneration of the city, and how these buildings can play part in the social-cultural and economic development for local communities.