Orangi Town is often dubbed Asia’s largest non regularized settlement. It started off as a shanty town in the 1960s, with scattered housing. However, the town expanded rapidly after 1971, when the break up of Pakistan brought waves of Biharis in search of refuge. While the government initially took measures to resettle them, later residents turned to self-reliance, building homes, digging drains, and establishing schools through sheer will and community effort. Today, Orangi is home to nearly 700,000 people, yet it continues to function on the margins of state attention. People still do not have ownership rights to the houses they have occupied for over half a century. Access to clean water, proper sanitation, healthcare, and education remains patchy. While some roads have improved, the majority of infrastructure remains neglected. Daily life is shaped by uncertainty from struggling to obtain legal documents, to being excluded from formal employment, to living in constant fear of eviction.