The City Of Karachi, Pakistan

Karachi which was former Capital of Pakistan is now country’s main financial and industrial hub and the biggest city by population or by area in Pakistan. Karachi is the capital of Sindh province in Pakistan. It is also 8^th most populous metropolitan city in the world. Importance of the city of Karachi is due to its strategic location where it lies on the shores of Arabian Sea and it gives Karachi two most important and busiest seaports Karachi Port and Port of Bin Qasim and it serves as sea transportation hub for the south and central Asia. According to the census of 2017 total population of Karachi city is 14,910,352. Official postal codes for Karachi city are 74600, 74700, 74800, 75080, 75260, 75280, 752900, 75300, 75400, 75500, 75640, 75850, and 75950. The dialing code for Karachi is 021.

Karachi was a very small village on the shores of Arabian Sea with the name of kolachi in the early 18^th century. When British arrive here they understood its strategic location and started development work which increased dramatically with the rise of British East India Company, who transformed the city into one of the biggest seaports of Sub-continent. Before the partition in 1947 Karachi city was already developed due to which right after the independence city grew rapidly and unlike other northern parts of Punjab where violence created Chaos but Karachi remained peaceful and many people migrated to and from Karachi very peacefully and its economy went straight up and it welcomed immigrants from all parts of Pakistan & South Asia. It is considered to be the culturally most diverse, secular, and socially liberal city in Pakistan. Karachi is most tax revenue generating city that is more than 35% and also generates about 20% of Pakistan’s total GDP.

The city of Karachi also has many different names which are “The City of Quaid” as it is the birthplace of Quaid-e-Azam, City of Lights because of its nightlife and it is said that nights never sleep in this city. A major change in the demographics and economics of the city happened when a large number of Muslim migrants called “Mahajareen” arrived in the city until late 1960s. Karachi is also the home of the busiest airport of Pakistan Jinnah International Airport. The city of Karachi has the largest road network in Pakistan which is more than 9500kms in length and more highways and motorways are under construction which will connect Karachi to the major Northern city of Peshawar about 1100kms. Karachi is also connected to the all other major cities of the country by Railway network; it is the starting terminal of Main railway Line 1 that connects Karachi to Peshawar. Karachi has two main railway stations Karachi city and Karachi Cantt. City is also the home of Mizar-e-Quaid-e-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah, which is also the official symbol for the city of Karachi.