Many of these migrants were refugees from the partition.ĭay breaks over Karachi "You will yet be the glory of the East would that I could come again, Karachi, to see you in your grandeur" - Charles James Napier West Karachi also has many beaches and islands, while Central district is primarily a middle-class area, it developed immediately after Pakistan's independence, due to a wave of immigration. Large industrial parks are scattered through the district, along with the Port of Karachi in the Kemari area. The West is home to South Asia's largest slum and also one of the success stories of low-cost housing: Orangi Town. It houses many of city's water amusement parks.Ĭentral and West Karachi (Baldia Town, Kemari Town, SITE Town, Orangi Town and Manora Cantonment / Liaquatabad Town, North Nazimabad Town, Gulberg Town and New Karachi Town) Malir district is the largest district of Karachi by area, and is regarded as the countryside of Karachi City due to its open atmosphere and lush green farmsland. There are some good museums along with many amusement and wildlife parks, and the major Karachi Airport. Many beaches, parks, museums, landmarks, colonial buildings, restaurants and hotels are located within this district.Įast Karachi and Malir ( Gulshan-e-Iqbal Town, Bahria Town, Korangi Town, Landhi Town, Shah Faisal Town, Faisal Cantonment and Korangi Creek Cantonment / Malir Town, Bin Qasim Town, Gadap Town and Malir Cantonment)Įast district is a mix of Karachi's industrial heartland and white collar office centre. Some of Pakistan's richest neighbourhoods, such as Clifton and Defence, are here, along with the iconic Karachi Railway Station.
Home to Karachi's tallest skyscrapers and much historical architecture. The South is a diverse district, home to Saddar, Karachi's downtown area and centre of activity. South Karachi ( Saddar Town, Lyari Town, Jameshed Town including P.E.C.H.S, Karachi Cantonment, Clifton Cantonment and Defence) The Karachi division is officially divided into five districts, which are further sub-divided into eighteen towns that are administered by the city government, and six military cantonments which are administered by the Pakistan Army.įor the purposes of this guide, the six military cantonments have been incorporated into their respective districts below, so that visitors should find the conceptual region list below more useful:įive official districts of Karachi are merged here into three Karachi is a huge city and an administrative division of Sindh Province. Residents and those born in the city are called "Karachi-ites" and almost 98% of the population in Karachi understands the Urdu language. The city credits its growth to the mixed populations of economic and political migrants along with refugees from different national, provincial, linguistic and religious origins, who generally come to the city to settle permanently. Locals call it: the City of Lights, the City of The Quaid, and the City that Never Sleeps. The pace of life is more hurried, and social attitudes are far more liberal than elsewhere in Pakistan. Karachi is different from the rest of Pakistan in the same way that New York is different from the rest of the United States. Karachi, located on the coast of the Arabian Sea, is the financial and commercial centre of the nation, as well as its largest port.
With more than a million new inhabitants pouring in each year, it's not surprising that the stretch marks are showing in one of the largest and most rapidly growing cities in this world! Karachi (Urdu: كراچى, Sindhi: ڪراچي) is the capital of the province of Sindh, and is the largest city and financial capital of Pakistan.īeginning in 1947 at partition of the British Raj, when hundreds of thousands of Muhajirs from India sought refuge, the population has exploded from about 450,000 to an estimated 18 million today. 12.3 Juice, milkshakes, frozen yogurts and ice cream.
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