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The facility was established by the Royal Air Force in 1923. Located in a beach area of Karachi, the primary role of the facility was to provide the embarkation and disembarkation facilities to the RAF and other British personnel arriving by civil or military amphibious aircraft, and also to handle receipts and dispatch of cargo on these aircraft.
Lyari Expressway is a highway along the Lyari River in Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan connecting the Port of Karachi with M9 Motorway. Lyari Expressway 's North bound section is recently opened for traffic while the South bound corridor was completed and inaugurated for traffic in 2008. [ 25 ]
Imperial Airways was one of the first airlines to fly to Karachi in December 1926 when Pakistan was a part of British India. [ 2 ] J. R. D. Tata made the maiden voyage from Juhu Aerodrome in Bombay (now Mumbai ) to Drigh Road airstrip (now Jinnah International Airport), Karachi , via Ahmedabad , on 15 October 1932, carrying mail in a Puss Moth ...
Karachi is now Pakistan's premier industrial and financial centre. The city has a formal economy estimated to be worth $190 billion as of 2021, which is the largest in the country. [36] [37] Karachi collects 35% of Pakistan's tax revenue, [38] and generates approximately 25% of Pakistan's entire GDP.
The N-5 is the longest national highway in Pakistan and serves as an important north–south road artery, starting from Karachi and extending through Hyderabad, Moro and Sukkur in Sindh before crossing into Punjab province where it passes through Multan, Sahiwal, Lahore, Gujranwala, Gujrat, Lalamusa, Kharian, Jhelum and Rawalpindi.
Muhammad Ali Jinnah Road (Urdu: شاہراہ محمد على جناح), frequently abbreviated as MA Jinnah Road, is a major thoroughfare in central Karachi, Pakistan.The road was originally named Bandar Road (بندر روڈ ;"Port Road"), because it linked the city to the Port of Karachi, [1] but was later renamed in honour of Pakistan's founder, Muhammad Ali Jinnah.
Lyari Town (Sindhi: لیاري ٽائون, Urdu: لیاری ٹاؤن ) is named after the historic locality of Lyari. [1] [2] [3] Lyari Town was the smallest borough (called "town" in Karachi) by area, but also the most densely populated. [4]
The Ispahani Hangar is a Pakistan International Airlines wide-body aircraft maintenance hangar at the Jinnah International Airport in Karachi, Pakistan. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] It was named in honour of Mirza Ahmad Ispahani , the first and longest-serving chairman of Pakistan International Airlines (PIA).