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Karachi. / 24.86000°N 67.01000°E / 24.86000; 67.01000. Karachi ( / kəˈrɑːtʃi /; Urdu: کراچی; Sindhi: ڪراچي; IPA: [kəˈraːtʃi] ⓘ) is the capital city of the Pakistani province of Sindh. It is the largest city in Pakistan and the 12th largest in the world, with a population of over 20 million.
Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan. Cause. Gas leak. Deaths. 17. Non-fatal injuries. 16. On 18 December 2021, an explosion at a bank branch in the Sher Shah area of Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan, killed 17 people and injured at least 16 others.
Pakistan's capital (1947–1958) Karachi was chosen as the capital city of Pakistan. After the independence of Pakistan, the city population increased dramatically when hundreds of thousands of Muslim refugees from India fleeing from anti-Muslim pogroms and from other parts of South Asia came to settle in Karachi. [20]
The 2020 Karachi floods ( Urdu: سيلاب کراچی ) were the worst flooding Karachi had seen in almost a century, and killed at least 41 people. [1] [2] [3] The floods were caused by record monsoon rains from 24 to 27 August, [4] which were inadequately drained by poorly maintained drainage systems in the city. [5] [6] [7] The resulting ...
Mayor of Karachi ( Urdu: ناظم کراچی; Sindhi: ميئر ڪراچي) is the executive of the Karachi metropolitan corporation and the Karachi local government system of the city of Karachi which is the third tier of governance in Pakistan after Federal and provincial governments. Karachi Metropolitan Corporation Building (KMC ...
The city's two ports, Port of Karachi (Pakistan's largest) and Port Qasim, are central to nearly all shipping in Pakistan. The airport of Karachi, Jinnah International Airport (also known as Quaid-e-Azam International Airport) is the largest and busiest airport in Pakistan and handles 6 million passengers a year. The airport also receives the ...
Administrative divisions of Karachi. Karachi, Pakistan was a federation of eighteen autonomous boroughs, called "Towns," that made up the City District of Karachi from 2001 until 2011. Under this now-defunct system, Karachi had a local government system, with a mayor empowered to make decisions in regards to city-planning and administration of ...
Municipal Government of Karachiشہری حکومتِ کراچی. Barr. Murtaza Wahab. The Municipal Government of Karachi is the administrative body for the city of [ [Karachi], [Sindh]], Pakistan. Presently the Municipal Local Government Karachi consists mainly of the Karachi Metropolitan Corporation, headed by the Mayor or Administrator .