Spotlight: Karachi

Karachi, often referred to as the Gateway to Pakistan, is a bustling port city spread out along the Arabian Sea coastline and located north-west of the Indus River Delta. As the city with the largest population in Pakistan, and the most educated, Karachi has also become known as a city that never sleeps. It is a very dense place filled with European, Central Asian and Middle Eastern inhabitants and the second largest Muslim city in the world. Home to Pakistan’s largest corporations, it is also the country’s center for banking, industry, economic activity and trade. The largest port in Pakistan, the Port of Karachi, and the nearby Port Qasim handle ...