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Karachi was known as Khurachee Scinde (i.e. Karachi, Sindh) during the early British colonial rule. An old image of Karachi from 1889 Karachi map, 1911 St Joseph's Convent School, Karachi An image from 1930 of Elphinstone Street, Karachi Karachi Municipal Corporation Building, inaugurated in 1932
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. [37] [38] Karachi collects 35% of Pakistan's tax revenue, [39] and generates approximately 25% of Pakistan's entire GDP.
Geography of Karachi. Karachi is Pakistan 's largest city and is the capital of Sindh; it lies on Pakistan's southern coast, on the Arabian Sea just northwest of the Indus River Delta . Originally a tiny fishing village, Karachi became a trading center in the 18th century. The British, after gaining control of the region in the 19th century ...
SD-P-19. Mercantile Bank Building. Muhammad Ali Jinnah Road. Karachi. Upload Photo. Upload Photo. SD-P-20. Merewether Clock Tower. I.I. Chundrigar Road (McLeod Road) /Muhammad Ali Jinnah Road.
290,000 km 2 (110,000 sq mi) The Geography of Pakistan (Urdu: جغرافیۂ پاکِستان) encompasses a wide variety of landscapes varying from plains to deserts, forests, and plateaus ranging from the coastal areas of the Indian Ocean in the south to the mountains of the Karakoram, Hindukush, Himalayas ranges in the north.
The demographic history of Karachi of Sindh, Pakistan.The city of Karachi grew from a small fishing village to a megacity in the last 175 years. The Late Palaeolithic and Mesolithic sites found by Karachi University team on the Mulri Hills, in front of Karachi University Campus, constitute one of the most important archaeological discoveries made in Sindh during the last fifty years.
The National Museum of Pakistan was established in Frere Hall in 1951, replacing the defunct Victoria Museum. [2] Frere Hall itself was built in 1865 as a tribute to Sir Bartle Frere, a commissioner of Sind during the 19th century. Once the museum was inaugurated the government of Pakistan deemed it wise to constitute an Advisory Council in ...
Image Location Year listed UNESCO data Description Archaeological Ruins at Moenjodaro: Sindh: 1980 138; ii, iii (cultural) Mohenjo-daro was one of the largest cities of the Indus Valley Civilisation and was the first planned city in South Asia. Located on the banks of the Indus River, it flourished between 2,500 and 1,500 BCE.