(1998 pop. 9 million). Before 1725 CE, Karachi, the capital of Pakistan's Sindh Province, was just a desolate geographic region, with the waters of the Arabian Sea lapping over it on three sides. It now boasts a population of over 9 million and...

Karachi (help·info) (Sindhi: ڪراچي, Urdu: كراچى) is one of the most populous cities in the world, the largest city in Pakistan and the provincial capital of Sindh province. Located on the coast of the Arabian Sea, north-west of the Indus...

Despite its status as Pakistan's hub for commerce, violence has routinely visited Karachi's seething streets: from political and ethnic bloodletting to its emergence as a hub of Islamic militants and scene of repeated terror attacks post-9/11.So while the suicide bombing that shattered former Prime Minister...

A prominent opposition lawmaker and staunch critic of President Gen. Pervez Musharraf was banned from traveling to Karachi on Sunday because of his "provocative" statements about deadly violence in the southern port city, officials said.Imran Khan, a former cricket star, was barred from taking a...