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Karachi Summary
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(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...
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Karachi
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City (pop., 1998: 9,339,023; 2005 est.: urban agglom., 11,608,000), Pakistan. Located in southern Pakistan on the Arabian Sea northwest of the mouth of the Indus River, it was a small fishing village when traders arrived in the early 18th century. It...
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Karachi Information
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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...


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Economic Review
Karachi inferno.
02/01/1995: 1,086 words, approx. 4 pages
The re-emergence of violence in Karachi has assumed unprecedented heights. At least 150 persons were killed during sectarian, factional and criminal violence in February alone. Dacoities, hold-ups and car snatching incidents average 10-12 per day. The growing sectarian violence has almost engulfed the...
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Denver Rocky Mountain News
No Warning In Karachi
11/16/1997: 303 words, approx. 1 pages
Denver Rocky Mountain News 11-16-1997 NO WARNING IN KARACHI In Karachi, violent death is a way of life: Religious and ethnic strife in the city, Pakistan's largest, claims 1,000 lives a year. Now, in an apparent act of political revenge, terrorists there...
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AP News
Karachi mixes business and bombings
10/22/2007: 796 words, approx. 3 pages
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...
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AP News
Opposition leader banned from Karachi
5/27/2007: 408 words, approx. 1 pages
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...
 


 

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