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 AllRefer.com - Karachi (Pakistan And Bangladesh Political Geography) - Encyclopedia
The capital of Sind prov., it is Pakistan's chief seaport and industrial center, a transportation, commercial, and financial hub, and a military headquarters.
Karachi airport is one of the busiest in Asia.
Karachi has a university and other educational institutions; the national museum, with a fine archaeological collection; and the tomb of Muhammad Ali Jinnah, founder of Pakistan.
reference.allrefer.com /encyclopedia/K/Karachi.html   (326 words)

  
 Karachi - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Karachi, located at latitude 24° 48´ N and longitude 66° 59´ E, is nicknamed "The City of Lights" in Pakistan.
Karachi gained in position as port which led to its importance being recognised by the British, and consequently led to the conquering of the town on the 3rd of February 1839.
Karachi is a city with a cool breeze because of its location close to the Arabian Sea, which is why the pollution levels in the city are not very high.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Karachi   (3008 words)

  
 Pakistan - Hutchinson encyclopedia article about Pakistan   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Pakistan is a federal republic comprising four provinces:; Sind, Punjab, North-West Frontier Province, and Baluchistan, administered by appointed governors and local governments drawn from elected provincial assemblies; Tribal Areas, which are administered by the central government; and the Federal Capital Territory of Islamabad.
Pakistan received US military aid, which was used in 1965 in the war with India over Kashmir (see India).
Pakistan's test-firing of missiles capable of carrying nuclear warheads was seen as deliberately antagonistic by India, and troop build-ups on the Kashmir line of control continued.
encyclopedia.farlex.com /Pakistan   (5721 words)

  
 Pakistan - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Pakistan was an ally of the United States for much of its early history as a modern nation-state, from the 1950s and as a member of CENTO and SEATO.
Pakistan, a developing country, is the sixth most populous in the world and has faced a number of challenges on the political and economic fronts.
Pakistan's religious demographics were influenced by the partition of British India, which led to the fleeing of 7 million Muslims into Pakistan from India and 6 million Hindus and Sikhs from Pakistan to India and led to a larger Muslim majority than had previously existed.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Pakistan   (6804 words)

  
 PakizOnline.Com :: Pakistan :: Pakistan Cities :: Karachi
Karachi the largest and the most populous city of Pakistan, presents an interesting and colourful combination of the old and new.
Karachi `s recorded history goes back to the 18th century when its was a small fishing village known as Kalachi-jo-Goth.
Named after one of Pakistan`s renowned artists, Sadequain the gallery displays a permanent collection of the artists`s work, Sadequain spent the last years of his life painting a huge mural on the ceiling of the gallery but, sadly, did not lived to complete it.
www.pakizonline.com /karachi.htm   (624 words)

  
 Karachi   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Karachi located at latitude 24° 48´ N and longitude 66° 59´ E is the city of lights, a city that never sleeps.
In 1947, when Pakistan was created, most of the city's Hindu population left and a large number of immigrants and refugees (Mohajirs) arrived from India.
The Clifton beach in Karachi is one of the most beautiful and longest city beaches in the world.
www.worldhistory.com /wiki/K/Karachi.htm   (3023 words)

  
 TConline: The people of Karachi, Pakistan
Karachi, Pakistan, is home to more than 14 million people, most of whom know Jesus only as one of the prophets mentioned in the Quran, Islam's holy book.
At the request of the Muslim League, regions on either side of the emerging nation were set apart as East and West Pakistan and established as one separate Islamic nation.
Pakistan may be a young nation, only 56 years old, but it has territorial areas and tribal populations that date back many centuries.
www.tconline.org /worldview/focus/missions/632396.html   (793 words)

  
 CNN.com - Karachi attack could signal al Qaeda comeback - June 15, 2002
KARACHI, Pakistan (CNN) -- Friday's attack on a U.S. consulate in Pakistan suggests the al Qaeda terrorist network is attempting a comeback after being battered by U.S. attacks in Afghanistan, analysts say.
It was the third deadly attack on a Western target in Pakistan since March.
A source at the U.S. consulate said the FBI was sending additional investigators and security personnel to Karachi, while keeping a close eye on other consulates as well as the U.S. Embassy in Islamabad.
archives.cnn.com /2002/WORLD/asiapcf/south/06/15/karachi.blast.investigation   (817 words)

  
 CNN.com - Bush: 'Radical killers' behind Karachi bomb - June 14, 2002
Karachi also is where Wall Street Journal reporter Daniel Pearl was kidnapped and killed earlier this year.
Syed Kamal Shah, the police chief of Pakistan's Sindh province, said authorities had received a copy of the claim and were investigating.
Qureshi did not name al Qaeda, the terror network Pakistan is fighting on its western border, or India, which is involved in a tense face-off with its nuclear rivals over the disputed area of Kashmir with Pakistan.
archives.cnn.com /2002/WORLD/asiapcf/south/06/14/karachi.blast   (870 words)

  
 Worldisround - Pakistan: Karachi - Karachi photos
Karachi is Pakistan's Business Capital home to the Karachi Stock Exchange which was one of the best performing indices in 2003.
Karachi is also home to Pakistan's skyscrapers; there are many buildings which cover the skyline from the coast to the suburbs.
Karachi is the sixth largest Metropolitan City of the world, with an area span of over 1650 sq Km.
www.worldisround.com /articles/41632   (2325 words)

  
 Business Recorder [Pakistan's First Financial Daily]
DHAKA: Pakistan sees a lack of trust in ties with India despite a year and a half of peace talks, although regular meetings between the two sides are helping remove misgivings, Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz said on Sunday.
KARACHI (November 14, 2005): The money market throughout last week remained tight and banks borrowed funds from the discount window, forcing the central bank to inject liquidity to ease some of the pressure from the financial institutions.
KARACHI (November 14, 2005): The easy availability of dollar wiped out the gap between the official and open market rates in the post-holiday sessions last week.
www.brecorder.com   (533 words)

  
 TIME Asia Magazine: To Have & Have Not -- Jun. 16, 2003   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Karachi, a port city of 14 million on the Pakistani coast, where the Pab mountain range and the Sindh Desert gather into a brick-and dust-hued urban sprawl before tumbling into the Arabian Sea, is the battlefield in which an assassin like M.R. thrives.
At partition, most of Karachi's 440,000 population of Hindus had left and were replaced by 1.2 million Mohajirs, or Indian migrants.
Today Karachi is in the grips of the Mohajir godfather, Altaf Hussain, a fugitive in Britain charged with more than 100 counts of murder, sabotage and arson, who continues to rule the city from afar.
www.time.com /time/asia/magazine/article/0,13673,501030616-457408,00.html   (1142 words)

  
 KO :: Tasman Spirit: Karachi Oil Spill Update
The apathy of the two organisations contributed not only to the vessel?s beaching but also the devastating oil spill that has since disfigured the coastline and dealt a deadly blow to the marine ecosystem.
The reason: anything that they say to the media at this stage may be held against them if the issue of claims for the damage done to Karachi goes to court.
However, given that their sheer incompetence stands completely exposed, their silence may have more to do with the fact that they still have no answers to several tricky questions that the world?s largest oil spill since 1996 has raised.
ko.offroadpakistan.com /pakistan/2003_09/tasman_spirit_karachi_oil_spill_update.html   (1179 words)

  
 Metroblogging Karachi
Balakot is a small town in the North West Frontier Province of Pakistan, about 60 miles north of Islamabad.
Although tent villages have been established in the towns, the majority are not willing to leave their land and livestock behind to move to these camps.
I'm really glad that events like these are happening in Karachi, it makes a weekend much more exciting, and makes the Monday blues vanish.
karachi.metblogs.com   (849 words)

  
 Metroblogging Karachi: Jaag Pakistan
JAAG PAKISTAN will be a continuous effort to be replicated across Pakistan and the Karachi chapter as the initiator will forward its format to like minded people across Pakistan.
JAAG PAKISTAN Karachi, has selected Hill Park as the central venue for its activities in Karachi, for its high visual prominence and accessibility.
Jaag Pakistan is also planning to have a blog meetup on their first event, which is Farid Raziuddin Qawwal - Live at Hill Park, 9pm October 22nd 2005.
karachi.metblogs.com /archives/2005/10/jaag_pakistan.phtml   (332 words)

  
 Karachi Creative
WASHINGTON - Pakistan’s president is defending his recent attempts to engage Israel’s government, saying most Pakistanis support his efforts.
Pakistan drop their shoulders as England gain the upper hand
Pakistan yet to deliver on promise to stem infiltration: Ind
www.karachicreative.com   (382 words)

  
 CBS News | KFC Burned During Riot In Pakistan | May 31, 2005 08:38:50
The fast-food chicken restaurant was targeted in overnight rioting after Monday's attack on the Madinatul Ilm Imambargah mosque, where three assailants clashed with police before exploding a bomb in violence that killed two attackers, two policemen and one worshipper and wounded 26 others.
The six bodies were recovered Tuesday, bringing the overall death toll in the southern port city of Karachi to 11, he said.
However, the restaurant is heavily associated with the U.S. and rioters in Pakistan typically attack symbols of Washington while on a rampage.
www.cbsnews.com /stories/2005/05/31/world/main698614.shtml   (501 words)

  
 Karachi Inc - Pakistan Business News
KARACHI: The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) has predicted that Pakistan would have to increase its import of cotton by 400,000 bales of 480-lb each (512,000 bales of...
KARACHI: The All Pakistan Textile Mills Association (APTMA) has become worried over the increasing cotton rates in the local market, which went further up on Saturday, sources...
KARACHI: The country has been given a jolt of around Rs100 million by the policies of Trading Corporation of Pakistan (TCP) for the import of sugar.
archive.wn.com /karachiinc   (479 words)

  
 U.S. Consulate Karachi Pakistan
Karachi, October 24, 2005: U.S. Navy sailors off-loading relief supplies from the boat deck of the ship USS Pearl Harbor in Karachi.
The 13 Pakistani youth, ages 15-21, were accompanied by a small group of their parents as they greeted the ship dockside.
U.S. Ambassador to Pakistan Ryan C. Crocker said that the United States and Pakistan need to have a long-term strategic partnership, as suggested by the 9/11 commission report.
karachi.usconsulate.gov   (1181 words)

  
 Family Care Foundation humanitarian project Family Educational Services Foundation (FESF), Karachi, Pakistan
One of their most prominent programs in Karachi is Deaf Reach, a specialized training program for hearing-impaired youth and young adults which has been effectively operational since 1990.
Self-esteem is reinforced by a unique feeling of belonging to an institute of excellence dedicated to improving their future and the quality of their lives.
Another of the goals of Deaf Reach is to provide those students it serves with opportunities for employment once they graduate from the institute, to help them fulfill their roles as contributing members of society.
www.familycare.org /network/i04.htm   (1610 words)

  
 Pulse International - Pakistan's Medical Newspaper   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
However, it is also a face that still many of these institutions have not established their own teaching hospitals which are essential to impart clinical training.
Karachi: Pricking if IV Infusion bottle is a criminal act which should be avoided to control the spread of Hepatitis and AIDS.
He was speaking at the monthly lucky draw of Otsuka Pakistan in connection with their awareness campaign against spread of Hepatitis and other viral infections held at a local hotel here on 27
www.pulsepakistan.com   (570 words)

  
 Instec Digital Systems - KarachiCam   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
A LIVE VIEW of Sharah-e-Faisal Karachi as seen from our office window facing East.
This is the first and only WebCam in this region (Pakistan, India, China, Afghanistan, Iran).
The Camera originally started as a fl and white camera, and was upgraded to a color cam on 12th January, 1998.
www.instecdigital.com /1/idscam.htm   (62 words)

  
 1987 World Cup In Pakistan - Karachi 4 U   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Pakistan (Group B) Sri Lanka (Group B) West Indies (Group B) Other teams.
It was an historic moment for Imran in 1992 BBC Sport documents Pakistan's World Cup history.
...the match as Pakistan thrashed Zimbabwe by 148 runs on Friday to reach the semifinal of the World Cup and...
www.consulfethiye.com /1987-world-cup-in-pakistan.html   (377 words)

  
 Karachi Portal - KarachiPlus.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Karachi Pakistan,Karachi University, Karachi New.Karachi Plus is the karachi based Portal.
Karachi City is the Business Capital of Pakistan
Karachi the largest and the most populous city of Pakistan.
www.karachiplus.com   (102 words)

  
 Fashion Plus - Pakistan Fashion,Karachi fashion shows -@ Karachi Plus   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Pakistan fashion,Karachi Fashion shows,Karachi Fashion News, Pakistan Models gallery and lot of Snaps.
In the wake of improving relations between Pakistan and India, Karachi saw what could be classified as
We all complain about the brain-drain syndrome in Pakistan but sometimes it can work to our benefit.
www.karachiplus.com /fashion   (406 words)

  
 GupShup
Here we can discuss matters related to Pakistan's politics, economy, international relations, national development, military issues; and all aspects of Kashmir, including the Kashmiri freedom struggle.
Discussions on Islamic and other religious matters - especially in Pakistan and generally all over the world.
It is the aim of this forum to strive towards a vision for tourism in Pakistan and all around the world
www.paklinks.com /gs   (551 words)

  
 Dow Medical College Karachi Pakistan Homepage
In an effort to bring all Dow Alumni together whether they are in USA, UK, Pakistan or any where in the world this site will serve as the links for various Dow related sites, activities and organization.
Periodically I will post information regarding the activities occurring in UK and other European countries.
Class of 1984 reunion was held in Karachi last week...
www.karatela.com /dmc/dmc.html   (455 words)

  
 Husain Ibrahim Jamal resaerch nstitute of Chemistry Karachi Pakistan
Husain Ibrahim Jamal resaerch nstitute of Chemistry Karachi Pakistan
There are lot of research publications of this Institute in International Journals.
The institute remains committed to performing research of an international level of excellence.
www.geocities.com /Tokyo/Garden/4404/in/in-pk6.htm   (72 words)

  
 Karachi - Pakistan on Flickr - Photo Sharing!   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Sunday textile market on the sidewalks of Karachi, Pakistan.
all of the materials lining this karachi street for a sunday textiles market produced a photogprapher's paradise!
Love the colors, and reminds me of my quick trip to Karachi a few years ago.
www.flickr.com /photos/babasteve/6011763   (927 words)

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