Hamdard University is the largest private university in Pakistan with faculties including Eastern Medicine, Medical, Engineering, Pharmacy, and Law. [249][250] The board became the Karachi Municipal Commission in 1852, and the Karachi Municipal Committee the following year. Cantonment areas, and the Defence Housing Authority are administered and planned by the military. [22][23][24] Approximately 85% of Karachi's Muslims are Sunnis, while 15% are Shi'ites. Notable example of contemporary architecture include the Pakistan State Oil Headquarters building. [59][60] No other natural harbor exists near the mouth of the Indus that could accommodate a large fleet. The five original DMCs are: Karachi East, Karachi West, Karachi Central, Karachi South and Malir. [131] The city has no cohesive transportation policy, and no official public transit system, though up to 1,000 new cars are added daily to the city's congested streets. [170] By the dawn of Pakistan's independence in 1947, the city had an estimated population of 400,000. The two most local tiers are composed of 18 towns, and 178 union councils. [165] As home to the country's two largest ports, Pakistani customs officials collect the bulk of federal duty and tariffs at Karachi's ports, even if those imports are destined for one of Pakistan's other provinces. km of land area) The value for Population density (people per sq. Most educational institutions are gender-based, from primary to university level alongside the co education institutions. [104][105] Several examples of Modernist architect were built in Karachi during this period, including the Mazar-e-Quaid mausoleum, the distinct Masjid-e-Tooba, and the Habib Bank Plaza (the tallest building in all of South Asia at the time). area, population, density and urban/rural proportion. The city's inhabitants are referred to by the demonym Karachiite. The city first developed around the Karachi Harbour, and owes much of its growth to its role as a seaport at the end of the 18th century,[126] contrasted with Pakistan's millennia-old cities such as Lahore, Multan, and Peshawar. [14][13] As of 2008[update], the city's gross domestic product (GDP) by purchasing power parity (PPP) was estimated at $78 billion with a projected average growth rate of 5.5 percent. While the summers are hot and humid, cool sea breezes typically provide relief during hot summer months, though Karachi is prone to deadly heat waves,[117] though a text message-based early warning system is now in place which helped prevent any fatalities during an unusually strong heatwave in October 2017. The Goan community dates from 1820 and has a population estimated to be 12,000–15,000 strong. Pakistan: Tehsils and Talukas Contents: Districts and Subdistricts The population of subdistricts (tehsils and talukas) of Pakistan by census years. [151] An estimated 63% of the Karachi's workforce is employed in trade and manufacturing. [49][50] In 1770s, Karachi came under the control of the Khan of Kalat, which attracted a second wave of Balochi settlers. [300], In the late 1980s and early 1990s, Karachi was rocked by political conflict while crime rates drastically increased with the arrival of weaponry from the War in Afghanistan. 250 mm (10 in) per annum), the bulk of which occurs during the July–August monsoon season. [21] Partition resulted in the exodus of much of the city's Hindu population, though Karachi, like most of Sindh, remained relatively peaceful compared to cities in Punjab. [171][172][173] Karachi's population grew by 59.8% since the 1998 census to 14.9 million, while Lahore city grew 75.3%[174] – though Karachi's census district had not been altered by the provincial government since 1998, while Lahore's had been expanded by Punjab's government,[174] leading to some of Karachi's growth to have occurred outside the city's census boundaries. [28] The city experienced rapid economic growth following independence, attracting migrants from throughout Pakistan and South Asia. Karachiite. [249] The City of Karachi Municipal Act of 1933 transformed the city administration into the Karachi Municipal Corporation with a mayor, a deputy mayor and 57 councillors. [77][78], The name Karachee was used for the first time in a Dutch document from 1742, in which a merchant ship de Ridderkerk is shipwrecked near the settlement. [131], As of 2014[update], Karachi had an estimated GDP (PPP) of $114 billion. 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