* 1947 – Founder of Pakistan, Muhammad Ali Jinnah is sworn in as first Governor-General of Pakistan in Karachi.

* 2002 – Reporter Daniel Pearl is kidnapped in Karachi, Pakistan and subsequently murdered.

Karachi (, ; ) is the largest city, main seaport and financial centre of Pakistan, as well as the capital of the province of Sindh.

Karachi is the most populous city in the country, one of the world's largest cities in terms of population and also the 10th largest urban agglomeration in the world.

Karachi is ranked as a Beta world city.

Karachi is the location of the Port of Karachi and Port Bin Qasim, two of the region's largest and busiest ports.

Descendants of the original community still live in the area on the small island of Abdullah Goth, which is located near the Karachi Port. The original name " Kolachi " survives in the name of a well-known Karachi locality named " Mai Kolachi " in Sindhi.

Mirza Ghazi Beg, the Mughal administrator of Sindh, is among the first historical figures credited for the development of Coastal Sindh ( consisting of regions such as the Makran Coast and the Mehran Delta ), including the cities of Thatta, Bhambore and Karachi.

However, he remains unpopular in areas of Karachi to this day, and is known by some locals as ' chicken ' or ' च ि कन '.

Many countries sought to emulate Pakistan's economic planning strategy and one of them, South Korea, copied the city's second " Five-Year Plan " and world Financial Centre in Seoul is designed and modeled after Karachi.

Karachi especially after the 1970s has emerged as one of the largest Pashtun cities in the world with its Pashtun population estimated to be around five to seven million which is more than Peshawar, Kabul or Kandahar easily.

Karachi is the financial and commercial capital of Pakistan.

A substantial part of Sindh ’ s gross domestic product ( GDP ) is attributed to Karachi ( the GDP of Sindh as a percentage of Pakistan ’ s total GDP has traditionally hovered around 28 %- 30 %; for more information, see economy of Sindh ).

Karachi ’ s GDP is around 20 % of the total GDP of Pakistan.

Karachi is the nerve center of Pakistan's economy.

The Karachi Stock Exchange is the largest stock exchange in Pakistan, and is considered by many economists to be one of the prime reasons for Pakistan's 8 % GDP growth across 2005.

In addition, Karachi has a vibrant cottage industry and there is a rapidly flourishing Free Zone with an annual growth rate of nearly 6. 5 %.

Among projects of note, Emaar Properties is proposing to invest $ 43bn (£ 22. 8bn ) in Karachi to develop Bundal Island, which is a island just off the coast of Karachi.

Karachi was chosen as the capital of Pakistan, which at the time included modern day Bangladesh, a region located more than away, and not physically connected to Pakistan.

Karachi has several large industrial zones such as Karachi Export Processing Zone, SITE, Korangi, Northern Bypass Industrial Zone, Bin Qasim and North Karachi, located on the fringes of the main city.

Many historic buildings are also located in city, which were constructed in British era like Karachi Port Trust, Sindh High Court.

National Park and Lake: Kirthar National Park is located 60 kilometers from Karachi.

The newly built shopping center Port Grand Food and Entertainment Complex is located at Port of Karachi near Native Jetty Bridge.

The Ibrahim Ismail Chundrigar Road, located in the heart of Karachi.

There is also a thriving Afghan music industry in neighboring Pakistan, primarily located in the cities of Peshawer, Karachi and the capital city, Islamabad.

The city is located on the banks of the Chenab River in the geographic center of the country and is about from the capital Islamabad, from Lahore and from Karachi.

Not only are they located in the province of Baluchistan and the North-West Frontier Province, but also located in Karachi and other parts of Pakistan.

The company headquarters are located in Basel and the company has many pharmaceutical and diagnostic sites around the world-including: Nutley, NJ ; Pleasanton, CA ; Branchburg, NJ ; Indianapolis, Indiana ; Florence, South Carolina ; and Ponce, Puerto Rico in the US ; Welwyn Garden City and Burgess Hill in the UK ; Clarecastle in Ireland ; Mannheim and Penzberg in Germany ; Mississauga and Laval in Canada ; Shanghai in China ; Mumbai & Hyderabad in India ; Rio de Janeiro, Brazil ; Segrate, Milan in Italy ; Karachi, Islamabad and Lahore in Pakistan.

* Ayesha Bawani Academy, located in Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan

The headquarters are located in the financial capital of Pakistan, Karachi with its second headquarters in the capital, Islamabad.

Dow Medical College, is one of the oldest medical schools in Pakistan and is located in Karachi.

* In Pakistan there are four Alliance Françaises located in Karachi, Lahore, Faisalabad and Islamabad.

The PNS Mehran attack was a Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan ( TTP ) attack / shooting that took place on 22 May 2011, at PNS Mehran, the headquarter of the Pakistan Navy's Naval Air Arm and the most populous Pakistani military installation, located near the PAF's Faisal Air Force Base of Karachi, Sindh.

It is located in Shah Latif Town on National Highway, 10 km east of Karachi airport.

The Main Campus is located on a six acre site in Shah Latif Town on the National Highway, ten kilometres east of Karachi airport.

The University started with three computer science institutes located at Karachi, Lahore, and Islamabad.

It is located on the right bank of Indus River, approximately 18 km Northwest of Hyderabad and 150 km Northeast from the provincial Capital of Sindh and largest city of Pakistan, Karachi.

The province was bordered by the Indian states of Gujarat and Rajasthan to south and east, the princely states of Bahawalpur and Khairpur to the northeast and Karachi and the princely states of Kalat and Las Bela to the west.

There are no natural boundaries between Quetta and its adjoining districts of Dera Ismail Khan to the northeast, Dera Ghazi Khan and Sibi to the east, Sukkur and Jacobabad to the southeast, Karachi and Gawadar to the south and Ziarat to the northeast.

The extensive network of Pakistan Railways connects Quetta to Karachi in south, by a track, Lahore in northeast ( 1, 170 km or 727 miles ) and Peshawar further northeast ( 1, 587 km or 986 miles ).

The influence of the Rai state exdended from Kashmir and Kannauj in the east, Makran and Debal ( Karachi ) port in the west, Surat port in south, Kandahar, Sistan, Suleyman, Ferdan and Kikanan hills in the north.

Korangi Town is a town in the eastern parts of Karachi, Pakistan, south of the Malir River.

Korangi Town is a town in the eastern parts of Karachi, Pakistan, south of the Malir River.

As per the operational plan, the task group reached south of Karachi and stayed in the area during the day, outside the range of Pakistan Air Force ( PAF ) aircraft.

At 2230 hrs PST, the task group converged about south of Karachi detected Pakistani targets, analyzed as warships 45 miles to the northwest and 42 miles to the northeast.

The ammunition on the Venus Challenger immediately exploded as the missile struck sinking her about 26 miles south of Karachi.

INS Nipat continuing towards Karachi, locked on to the Kemari oil storage tanks of the port from south of the harbor.