Karachi: A World Megacity

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Karachi: A World Megacity (Part II)

[swerveut]

Karachi, Pakistan, is a true megacity with a population of about 14 million people. It is the financial and buisness capital of Pakistan, and a rapidly rising port city serving Pakistan and the landlocked Central Asian countries. Enjoy the photos.


Location:

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The Jinnah International Airport, Karachi


Exterior:



Interior:
Waiting lounge:


Check-in area (photo courtesy Nespak)



Airside:




Satellite:

[ahmed_s]

i like the idea of new pics for karachi

[swerveut]

This Shahrah, on a quick path to becoming a freeway in the near future, has a rapidly developing buisness area.








The Union Bank Building:


The Citibank Building:




The Finance and Trade Center:


IBM's building:


Faysal Bank (under construction)


The State Life Insurance building:


Another under-construction building on Shahrah-e-Faisal:



On the road on Shahrah-e-Faisal


The Navy Heights Apartments near Kaalapul:

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The Avari Towers Hotel:




The Pearl Continental Hotel:


The under construction building of the National Commodities Exchange:

[Red aRRow]

Thanks for the pics swerveut.
BTW the Karachi airport has now been renamed Jinnah International Airport instead of the Jinnah Terminal of the Quaid-e-Azam International Airport.

Thanks for the pics again. Keep posting.

[swerveut]

and it looks beautiful!

[swerveut]

Originally Posted by Red aRRow

Thanks for the pics swerveut.
BTW the Karachi airport has now been renamed Jinnah International Airport instead of the Jinnah Terminal of the Quaid-e-Azam International Airport.

Thanks for the pics again. Keep posting.

Thanks for the info. Made the changes.

[swerveut]

Skyline of Karachi's I. I. Chundrigar Road - the financial district

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The Muslim Commercial Bank building (Pakistan's current tallest building)






Technocity Electronics Mall:





The Habib Bank Building:





And also some of the other buildings there:

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The PIC towers:


The PNSC building:


Bahria Complex:

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The Clifton Beach:


The Clifton Skyline:




Clifton Skyline from an area under development:


Park Towers Shopping Mall in Clifton:




Bar-b-que Tonight restaurant:


Clifton area suburbs:


Three swords of Unity, Faith and Discipline:


The PSO Building in Clifton:


A road in Clifton:

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And after this first round of the city, we head back to the Saddar hotels area for some rest before heading out again later in the day.

The Sheraton and Pearl Continental Hotels from the cricket grounds of the Karachi Gymkhana:




The hotel at night:

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The Frere Hall








The Mohatta Palace






The Clifton Monument and the Kothari Parade

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The Karachi Municipal Corporation (defunct) Building








The Karachi Port Trust

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The Sindh High Court



pigeons that collect in front of the court



The Supreme Court (Karachi Branch) (formerly, the Victoria Museum):

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The Hindu Gymkhana (now a Performing Arts Center):










The Mereweather Memorial Tower





The Max Denso Hall

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and this post is just to switch over to the next page so your computers dont crash because of a massive pictures overload....