Karachi

[ kuh-rah-chee ]

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noun

a seaport in S Pakistan, near the Indus delta: former national capital; now capital of Sind province.

Karachi

/ kəˈrɑːtʃɪ /

a port in S Pakistan, on the Arabian Sea: capital of Pakistan (1947–60); university (1950); chief port: commercial and industrial centre. Pop: 11 819 000 (2005 est)

Karachi

Largest city in Pakistan , in the southeastern part of the country, on the Arabian Sea near the Indus River delta; Pakistan's main seaport and industrial center.

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Karachi served as Pakistan's capital from 1947 to 1959.

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Spicejet’s Delhi-Dubai flight made a landing at Karachi airport in Pakistan after the fuel indicator malfunctioned.

These regions included Tianjin in China, Karachi in Pakistan and Manila in the Philippines.

At his home in Karachi, his family often went days without getting any water from the city’s pipes.

It’s also why you’ll find stories from Cape Town, Mexico City, the Volga River, Zimbabwe, and Karachi in this issue.

The US consul general in Karachi found out about this and inquired whether it was possible to pick up the 1987 World Series.

He and other Taliban sources claim that in Karachi as many as 50 to 60 Taliban are given summary executions each month.

Uzbeks were responsible for a recent attack on Karachi airport, he said, and “it looks like of the attack in Peshawar is same.”

He moved to Afghanistan and then back to Pakistan via Quetta and is now in Karachi.

The Pakistani Taliban struck again this time with a deadly attack at the Karachi airport last Sunday.

Prime Minister David Cameron is undoubtedly concerned about blowback, and the British consulate in Karachi is already closed.

Arriving in India, we were accompanied out of Karachi by a dozen Englishmen who were practically novices at cycling.

It is not 149 the route which now connects Karachi and Las Bela, but belongs to the later medival phase of history.

"Celadon" ware is abundant from Karachi to Babylon, and some of it is of extraordinary fineness and beauty of glaze.

It is not difficult to reach Las Bela from Karachi by following the modern telegraph line.

We spent Thursday, by the bye, at Karachi, an awful hole it looks—treeless and waterless and very much the modern port.

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