Karachi

[kuh-rah-chee]

noun

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

Karachi

/ kəˈrɑːtʃɪ /

noun

1. 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

1. 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.

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

Example Sentences

The partition of India in 1947 prompted the family to pack up and move to Karachi.

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From the age of 10, Amina has been scrubbing, sweeping and cooking in a middle-class home in Pakistan's megacity of Karachi.

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They were shot dead by unidentified assailants and their bodies discovered shortly after midnight on Sunday in the Memon Goth area of Karachi, police said.

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Pakistan's commercial capital Karachi was recently paralysed by flooding, with officials forced to declare a public holiday to deal with the aftermath.

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That October, they flew out of Karachi, never to return to India.

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