Pakistan City: Karachi

Karachi arose at the beginning of the XVIII century as a small fishing village and by 1843 became the administrative center of the province of Sind. Immediately after independence, from 1947 to 1959, Karachi was the capital of Pakistan, and although he currently lost the capital’s functions, but continues to remain the largest city in the country and the focus of its industrial power, trade and tourism.

The main historical monuments of the city are concentrated between the Central Streets of Bandera Road and Macleod Road: Neoclassical Building of the Supreme Court Sind (beginning of XX.), State Bank (1961.), colorful embankment of the lear, narrow quarters of the old city and the Quarter Haradar (one of the oldest in Karachi) with his mansion Vazir (place of birth "Father nation" Muhammad Ali Ginny, currently has the status of the National Monument). But the inhabitants of the former capital are the center of the city and its most revered places are two facilities: the white-grade Mausoleum of Caid-I-Azam-Mazar with impressive arches – a monument to the founder of Pakistan Muhammad Ali Ginnu, whom Pakistanis is called Caed-I-Azam, as well as the National Society Mosque The protection of Masdzhid-e-tube, whose dome is considered the most one of the largest in the region (the central mosque hall, which covers the dome, is able to accommodate 5 thousand people at the same time), and minarets are the highest in the southern part of the country (70 m). Next to the mosque, the so-called honeymoon house is located in which Aga Khan was born.

The attractions of Karachi are also the Cathedral of the Holy Trinity, the Church of St. Andrew (good examples of Anglo-Indian architecture), Bakh-I-Ginn (Gardens Ali Ginn) and the Liacat Hall complex (Municipal Library on the first floor and the art gallery on the second), National Museum of Pakistan on Ziauddin-Ahmed Road (extensive collection of objects of culture of early Indecery and Gandhara, Islamic art and miniatures, ancient coins and manuscripts), the hour tower Mereverz (1892 g., The height of 35 m) is the main landmark of the Karachi business center, the leading art gallery of Pakistan – Chaukandi Art (open in 1985.) and about a dozen some smaller artistic assemblies scattered throughout the city.

The southern district of the city is called Clifton – this is a former British resort and a famous holiday destination. However, on public and some non-heavy resorts Clifton Beach and Manor’s Islands is quite a few. Good conditions for seafood can be found in the Sendspit, Hokis Bay, Franch Beach and Paradise Point within a radius of 10 – 20 km from the city. In addition to the usual plants and tourist attractions for such areas, it is possible to see giant green turtles that postpone on local beaches of eggs from September to October.

Karachi – one of Pakistan’s largest shopping cities. Moreover, this applies to both large businesses and traditional to the East, markets, markets and private shops – here are their literally inconspicuous. The best traditionally considered to be the Sarata Bazaar (a typical oriental jewelry market) in the old quarter of the city, the Zainab market (specializes in tissues, primarily cotton, and articles of handicrafts), Saddar Cooperative market (many articles of handicrafts made from wood, semi-precious stones and copper), Borear Bori (Bochry) and built by the British Empress Market, as well as numerous small markets like Juna, Haradar, Mithadar and Jodia. Many modern shopping centers can be found in Clifton, on the streets of Zaib-Un-Nis, Abdullah Harun Road and Muhammad-Ali-Ginn Road.

Many historical monuments are concentrated around the old capital, among which such well-known objects, as received by the legends of the shrine of Mongho-feast (16 km north of Karachi) with a swimming pool of sacred crocodiles, Chaukundi tomb (27 km north of Karachi) with their graves of the XVI-XVIII centuries , Archaeological site Babkhor (the ancient port city of Debul, known as the first place to landing the Arab conqueror of Muhammad Bin Casim in South Asia, 711 g. N. NS.), as well as Lake Chalavedi (86 km from the capital) – the largest bird reserve near Karachi, where thousands of migratory birds from Siberia arrive every winter.