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Karachi district has the highest literacy rate in any of Pakistan's districts. The city is home to many universities and colleges. Here is a list of some of the more important ones. For a relatively complete list see : List of Karachi colleges
Karachi also boasts of some of the best schools in the country. These Include :
Karachi is a melting pot of peoples and cultures. Before 1947, the city was inhabited mainly by people from the areas near the city, the people basically being Sindhis, Baluchis, Mekranis and Gujaratis. In 1947 most of the city's Hindu population left and a large number of immigrants( Mohajirs) arrived from India. Most of these are from the Urdu speaking parts of India. However, Memons from Gujarat and a small number of communities from other areas also arrived, giving Karachi a flavour of all the provinces and parts of British India. After independence, a steady stream of immigrants coming to the city from different parts of Pakistan has resulted in large Punjabi, Pathan, Bengali and Hazara communities to develop in Karachi. In 1971, there was a large influx of mainly Urdu speaking people from the former East Pakistan. In the 1980s a massive influx of Afghan refugees streamed into the city as a direct result of the Russian invasion of Afghanistan.
Today, Karachi has sizeable communities of people from all the different parts of Pakistan. Karachi also contains large numbers of people from different cultural segments of South Asia and Afghanistan as well as small immigrant communities from as far off as Africa and Burma. This mixture of peoples and cultures gives Karachi a very cosmopolitan feel.
Karachi can be called a melting pot of many different flavours. It is a very cosmopolitan city with different languages and cultures intermingling all the time. The city is a beautiful mixture of the old and the new. Burqa clad women will walk on the same roads that women drivers are seen on. Karachi possesses a fast-paced, evolutionary culture unique in it's entity across the country.
The city has slowly become a cultural hub and is home to many artists, poets, writers, and thinkers. The number of art galleries and museums is also on the rise.
The city has the National Museum, one of the few well-kept museums in Pakistan. It contains many artifacts from the Indus Valley Civilization and later eras in present day Pakistan. Apart from this there is the Air Force and Navy museum that catalog Pakistan's aerial and maritime history. Another museum is the Mohatta Palace Museum which is made in an old renovated building. The museum-going trend is on the rise in the city.
Karachi is home to many musicians from the South Asian Classical and Semi Classical musical traditions. Unfortunately their number is dwindling with time.
Karachi is also home to a large number of music bands belonging to modern popular music and solo singers. Making the city quite productive in terms of music.
Karachi is host to the annual KaraFilm festival. Although this festival is very new it has gained an eminent position in international circles.
Karachi is home to a large number of poets. The language of poetry and literature is mainly Urdu. Some of the most prominent names in Urdu poetry are from Karachi. It is no wonder that the first international Urdu mushaira was conducted in Karachi. Unfortunately this tradition died out slowly.
Karachi has as varied a cuisine as its people. Burns Road (Lovingly pronounced Bruns Road) is the hot spot for local mughlai style delicacies. Dhoraji is known for its excellent Gola Ganda. Defence and Clifton have a large number of upscale restaurants that generally have fusion or international cuisine. Apart from this there are a multitude of places in the city, each one famous for one thing or the other.
Good food is never too far in Karachi. As long as you keep an open mind you can stumble across the most excellent of meals in the city.
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