The metropolitan city is the concentration centre of all the ethnic identities of Pakistan gathered here for varying reasons political as well as economic, and reduced the original inhabitants, Sindhis and Baluchis, to a minority. Karachi cauldron can better be understood by discussing all the major sources of conflicts - ethnic, sectarian and terroristic- but this article will discuss only the political aspect of the whole issue. A bad omen for country’s fragile democracy as well. Karachi is understandably now a battlefield of mutually conflicting and contradicting interests. The failure of the state to accommodate its ethnicities and diverse cultures in a national narrative, has logically resulted in rising political trends that lead to ethnic and regional conflicts and sectarian clashes. Karachi, the economic hub of the country, depicts the complex social, political and economic problems afflicting Pakistan. The people (Mohajirs) who migrated from various parts of India settled in Karachi, Hyderabad, and other cities of Sindh, brought with them an urban capital culture, relatively large entrepreneur class along with an administrative and educated petty bourgeoisie and a well-trained working class.
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