Karachi has a population of 105,000 as per the census of Pakistan. Karachi is the largest city in Pakistan and the 12th largest city in the world. Ranked as a beta global city, it is Pakistan's premier industrial and financial centre.

Karachi is Pakistan's mosat cosmo-politan city, linguistically, ethentically, and regiously diverse, as well as Pakistan's most secular and socially liberal city. With its important location at Arabian sea, Karachi is a home to Pakistan's two largest ports called Port of Karachi and Port Bin Qasim.