The City Today

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The City layout 
           The main city is connected with major roads like Nishter Road (formerly called Lawrence Road), Mohammed Ali Jinnah Road (formerly Bandar Road), Shahrah-e-Liaquat (Frere Road), and I. I. Chundrigar Road The main residential localities are Clifton, Muslim Town, Sindhi Muslim Housing Society, PECHS, Defence Housing Authority ( D H A ), Liari, Kharadar, Gulshan-e-Iqbal, Saddar, Liaquatabad, Nazimabad, Malir, Shah Faisal Colony, K D A, Gulistan-e-Juhar etc. The Industrial areas of the city are SITE, Landhi, Korangi and New Karachi where enormous small, medium and large industrial units are located. The city proper has old and decayed buildings, occupied by members of the middle and lower income groups. Further from the city centre are modern bungalows occupied by richer persons; the outer zone is occupied by workers. Karachi has a variety of types of buildings. The central area contains apartment bungalows, barracks, and multistoried buildings; the outer areas are characterized by bungalows, blocks of flats, and quarters (streets of small houses). Buildings of the British period were constructed with stone in western styles of architecture; other stone buildings in the central city show a blending of Eastern and Western styles, and have towers, domes, pillars, arches, hanging balconies, and rectangular courtyards. Buildings in the outer areas are built of cement blocks, and with few exceptions they show no uniformity in design. Some follow contemporary North American design, while others incorporate features of traditional Muslim architecture.

Economic Activity
the most of the major banks, financial institutions, insurance companies, corporate houses are based in Karachi. Their entire managerial and financial activities are routed through this city. The capital of the country is concentrated in this city. The presence of central bank's head offices is the manifestation of it. Karachi Stock Exchange is the biggest trading center of equity and debt securities. The major money market and currency dealer operates from here. The local and shipping companies are also stationed here owing to its status of being a port city. The people from every nook and corner of the country have settled here due to their economic dependence on the city. 

Educational Activity
There are a number of schools, colleges and institutes imparting education in the fields of science, arts, engineering and information technology. The institutions like NED Engineering University, Agha Khan Medical University, Dow Medical College, Sindh Medical College, Karachi University and Institute of Business Administration (IBA) has the major contribution in breeding the professionals of every field. Karachi is a city that has a large variety of places to go and things to do. In every part of the city there is some club or organization. No matter where you are, you can be guaranteed a good time. However in order to find these places and things to do you have to know where to look.