What is it with Pakistani people that whenever they come to think of wealth, education and urbanism the first thing that pops up in their head is “the city, Karachi”. I am from Karachi myself and I don’t see it as anymore than an overpopulated, corrupt dehat with illegal jobs available around the corner. Maybe there is some good education available (as people say 
) in Karachi but what’s the point when you’re going to live in corruption anyway, unless of course you decide to haul ass somewhere else. I mean like more than half of our population has no friggin access to safe drinking water, we have mosquitoes causing malaria thanks to the garbage we dump on the streets, and how come are we modern?
When my nani came here to visit us she’s like “hamara Karachi bhi bara ‘maadran’ hai, aisa waisa na samjho”. I kept quiet out of respect for her otherwise I should’ve went on an insulting spree had it been a worldly young person. We have all kinds of problems in our city; political corruption, illegal businesses, an almost perfectly dystopic infrastructure, and what not… how come is it modern? Okay if you build a handful of modern shopping malls - which aren’t going to benefit the people in need anyway - that doesn’t mean that you’re modern.
Plus the extremely self-centered businessmen just keep investing in the city and hog 4 land plots for absolutely no reason, with no regards for the poor people who need them, law, and conservation. We have no regards for the environment; dumping garbage on the streets, destroying natural habitats, and at the same time our poor people don’t want to move anywhere for a better future; they have no idea what is good for them, simply because they are uneducated and uninformed, and of course our government doesn’t give on friggin sh*t about it… about the govt, for God’s sake enforce the laws, for God’s sake care for the people.
And for the people, for God’s pay your taxes–how will the govt care for you if you don’t care for them? I read somewhere that a large number of govt employees are underpaid. You people of Karachi for God’s sake once–just once–have a glance at those below you. For God’s sake respect yourself, respect your city, respect yourself as a Karachiite, a Pakistani, a Muslim. And finally, for God’s sake agree that you’re not modern, you’re a backwards, grotty little city that still has a lot to do… for God’s sake become truly modern, and not by wearing jeans and eating pizzas, but by doing what’s good for you, for your city and for your people… and the citizens of Karachi know what those things are and thus I need not waste space here.
I might have missed out some points due to the emotional rush within me, but I hope I have conveyed the point.