Focus - Pollution, shortages, crime: Daily life in Pakistan's megacity Karachi
- Fed up with hours of power cuts, the residents of Pakistan's economic hub Karachi took to the streets in recent days and blocked several major roads.
- The outburst of anger highlights the daily problems faced by a megacity of over 21 million people, which has once again been ranked among the world's least liveable cities.
- In its 2026 Global Liveability Index, the Economist Intelligence Unit ranks Karachi 170th out of 173 cities, ahead of only Dhaka, Tripoli and Damascus.
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- Fed up with hours of power cuts, the residents of Pakistan's economic hub Karachi took to the streets in recent days and blocked several major roads.
- The outburst of anger highlights the daily problems faced by a megacity of over 21 million people, which has once again been ranked among the world's least liveable cities.
- In its 2026 Global Liveability Index, the Economist Intelligence Unit ranks Karachi 170th out of 173 cities, ahead of only Dhaka, Tripoli and Damascus.
Sources: France 24