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What's the best thing about Karachi? For many on Twitter, it's the people

What's the best thing about Karachi? For many on Twitter, it's the people

The food, beaches, resilience and welcome embrace the city offers were also strong contenders.
22 Jan, 2022

There's a lot more to Karachi than just the sea and people on Twitter are opening our eyes to all the city has to offer.

It all started with a question — "What's your favourite thing about Karachi?" The tweet by RJ Sabah Bano Malik resulted in a sea of answers from Karachiites and non-Karachiites alike.

We'll start off with an easy one — the food! Everyone knows Karachi food is the best food in the country.

We're convinced — love for chai may be the secret ingredient to uniting the country.

You don't have to be from Karachi to call Karachi home and that's a fact!

There's more to this city than just beaches — the people are pretty resilient too. Despite everything they've gone through, the people of Karachi haven't lost hope, this user pointed out.

One user highlighted the city's ability to forgive all those who've been "unkind" to her. Actor Iqbal Theba pointed out that it's truly a city for everyone. "[The] rich can be happy anywhere but it’s for the poor that the city offers the most. Karachi ghareeb ka mai baap hei [Karachi is the parent of the poor].

We all know it's the people who make a place and for this user, Karachi has the best people.

Love for the people of Karachi apparently transcends city rivalries.

Some more had poetic answers for this "living organism" that we're lucky to inhabit.

There were simpler answers too.

There have to be some downsides, we guess.

One user believed Karachi is "cheerfully immune" to the inevitable drain tourists bring.

You can't mention Karachi without talking about the beach.

As Karachiites, we can't deny that there are a lot of things wrong with our city. There's pollution, crime and a host of other problems, but at the end of the day, it's home. Seeing the city through the eyes of people who don't live here has opened our own eyes to the beauty of our city and its people. What's your favourite thing about Karachi?

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Riazullah Baig Jan 22, 2022 10:20am
Street crimes?
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Shaun Jan 22, 2022 11:18am
One of the most modern and cleanest cities in the world.
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Zahra Rizvi Jan 22, 2022 11:27am
The people in Karachi haven’t forgotten to smile and it’s the city I got the taste of different religions and cultures living together happily and graciously. More professional and accepting ppl. Karachi is a delight!!
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Dr. Siddiqui Jan 22, 2022 11:35am
The people of Karachi are so humane; others need to emulate them!
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Chrís Dăn Jan 22, 2022 01:16pm
The people of karachi who survived under MQM and under PPP,who never took care of common man /citizen in karachi but these people keep on moving. Generally speaking Karachi people are better educated mentally than punjab people-more polished& civilized in conduct. Despite facing crimes, fires, terror attacks,native karachietes are really a pleasure to meet with.
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M. Saeed Jan 22, 2022 02:55pm
The best thing about Karachi is, it's glorious past, when there was Muhammadi Transport Company in the Paris of the East and it's main roads were washed every day with water and brooms.
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Love Karachi Jan 22, 2022 05:07pm
Despite Sindh Government giving nothing good to Karachi in the last 30 years, no clean water, no electric power, no new road, no new School, no new jobs, quota system still in placed, there is lots to say about Sindh Government under PPP rule in Karachi but the city still welcome new comers all across Pakistan with open heart and mind.
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Jo Original Jan 22, 2022 09:28pm
I love Karachi because I was born here! It's organised chaos but I love it.
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Syed Ali Jan 22, 2022 09:40pm
Regarding Karachi beaches, advice, walk with air fresheners.
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Anis Ahmed Khan Jan 22, 2022 09:54pm
Karachi is Ghareb pawwar sherh hay...Karachi is mini Pakistan
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Khanm Jan 23, 2022 11:24am
Karachi is like a rhyno ...a victim of its own skin ....
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Dr. Salaria, Aamir Ahmad Jan 24, 2022 01:46pm
The best thing about the great city of Karachi, Islamic Republic of Pakistan is its multi-cultural, multi-lingual, multi-ethnic, multi-national, multi-racial and multi-social environment, domain, surroundings, habitat, abode and territory.
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