It would've made sense if you asked this question in 80's or 90's but now there's no contest to begin with as Lahore wins hands down!
As for modernisation and development so this myth that karachi is some how more modern or more consmopolitan than Lahore is in fact hyped up by the karachiites themselves
The reason why Lahore is more developed and has progressed over the past 5 years is because it's the most favored city in Pakistan and even in Punjab, just ask the Multanis or Potoharis about "Takht-e-Lahore" -Karachi despite producing a large portion of the state's revunue doesn't get it's due share, especially for a city of nearly 20 million people with a budget as low as that of Larkana's, the city has been neglected by the rulers in Pindi and Larkana.
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You a lot of Karachites moving to Lahore but you will hardly see anyone from Lahore moving to Karachi.
Many Lahoris have moved Karachi over the past decade or two and even over the past few years, many of my relatives from Lahore,Sialkot,Faisalabad,Sargodha etc have moved to KHI, there are a lot of Chiniotis,Seraikis,Potoharis in Karachi, as well Hindkowans from Hazara/Mansehra -if Lahore had more opportunities then all the 5 million Pukhtuns in khi would've moved to Lhr which is nearer to their province.
From a personal experience, I find Karachities much more dignified and respectful. The chichorapan of Lahoris can be off-putting and they are very inspired by the Indian culture.
I don't think Lahori culture or Punjabi culture is that close to Indian culture, Punjabis are only 2% of India's population, they're a fringe minority who are over represented in Bollywood and Indian media for racial reasons, many people assume Punjabi culture reps India when in reality they're a small minority -the other cultures of India outside the Northwest are very different.
What's Karachi's culture? Sindh has its unique culture but Karachi? maybe you're talking about Target killing and ransoms...
lol that is some bigoted stuff that non-Lahoris find unappealing; KHI's culture is actually a mosaic of the different cultures of Pakistan,North India and even Afghanistan, target killings and extortionism no more represents khi than religious extremists and street gangsters like gullu butt represents Lhr.
I think he means it is more ethnically diverse so you get a bigger mix of cultures from all over Pakistan. The actual local culture would be Sindhi like you said.
The actual native culture of Karachi is Balochi culture; the Baloch are the natives of Karachi and many towns in the city retain Balochi names, you can still find some predominantly Baloch towns -the city itself was named after a Baloch girl named "Mai Kolachi".
being ethnically diverse is not a culture really. Most people from different provinces are laborers working in textile factories.
That's a load of bull, not all or even most of the people from different provinces are "laborers", most of the Punjabis are in Karachi for white collar jobs and business, the sames true for many Hindkowans and people from Azad Kashmir and Gilgit Baltistan(there are some who work as laborers but not most) -there are also many upper-class educated Pukhtuns, many Pukhtuns have been in khi since the 60s and 70s, some have lived for 2-3 generations now, then there people from interior Sindh who come from kinds of economic backgrounds, there are also Baloch Sardars in the khi who'd rathr live in Khi than Lhr for obvious reasons
The largest constituency in Pakistan NA250 which also happens to be the most diverse voted for PTI, which gives credence to Khi's ethnic diversity.
Karachi's ethnic make up
Karachi's expected to become majority Pashtun by 2045, Sindhis are making their way back too and there's a good chance Punjabis will outnumber Urdu-speakers.
I suppose the Karachi equivalent for a paindu would be a Maila.
These are men living in less affluent areas of Karachi. Invariably all support MQM. Despite claiming to be urdu speaking (which every karachiite does)
That isn't true by any means, there 36 different langauges spoken in Khi, in fact Urdu doesn't even pass the 50% threshold, it's some ignorant Karachiites from certain ethnicity who diseminate this misinformation and many from Khi do travel frequently to other parts of the country and even abroad.
Contrary to popular belief all of Karachi doesn't support or vote for MQM.. infact the level of rigging that Karachi witnesses during general elections in unparalleled anywhere else in the country, but thats all for a different thread.
Lahore is developing at a substantial rate and will soon be at par with some of developing cities in Asia like Mumbai, Delhi, Kuala Lumpur etc (inshallah), mainly because their home boy is sitting in the PM office. That is one of the reasons why Karachiites despise your leader so much as well because nothing is spent in the biggest city in the country in the way of development.
The immediate need of the hour is for Karachi to have an integrated underground train and bus network but what does Nawazo do? Spend billions of rupees to build such projects in Lahore and Islamabad.
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