Freaking Karachi has the 8 tallest buildings in Pakistan and here we have people saying Lahore has better infrastructure.
Karachi is a multi-national, multi-lingual, global level metropolis while Lahore is just a regional town center.
who cares if:
you don't have water
you don't have good metro system
you don't have security
you don't have cleanliness
as long as you have tall buildings
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So why have so many businessmen moved to lahore from Karachi in the last few years due to security threats from the extortionsists ??One thing that got lost in mix. Most of Karachi has 24 hour power, while most of Lahore has 6-8 hour loadshedding. Better quality of life
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who cares if:
you don't have water
you don't have good metro system
you don't have security
you don't have cleanliness
as long as you have tall buildings
That's a good question. And I guess since this is a cricket forum we can use examples of some of our most financially secure and succesful cricketers.
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Karachi Universities:
1. Aga Khan : best medical university in Pakistan
2. NUST: best engineering university in Pakistan
3. IBA: second best business university in Pakistan
4. FAST: best university for computer science in Pakistan
In comparison Lahore has, LUMS
#cant compete
That's a good question. And I guess since this is a cricket forum we can use examples of some of our most financially secure and succesful cricketers.
Would Wasim Akram be someone who had the luxury to make that decision? I'd say yes and do check what his choice was. He moved to Karachi with his Aussie wife even though he's from Lahore and obv there wasn't any compulsion for the move.
Or similarly what Afridi decided. (He actually moved to Lahore and then said Allah tauba and moved back to Karachi after only 3 months
So game , set, match. You have your answer
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) Should I go there to study inter matric?
lol at karachi having better food than lahore
now i have heard it all
Yes the head offices of major players have always been in Karachi . Thats why even people from Lahore who work for companies like Unilever have to move to Karachi but this is changing . It's worrying that a major name like Samsung had to shift base to Lahore and if you cant see why than good for you.That is why Audi was looking to open their assembling plant in Karachi and packed up without even looking at Lahore when things didn't pan out. That's also why when an international chain comes to Pakistan they start with Karachi and then work their way to Lahore etc
I have worked and lived in both places in past two years. Lahore, of course, has better infrastructure these days and is much cleaner and safer than Karachi. But it is losing its vibe because of a majority of its new development projects is being carried out the expense of its cultural identlty
Karachi, on the other hand, is more culturally/ethnically diverse and street food is palatable (more so than Lahore, with some overrated places in both cities). The city definitely has its own appeal with greater and better recreation spots and sea breeze feels heavenly in summer evenings. It's a great city to live in only of the security situation was better and if the infrastructure is developed to an extent that it can support its population (which it currently doesn't at the moment).
And since I have worked there, I have considered relocating to both cities. While it's conceivable to do so in Lahore (if ever needed), it would be a more difficult decision to do so in Karachi. Primarily because it will take me farther from most of my friends and relatives and secondly street crime in Karachi is what dissuades me. I myself witnessed a snatching incident every single month I lived there (while not even once living in Pindi/Isb most of my life). Although, I must say Karachi is a sort of city I wished I would have spent some years of my childhood in.
Having said that, being a Pindi boy has its own charm
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My tolerance for religious nuttery is limited. I barely tolerate Islamabad, which is comparable to Karachi, but Lahore is a big no-no. That place is on a different level on this particular issue, second only to Multan.
We have our decider. Someone close this thread.Having tried both, I found Lahori chicken far superior to its Karachi counterpart.
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 (most of whom spend their entire lives living in Karachi without even visiting the rest of Pakistan).
The thing is that in Punjab superiority complex vis a vis the city you live in hardly exists so you would rarely see a Lahore looking down upon a Faisalabadi et al for living in a city that is more imporatnt than him/her.On the other hand karachiites have been suffering from this superiority complex since the independence and have passed it onto their next generations with an element of exaggeration to it and they have their own ethnic/migrational/insecure reasons for it!
Btw, these days when it comes to livability its not a question of Lhr vs khi but mostly [/b]Anywhere but Karachi[/b]
I have worked and lived in both places in past two years. Lahore, of course, has better infrastructure these days and is much cleaner and safer than Karachi. But it is losing its vibe because of a majority of its new development projects is being carried out the expense of its cultural identlty
Karachi, on the other hand, is more culturally/ethnically diverse and street food is palatable (more so than Lahore, with some overrated places in both cities). The city definitely has its own appeal with greater and better recreation spots and sea breeze feels heavenly in summer evenings. It's a great city to live in only of the security situation was better and if the infrastructure is developed to an extent that it can support its population (which it currently doesn't at the moment).
And since I have worked there, I have considered relocating to both cities. While it's conceivable to do so in Lahore (if ever needed), it would be a more difficult decision to do so in Karachi. Primarily because it will take me farther from most of my friends and relatives and secondly street crime in Karachi is what dissuades me. I myself witnessed a snatching incident every single month I lived there (while not even once living in Pindi/Isb most of my life). Although, I must say Karachi is a sort of city I wished I would have spent some years of my childhood in.
Having said that, being a Pindi boy has its own charm
