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I met a journalist from Karachi once. Did some traveling together. They were telling me how the population of Karachi is widely disputed, how people throw diffe
by yosito 9y ago
I met a journalist from Karachi once. Did some traveling together. They were telling me how the population of Karachi is widely disputed, how people throw different numbers around all the time and the real number is hard to determine. Judging by this article, that's a common problem for a lot of information in Karachi. I'd guess that's due to political instability in the region preventing accurate information gathering and distribution. I find that to be the more interesting part of this story.
- xbmcuser 9y agoPartially the problem is politics. Higher population mean more seats in provincial and national assemblies. But none of 2 previously now 3 major parties capable of forming a national government win many seats in Karachi so have little interest in fixing the census or the problems people of Karachi face. Even the army when it takes over power is not fond of Karachi as it was the one city that voted against the first military dictator.
- wordpressdev 9y agoIn the recent population census, happened after 19 years, it is alleged that population of Karachi was not counted properly. [0][1][2] 0: https://www.thenews.com.pk/print/228657-Karachis-census-results-are-all-terribly-wrong https://www.thenews.com.pk/print/228657-Karachis-census-resu... 1: https://www.dawn.com/news/1356681 https://www.dawn.com/news/1356681 2: https://www.dawn.com/news/1358516 https://www.dawn.com/news/1358516