Karachi among 10 worst cities to live in: WB report

Karachi among 10 worst cities to live in: WB report A World Bank report, released on Thursday, highlighted the plight of Pakistan’s biggest city, and also suggested measures needed to be taken to preserve its position as the country’s main growth driver. The report titled ‘Pakistan Development Update – Making growth matter’ launched in collaboration with the Sindh government, devoted an entire chapter to the various problems plaguing the city. It stated that Karachi continued to rank among the bottom 10 cities in the 2015, Global Liveability Index. Regional conflicts, organised crime, and social and ethnic tensions arising from an incoming tide of immigrants holds the city’s security hostage, the report stated. Despite it being Pakistan’s economic and industrial hub, the city’s infrastructure and institutions were in a dire condition. It had become prone to natural disasters such as floods, earthquakes, tsunamis, water scarcity and heat waves.