miejsca: Karachi

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Karachi is the capital city of the Pakistani province of Sindh. It is the largest city in Pakistan and 11th largest in the world, with a population of over 20 million. Situated at the southern tip of the country along the Arabian Sea coast, Karachi formerly served as the federal capital from 1947 to 1959. It is a major metropolitan area and is considered the country's most cosmopolitan city, being among the most linguistically, ethnically, and religiously diverse areas, as well as one of its most progressive and socially liberal cities. The region has been inhabited for several millennia, although Karachi was formally founded as the fortified village of Kolachi only in 1729. The settlement…

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The Muhajir people (also spelled Mohajir and Mahajir; Urdu: مہاجر) are a multi-origin ethnic group of Pakistan. They are the Muslim immigrants of various ethnic groups and regional origins, who migrated from various regions of India, mostly after the 1947 independence to settle in the newly independent state of Pakistan, and their descendants. Muhajirs come from various ethnic and regional backgrounds, with a significant portion of the community residing in Karachi and other major urban centers of Pakistan. The total population of Muhajrs worldwide is estimated to be around 15 million, and the overwhelming majority of this figure (14.7 million) is located in Pakistan, according to the 2017…

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Karachi District (formerly Karachi South District) (Urdu: ضلع کراچی) is an administrative district of Karachi Division in Sindh, Pakistan, created in 1972. Karachi District had a population of 2,329,764 (2.3 million) as of the 2023 Pakistani census. In 2023, the Government of Sindh renamed Karachi South District simply to Karachi District because all divisional administration is located there.

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Nazimabad District (Urdu: ضلع ناظم آباد ), formerly Karachi Central District, is an administrative district of Karachi Division in Sindh, Pakistan created in 1996. According to 2023 Pakistani census population of Nazimabad District is 3,822,325 (3.8 million).

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Incidence of malaria in the population of Korangi creek area, Karachi, Pakistan. Parasites lives on host organism with some or complete metabolic dependence on it, while the haemoparasites inhabit and nourished from blood cells of the host. The current investigation evaluated to raise awareness of blood parasite (Plasmodium spp.) infection in Korangi creek, Karachi, population and to know as to which Plasmodium species was most prevalent. One year data was collected from different hospitals and laboratories of the Korangi creek area, blood slides were prepared under the microscope. Four hundred and eighty one infected slides with Plasmodium were observed amongst them 396 (82.32 percent) had…

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Karachi Division (Urdu: کراچی ڈویژن) is an administrative division shared between the Kohistan and Larr regions of the Sindh Province of Pakistan, created in December 1960. There are seven districts in Karachi Division. The CNIC code of Karachi Division is 42. According to the 2023 Pakistani census, the population of Karachi Division is 20,382,881.

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This list contains all cities with one million or more inhabitants. Cities are defined in the political-geographic sense (city proper). The population figures given therefore refer to the city or municipality in the political-administrative sense. In some cases, the population figures refer to capital districts or Metropolises and, in the case of the People's Republic of China, to the urban population of the city in question. In many cases, the city boundaries do not correspond to the settlement structure and the boundaries of metropolitan regions and agglomerations often extend far beyond the administrative city boundaries. In some cases, metropolitan regions and political municipalities c…

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Pakistan, officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, is a country in South Asia. It is the fifth-most populous country, with a population of over 241.5 million, having the second-largest Muslim population in the world as of 2023. Islamabad is the nation's capital, while Karachi is its largest city and financial centre. Pakistan is the 33rd-largest country by area. Bounded by the Arabian Sea on the south, the Gulf of Oman on the southwest, and the Sir Creek on the southeast, it shares land borders with India to the east; Afghanistan to the west; Iran to the southwest; and China to the northeast. It shares a maritime border with Oman in the Gulf of Oman, and is separated from Tajikistan in…

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Hyderabad, also known as Neroonkot, is the capital and largest city of the Hyderabad Division in the Sindh province of Pakistan. It is the second-largest city in Sindh, after Karachi, and the 7th largest in Pakistan. Founded in 1768 by Mian Ghulam Shah Kalhoro of the Kalhora Dynasty, Hyderabad served as a provincial capital until the British transferred the capital to Bombay Presidency in 1840. It is about 150 kilometres (93 mi) inland of Karachi, the largest city of Pakistan, to which it is connected by a direct railway and M-9 motorway.

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Inhalation Bioaccessibility, Pollution Assessment, and Speciation of Heavy Metals in PM<sub>2.5RD</sub> Road Dust from Urban and Semi-Urban Areas of Pakistan.. Ambient exposure to fine particulate matter (PM 2.5 ) remains a critical global public health concern; however, the speciation and bioaccessibility mechanisms of particle-bound heavy metals within the lung environment are still insufficiently understood. In particular, the role of soluble and insoluble metal species in simulated lung fluids requires further clarification. Road dust, a major contributor to PM 2.5 , contains heavy metals that pose significant inhalation risks, leading to oxidative stress, DNA damage, and sy…

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Pattern and Outcome Trends in Pregnancy Related Acute Kidney Injury over 35 years: A study of 2,275 cases.. Objectives Pregnancy related acute kidney injury (PRAKI) is a serious complication during or soon after child birth where sudden onset renal dysfunction occurs, often requiring renal replacement therapy. Its incidence and prevalence vary widely across the globe. We, at a tertiary renal care unit, while providing all renal care free of cost to patient, receive large number of patients from all over country. Present study which expands over 35 years describes largest number of PRAKI series, highlighting causes, course of illness and outcome. Methodology This is a retrospective cohort pe…

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Revolutionising healthcare access: student-led clinics as catalysts for change in an underserved urban community in Karachi, Pakistan.. Background Karachi, Pakistan's largest metropolitan city, faces profound healthcare disparities, with an estimated 45-49% of the population residing in underserved informal settlements. Within these communities, the primary healthcare system is not merely under-resourced but structurally fractured, leaving patients to navigate prohibitively expensive private providers or overcrowded public hospitals. To address these systemic gaps, the Humanity Initiative, a student-led non-governmental organisation, implemented student-led clinics (SLCs) as a community-emb…