I was a little surprised to read in one of the surveys on line that Karachi is the fourth most dangerous city in the world. I know that there are many qualities that Karachi can be associated with but being dangerous in the general term of the word meaning it is not safe for visitors or tourists is stretching things a little too far.

I don’t know what terminology one can use to describe a city which might not be very dangerous or unsafe for visitors but is decidedly dangerous and risky for its own inhabitants and specially those living in the less privileged areas of this metropolis.

Not a day goes by when armed dacoits do not strike at the unwary residents of this city and things are becoming so alarming that even toddlers and teenagers of this city are becoming the target of armed violence. Arms it seems have become so common that recently there have been incidents in which a man finds it convenient to casually fiddle with his loaded gun in his car resulting in shooting of a teenage street vendor and........

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