capital of Sind province, Pakistan, on the Arabian Sea: former (1947-59) capital of Pakistan: pop. 9,269,000
See Karachi in American Heritage Dictionary 4
(kə-räˈchē)
A city of southern Pakistan on the Arabian Sea. Developed as a trading center in the early 18th century, it passed to the British in 1843 and was the capital of newly independent Pakistan from 1947 until 1959. Population: 11,600,000.