Karachi : megacity of our times /
Khuhro, Hamida.
Mooraj, Anwer.
Karachi : Oxford University Press,
2010.
Previously published: 1997.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [373]-382).
How it all began ; The making of a colonial port ; The halcyon years ; The capital of Pakistan / Hamida Khuhro -- The founding fathers of modern Karachi / Muneeza Shamsie -- An economic perspective / Shahida Wizarat -- The growth of a metropolis / Arif Hasan -- More than half a century of trends / Noman Ahmed -- The literary scene : English I / Tariq Rahman -- The literary scene : English II / Navid Shahzad -- The literary scene : Urdu / Muhammad Ali Siddiqui -- The literary scene : Sindhi / Hamida Khuhro -- Saddar of the fifties and sixities / Asif Noorani -- An ever expanding canvas / Marjorie Husain -- Comedy, tragedy, and realism / Hameed Zaman -- A close-up of cinema, radio, and television / Asif Noorani -- Karachi before Prohibition ; Being young in the fifties / Anwer Mooraj -- Millennium Karachi / Ayela Khuhro.