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Karachi (help·info) (Urdu: کراچی, Sindhi: ڪراچي) is the largest city, main seaport and the financial capital of Pakistan, and the capital of the province of Sindh. With a city population of 18.5 million, Karachi is one of the world's largest cities in terms of population,[4] 2nd largest urban agglomeration[5], the 4th largest metropolitan area in the world,[6] and the 2nd largest city within the Organisation of the Islamic Conference. It is Pakistan's premier centre of banking, industry, and trade. Karachi is home to Pakistan's largest corporations, including those that are involved in textiles, shipping, automotive industry, entertainment, the arts, fashion, advertising, publishing, software development and medical research. The city is a major hub of higher education in South Asia and the wider Islamic world.[7] Karachi is ranked as a Beta world city.[8][9]

Karachi enjoys its prominent position because of its geographical location on a bay, making it the financial capital of the country. It is one of the fastest growing cities in the world. It was the original capital of Pakistan until the construction of Islamabad and is the location of the Port of Karachi and Port Bin Qasim, one of the region's largest and busiest ports. After the partition of India and the independence of Pakistan, the city's population increased dramatically when hundreds of thousands of migrants from India, East Pakistan (later Bangladesh) and other parts of South Asia came to settle in the city.

Karachi city is spread over 3,530 km2 (1,360 sq mi) in area, almost five times bigger than Singapore. It is locally known as the "City of Lights" (روشنین جو شهر) and "The bride of the cities" (عروس البلاد) for its liveliness, and the "City of the Quaid" (شهرِ قائد), having been the birth and burial place of Quaid-e-Azam (Muhammad Ali Jinnah), the founder of Pakistan, who made the city his home after Pakistan's independence.

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Afridi asks selectors to inject young blood

U.B GUYZ NEWS, 18 MAY 2010

Karachi: Unhappy with the performance of 'some' senior players, Pakistan's Twenty20 captain Shahid Afridi has requested the national selectors to inject some young blood in the team.

In an interview prior to the team's departure for London from St. Lucia, the Pakistan captain expressed his dissatisfaction at the performance of some of his senior players during the recently-concluded ICC World Twenty20.

'It is time for some senior players to go because we can't expect a good show from them anymore in future,' said Afridi.

Afridi feels that by grooming youngsters the team can get better results in the future.

'There is no dearth of talent in Pakistan especially in the T20 format; the youngsters should be given a chance in the national team.'

Defending champions Pakistan lost to Australia in a thrilling semi-final and Afridi still can't believe that Pakistan lost the game.

'I haven't seen such an unbelievable game in my career, the entire match changed in just 11 deliveries, the battle would long be remembered,' said.

Michael Hussey's magical knock of 60 off 24 balls enabled Australia chase down a huge target of 192 to win the semi-final last on Friday.

Counting the positives of the Caribbean safari, Afridi said unity among the players was the best he earned during the tournament.

'Every player was united and everyone was fighting for victory, which is a great sign for team,' he said.