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This sentence in the Demographic history section doesn't make sense and so, I want to change the sentence, 'Most properties vacated by Hindus, who left Karachi due to the new settlements made by these refugees, were granted to Urdu-speaking Muslim migrants through claims on behalf of the properties they claimed of leaving behind in India.<sup>[82]</sup>' to 'Most properties vacated by Hindus, who fled<ref>''Life after partition: migration, community and strife in Sindh, 1947-1962'', Sarah Ansari. Karachi; Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2005.</ref> Karachi to avoid getting killed by muslim migrants - [[Muhajir_people | muhajirs]], who arrived from India, were granted to the Urdu-speaking Muslim migrants through claims that they left behind properties in India.<sup>[82]</sup>'. The article is semi-protected, so I request someone else to do it.-[[User:Khabboos|Khabboos]] ([[User talk:Khabboos|talk]]) 15:55, 19 January 2014 (UTC) |
This sentence in the Demographic history section doesn't make sense and so, I want to change the sentence, 'Most properties vacated by Hindus, who left Karachi due to the new settlements made by these refugees, were granted to Urdu-speaking Muslim migrants through claims on behalf of the properties they claimed of leaving behind in India.<sup>[82]</sup>' to 'Most properties vacated by Hindus, who fled<ref>''Life after partition: migration, community and strife in Sindh, 1947-1962'', Sarah Ansari. Karachi; Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2005.</ref> Karachi to avoid getting killed by muslim migrants - [[Muhajir_people | muhajirs]], who arrived from India, were granted to the Urdu-speaking Muslim migrants through claims that they left behind properties in India.<sup>[82]</sup>'. The article is semi-protected, so I request someone else to do it.-[[User:Khabboos|Khabboos]] ([[User talk:Khabboos|talk]]) 15:55, 19 January 2014 (UTC) |
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:See [[WP:NPOV|Neutral point of view]]. -- [[User:Smsarmad|<span style="background:white;color:LightSeaGreen">'''S'''</span><span style="background:white;color:DodgerBlue">'''M'''</span><span style="background:white;color:LightSeaGreen">'''S'''</span>]] <sup>[[User talk:Smsarmad|Talk]]</sup> 17:27, 19 January 2014 (UTC) |
:See [[WP:NPOV|Neutral point of view]]. -- [[User:Smsarmad|<span style="background:white;color:LightSeaGreen">'''S'''</span><span style="background:white;color:DodgerBlue">'''M'''</span><span style="background:white;color:LightSeaGreen">'''S'''</span>]] <sup>[[User talk:Smsarmad|Talk]]</sup> 17:27, 19 January 2014 (UTC) |
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::I agree with SMS. Your suggestion seems to be advocating your point of view rather than adding encyclopedic value to the article. --'''[[User talk:ElHef|<font color="red">El</font><font color="orange">Hef</font>]]''' <small>([[Special:Contributions/ElHef|<font color="black">Meep?</font>]])</small> 18:11, 19 January 2014 (UTC) |
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Edit request on 20 December 2012 -- LARGEST CITY / URBAN AREA
This has come up before, and IMO, the statements about Karachi being the largest city or 11th largest urban area are simply too controversial to keep in this article. The 21M population stated in the article is from the preliminary census results of 2012. However, all secondary sources that rank cities use older data, mostly extrapolating from the 1998 Pakistan census. If the 21M is correct, Karachi would be amongst the top 5 metro areas in the world, so there's basically an internal contradiction in this article.
I suggest we remove these lines, and perhaps add something like "Karachi is amongst the largest metropolitan areas in the world". I know this is a bit of a "weasel word" solution, but I think its the best solution until the census results become official, and secondary sources like the UN start using the new numbers in their rankings.
Urdu and Sindhi spelling need to be merged
"Karachi" is spelled the same in both languages so why separate them. Just put Urdu/Sindhi spelling. Most words are spelled the same in both languages as they use the same script, except Sindhi has a few extra sounds not used in Urdu.
- Not exactly; at least per my reading of the scripts, the 'kaaf' and the 'ye' used in the spelling of Karachi are different in Urdu and Sindhi. Yes, they may look similiar, but similiarity does not mean that the spellings are the same. Mar4d (talk) 07:30, 19 February 2013 (UTC)
Polish refugees in Karachi
A while back someone changed "30,000 Polish refugees" to "3,000 Polish refugees". If there is any doubt, surely this settles it beyond all doubt: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Polish_memorial_Karachi.jpg Rui ''Gabriel'' Correia (talk) 10:43, 26 April 2013 (UTC)
Karachi
The Pashtuns, originally from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Afghanistan, the Federally Administered Tribal Areas and northern Balochistan, are now the city's second largest ethnic group after Muhajirs, these Pashtuns are settled in Karachi from decades. [1][2] With as high as 7 million by some estimates the city of Karachi in Pakistan has the largest concentration of urban Pakhtun population in the world, including 50,000 registered Afghan refugees in the city, [3][4] meaning there are more Pashtuns in Karachi than in any other city in the world.[5] As per current demographic ratio Pashtuns are about 25% of Karachi's population.[6]
Asifiqbal80 (talk) 00:40, 6 December 2013 (UTC)
Not done: It appears to me that you're suggesting a change to a paragraph in the Demographics section of the article, but it's not clear to me exactly what that change is. Please make your request in a "change X to Y" format, and provide specific reliable sources as well. --ElHef (Meep?) 04:47, 11 December 2013 (UTC)
Demographic history
This sentence in the Demographic history section doesn't make sense and so, I want to change the sentence, 'Most properties vacated by Hindus, who left Karachi due to the new settlements made by these refugees, were granted to Urdu-speaking Muslim migrants through claims on behalf of the properties they claimed of leaving behind in India.[82]' to 'Most properties vacated by Hindus, who fled[7] Karachi to avoid getting killed by muslim migrants - muhajirs, who arrived from India, were granted to the Urdu-speaking Muslim migrants through claims that they left behind properties in India.[82]'. The article is semi-protected, so I request someone else to do it.-Khabboos (talk) 15:55, 19 January 2014 (UTC)
- See Neutral point of view. -- SMS Talk 17:27, 19 January 2014 (UTC)
- I agree with SMS. Your suggestion seems to be advocating your point of view rather than adding encyclopedic value to the article. --ElHef (Meep?) 18:11, 19 January 2014 (UTC)
- ^ Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy (2009-07-17). "Karachi's Invisible Enemy". PBS. Retrieved 2010-08-24.
- ^ "In a city of ethnic friction, more tinder". The National. 2009-08-24. Retrieved 2010-08-24.
- ^ "Columnists | The Pakhtun in Karachi". Time. 28 August 2010. Retrieved 2011-09-08.
- ^ [1], thefridaytimes
- ^ "UN body, police baffled by minister's threat against Afghan refugees". Dawn Media Group. 2009-02-10. Retrieved 2012-01-24.
- ^ [2], thefridaytimes
- ^ Life after partition: migration, community and strife in Sindh, 1947-1962, Sarah Ansari. Karachi; Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2005.