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Stories Set in Karachi
Karachi stands on the Arabian Sea in southern Pakistan, a harbor city of warehouses, apartment blocks and beach roads. Chosen as Pakistan's first capital after the 1947 Partition, it absorbed hundreds of thousands of Muslim migrants from India, which is why stories here turn on arrival, work and political pressure. Neerja and Tere Bin Laden sit on its shelf. Open Karachi on the StoryTerra map and filter its stories by any era.
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Browse 6 books, 4 movies and 1 game set in Karachi.
Neerja
Neerja is a portrayal on the life of the courageous Neerja Bhanot who sacrificed her life while protecting the lives of 359 passengers on the Pan Am flight 73 in 1986. The flight was hijacked by a terrorist organization.
A Mighty Heart: The Brave Life and Death of My Husband, Danny Pearl
The tragic murder of Wall Street Journal reporter Daniel Pearl is well known. Why he was in Karachi; how he saw his role as an international journalist: why he was singled out for kidnapping; and where the incredible…
Tere Bin Laden
Ali Hassan (Ali Zafar) a reporter with a downmarket TV channel in Karachi is keen to go to USA for a better life but his visa has been refused six times in seven years. In desperation he gets hold of an Osama Bin Laden…
The Karachi Deception
“…one of the finest thrillers I’ve come across…” -- Zac O’YeahThree commandos of the Indian Army’s elite Unit Kilo—Major Imtiaz Ahmed, Captain Shamsheer Suleiman and Lieutenant Rafiq Mehmood—are chosen for a…
Dongri To Dubai : Six Decades of The Mumbai Mafia
Dongri to Dubai is the first ever attempt to chronicle the history of the Mumbai mafia. It is the story of notorious gangsters like Haji Mastan, Karim Lala, Varadarajan Mudaliar, Chhota Rajan, Abu Salem, but above all,…
Immaculate Conception
A childless British couple visit a fertility shrine of Gulab Shah in Karachi run by eunuchs and set off a huge culture clash.
Infinite Justice
An American reporter is held hostage by Muslim fundamentalists in Karachi against the release of prisoners in Guantanamo Bay.
Broken Verses
Fourteen years ago, famous Pakistani activist Samina Akram disappeared. Two years earlier, her lover, Pakistan's greatest poet, was beaten to death by government thugs. In present-day Karachi, her daughter Aasmaani has…
Our Lady of Alice Bhatti
The patients of the Sacred Heart Hospital for All Ailments are looking for a miracle, and Alice Bhatti is looking for a job. Alice is a candidate for the position of junior nurse, grade 4. It is only a few weeks since…
The Diary of a Social Butterfly
Pakistan may be making headlines—but Butterfly is set to conquer the world. ‘Everyone knows me. All of Lahore, all of Karachi, all of Isloo—oho, baba, Islamabad—half of Dubai, half of London and all of Khan Market and…
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