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Karachi's Climate Apartheid: The Electricity Divide in Pakistan's Economic Capital

Scorching Heat, Divided Power: How Pakistan's Largest City Exposes a System Built on Inequality

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Jul 05, 2025
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As temperatures soar past 42 degrees Celsius in Pakistan's largest city, the reality of Karachi's "climate apartheid" becomes impossible to ignore. Whilst the wealthy retreat to air-conditioned havens in Defence Housing Authority (DHA) and Clifton, the city's most affluent neighbourhoods, millions of residents in working-class areas endure sweltering he…

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