Unfortunately, Pakistan’s economic hub, ‘Karachi,’ also known as the ‘City of Lights,’ was named one of the world’s worst cities to live in by The Economist.
The Economist’s intelligence unit has published its annual report on the world’s most and least livable cities.
The list is divided into categories such as health care, education, stability, culture, environment, and infrastructure.
According to the magazine, Karachi, Pakistan’s capital, is ranked 168th out of 173 cities on the list of least livable cities. Only Algiers, Tripoli, Lagos, and Damascus beat the City of Lights.
Karachi’s healthcare score received only 33.3 points, while the culture and environment categories received 35.2 points. The megacity received a score of 66.7 in education and a score of 51.8 in infrastructure.
According to the report, Vienna, Austria’s capital, topped the list for the second time in two years. It surpassed New Zealand’s Auckland, which had dropped to 34th place due to strict measures imposed during the COVID-19 pandemic.
“Vienna had sustained the number one position back in 2018 and 2019 but as the pandemic hit the world badly, Vienna also slipped to 12th place in our rankings,” the report said.
Copenhagen, the capital of Denmark, came in second place, followed by Zurich, Switzerland, and Calgary, Canada.
Vancouver, Canada, was ranked fourth, while Toronto was ranked eighth. Geneva, Switzerland, came sixth, Frankfurt, Germany, seventh, and Amsterdam, the Netherlands, ninth; however, Osaka, Japan, and Melbourne, Australia, shared tenth place.
