Karachi Wakes Up to Booming Times

What city has the fastest growing stock market in the world? Karachi. What English language high school consistently tops out the Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT) scores? Karachi Grammar School. What country has the fastest growing cell phone market? Pakistan. The statistics go on and on. Reading statistics is no substitute for seeing a place. So I stuffed my American preconceptions into a suitcase and headed out from Seattle. China is building a massive port in a Karachi suburb that sits at the entrance to the Persian Gulf. China sees Pakistan as a means to expand its market presence throughout the region.