Educational uplift necessary for Karachi

Karachi, the largest city of Pakistan, needs more universities in the government sector to cater growing need of students wanting to get higher education.

Presently, there are about half a dozen of government-run varsities in Karachi to educate millions of its young people. The existing facilities are not enough to accommodate the students that pass intermediate exam every year, besides a huge influx of students that come to this city to get higher education.

However, the Higher Education Commission (HEC), as well as the federal and provincial governments is not ready to open new universities. The poor and low income areas of the city lack proper opportunities of higher education. For example, Orangi Town, the largest slum area of Asia, does not have a single university.