Pakistan, July 20 -- "Would that I come again to see what Karachi will be in a hundred years. a magnificent city."

Sir Charles Napier

Karachi has come a long way from Napier's vision - the uprooted obelisk at Napier Mole, now Baradari Park, may not be traceable, but the city is. From a growing port town of 15000 people, Karachi is home to almost 30 million people today. Bustling, expanding, growing - the city is now proud to own a skyline, massive road structure, and is undoubtedly the pulse of Pakistan's economy.

What Napier saw was opportunity in geography. The flowing Indus and its deltas, deep seaports, a strategic location most suitable to be the transit city nestled between the Middle East, Russia, and the Far East, with ports an...