Karachi, perfect stranger
82 images Created 8 Mar 2021
I love Karachi very much. A fascinating city, a burning light, and mini stories everywhere. Built on countless waves of migration, this megalopolis has been called the largest refugee camp in the world, over 20 millions and counting.
Looking for nothing in particular, I spent a few days walking around Karachi and it’s surroundings, meeting perfect strangers.
Part of my Perfect Stranger series.
Looking for nothing in particular, I spent a few days walking around Karachi and it’s surroundings, meeting perfect strangers.
Part of my Perfect Stranger series.
![Emergency boats. Gadani ship-breaking yard is the world's third largest ship breaking yard. The yard consists of 132 ship-breaking plots[1] located across a 10 km long beachfront at Gadani, Pakistan, about 50 kilometres northwest of Karachi.<br />
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In the 1980s, Gadani was the largest ship-breaking yard in the world, with more than 30,000 direct employees. However, competition from newer facilities in Alang, India and Chittagong, Bangladesh resulted in a significant reduction in output, with Gadani today producing less than one fifth of the scrap it produced in the 1980s. The recent reduction in taxes on scrap metal has led to a modest resurgence of output at Gadani, which now employs around 6,000 workers.](https://m.psecn.photoshelter.com/img-get2/I0000QH8GMIAZPLs/fit=180x180/fill=/g=G0000OTb0GeQnAjI/I0000QH8GMIAZPLs.jpg)
![Gadani ship-breaking yard is the world's third largest ship breaking yard. The yard consists of 132 ship-breaking plots[1] located across a 10 km long beachfront at Gadani, Pakistan, about 50 kilometres northwest of Karachi.<br />
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In the 1980s, Gadani was the largest ship-breaking yard in the world, with more than 30,000 direct employees. However, competition from newer facilities in Alang, India and Chittagong, Bangladesh resulted in a significant reduction in output, with Gadani today producing less than one fifth of the scrap it produced in the 1980s. The recent reduction in taxes on scrap metal has led to a modest resurgence of output at Gadani, which now employs around 6,000 workers.](https://m.psecn.photoshelter.com/img-get2/I0000NI5aU9arvuo/fit=180x180/fill=/g=G0000OTb0GeQnAjI/I0000NI5aU9arvuo.jpg)
![House built of ship scrap. Gadani ship-breaking yard is the world's third largest ship breaking yard. The yard consists of 132 ship-breaking plots[1] located across a 10 km long beachfront at Gadani, Pakistan, about 50 kilometres northwest of Karachi.<br />
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In the 1980s, Gadani was the largest ship-breaking yard in the world, with more than 30,000 direct employees. However, competition from newer facilities in Alang, India and Chittagong, Bangladesh resulted in a significant reduction in output, with Gadani today producing less than one fifth of the scrap it produced in the 1980s. The recent reduction in taxes on scrap metal has led to a modest resurgence of output at Gadani, which now employs around 6,000 workers.](https://m.psecn.photoshelter.com/img-get2/I0000_hrGG4Urb2w/fit=180x180/fill=/g=G0000OTb0GeQnAjI/I0000_hrGG4Urb2w.jpg)
![Emergency boats. Gadani ship-breaking yard is the world's third largest ship breaking yard. The yard consists of 132 ship-breaking plots[1] located across a 10 km long beachfront at Gadani, Pakistan, about 50 kilometres northwest of Karachi.<br />
<br />
In the 1980s, Gadani was the largest ship-breaking yard in the world, with more than 30,000 direct employees. However, competition from newer facilities in Alang, India and Chittagong, Bangladesh resulted in a significant reduction in output, with Gadani today producing less than one fifth of the scrap it produced in the 1980s. The recent reduction in taxes on scrap metal has led to a modest resurgence of output at Gadani, which now employs around 6,000 workers.](https://m.psecn.photoshelter.com/img-get2/I0000CGrifVRCUKs/fit=180x180/fill=/g=G0000OTb0GeQnAjI/I0000CGrifVRCUKs.jpg)
![Gadani ship-breaking yard is the world's third largest ship breaking yard. The yard consists of 132 ship-breaking plots[1] located across a 10 km long beachfront at Gadani, Pakistan, about 50 kilometres northwest of Karachi.<br />
<br />
In the 1980s, Gadani was the largest ship-breaking yard in the world, with more than 30,000 direct employees. However, competition from newer facilities in Alang, India and Chittagong, Bangladesh resulted in a significant reduction in output, with Gadani today producing less than one fifth of the scrap it produced in the 1980s. The recent reduction in taxes on scrap metal has led to a modest resurgence of output at Gadani, which now employs around 6,000 workers.](https://m.psecn.photoshelter.com/img-get2/I0000ITW8gqYPvuU/fit=180x180/fill=/g=G0000OTb0GeQnAjI/I0000ITW8gqYPvuU.jpg)
![Gadani ship-breaking yard is the world's third largest ship breaking yard. The yard consists of 132 ship-breaking plots[1] located across a 10 km long beachfront at Gadani, Pakistan, about 50 kilometres northwest of Karachi.<br />
<br />
In the 1980s, Gadani was the largest ship-breaking yard in the world, with more than 30,000 direct employees. However, competition from newer facilities in Alang, India and Chittagong, Bangladesh resulted in a significant reduction in output, with Gadani today producing less than one fifth of the scrap it produced in the 1980s. The recent reduction in taxes on scrap metal has led to a modest resurgence of output at Gadani, which now employs around 6,000 workers.](https://m.psecn.photoshelter.com/img-get2/I0000PCpiRPMwBRs/fit=180x180/fill=/g=G0000OTb0GeQnAjI/I0000PCpiRPMwBRs.jpg)
![Gadani ship-breaking yard is the world's third largest ship breaking yard. The yard consists of 132 ship-breaking plots[1] located across a 10 km long beachfront at Gadani, Pakistan, about 50 kilometres northwest of Karachi.<br />
<br />
In the 1980s, Gadani was the largest ship-breaking yard in the world, with more than 30,000 direct employees. However, competition from newer facilities in Alang, India and Chittagong, Bangladesh resulted in a significant reduction in output, with Gadani today producing less than one fifth of the scrap it produced in the 1980s. The recent reduction in taxes on scrap metal has led to a modest resurgence of output at Gadani, which now employs around 6,000 workers.](https://m.psecn.photoshelter.com/img-get2/I0000ACJzbhSzoHA/fit=180x180/fill=/g=G0000OTb0GeQnAjI/I0000ACJzbhSzoHA.jpg)
![Gadani ship-breaking yard is the world's third largest ship breaking yard. The yard consists of 132 ship-breaking plots[1] located across a 10 km long beachfront at Gadani, Pakistan, about 50 kilometres northwest of Karachi.<br />
<br />
In the 1980s, Gadani was the largest ship-breaking yard in the world, with more than 30,000 direct employees. However, competition from newer facilities in Alang, India and Chittagong, Bangladesh resulted in a significant reduction in output, with Gadani today producing less than one fifth of the scrap it produced in the 1980s. The recent reduction in taxes on scrap metal has led to a modest resurgence of output at Gadani, which now employs around 6,000 workers.](https://m.psecn.photoshelter.com/img-get2/I0000fZEMS2BeAOY/fit=180x180/fill=/g=G0000OTb0GeQnAjI/I0000fZEMS2BeAOY.jpg)
