1887    The founder of Pakistan, Quaid-i-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah, joins Sindh-Madrasa-tul-Islam, Karachi.

1947    Founder of Pakistan, Muhammad Ali Jinnah is sworn in as first Governor General of Pakistan in Karachi.

1953    A Canadian Pacific Airlines De Havilland Comet crashes in Karachi, Pakistan killing 11.

1966    Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, announces the ''Six Points'' in Karachi as the election manifesto of Awami League, that later led to formation of Bangladesh.

1971    The Indian Navy attacks the Pakistan Navy and Karachi.

1976    Zulfikar Ali Bhutto lays the foundation stone of Port Qasim, Karachi.

2002    Reporter Daniel Pearl is kidnapped in Karachi, Pakistan and is subsequently murdered .

2007    Riots in which over 50 people are killed and over 100 are injured take place in Karachi upon the arrival in town of the Chief Justice of Pakistan Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry.