The mainstream political parties of Karachi are speechless when the metropolitan city of Pakistan is plunged into the water. The first drop of Monsoon turned the city into pools and lakes. People are alarmed to go to safe places. Streets are covered with rainy water and flooding day and night. 

About 30 inches (76 centimeters) of rain have fallen in Karachi since Sunday, when monsoon rains began lashing the coastal city, forcing authorities to use boats to evacuate people trapped in flooded streets.   

Forty-seven people were killed this week in Karachi in rain-related incidents, according to Murad Ali Shah, chief minister of southern Sindh province. He said authorities were working day and night to help rain-affected people in the city and elsewhere in Sindh, where Karachi is the provincial capital.


People are agitating against the central and local governments on their administrative negligence that caused huge flooding in the streets and Nullahs. Downed power lines caused widespread electrical outages in Karachi, adding misery to the lives of many of the 15 million residents in Pakistan’s largest city. Some workers stayed at their offices and others spent the night in open areas because there was no transportation to get home in many parts of the city.