An interesting conversation going on here. As a frustrated young person, I can totally relate to every word.
Illegal and Uncontrolled migration in Karachi:
Just yesterday, a couple of Afghani trash collectors, on their motorcycle-trash collecting abomination, started shouting at me from nowhere. Reason? I was stopped at a red light. They wanted me to violate the traffic light so they can go ahead. This is natural, Karachi is a cash cow that no one is prepared to own but everyone wants a piece of.
Gulshan-e-Iqbal:
The traffic situation here is worse as it is in my daily route. @omersiddiqui5482 bhai believe me I have also spent hours in traffic in there due to imtiaz in this week only, that too after a long, tiring day at Uni + work. For solution, I had to start taking my cuore automatic with me.
Education
As @Xulfiqar bhai pointed out, there is a huge problem with education in Pakistan. I have to sadly say that even in Universities like IBA, only the very rich can afford to educate their children, and I have been harshly disoriented how unethical, lying and cheating are taught to these children by their parents as the only way to succeed. Middle class children who work their way up are isolated in their peer groups and I cannot even begin to say how many times I have seen them steal money and lie just for temporary gain. A large majority of my friends with rich fathers are involved in something shady. My father raised me to not even utter a single gaali, let alone cheating and stealing but even he agrees now that it was a mistake since I have to suffer so much for my upbringing in a corrupt society.
Classism:
This is a big one. The rich class seems to view the lower class as inferior here, and I have seen Vigo drivers (sometimes my friends) beat motorcylists for crashing into their cars. On the other hand, the lower class binds together against the middle class. Just have a collision with a biker and all the bikers on the road will support him, say ke ghareeb hai janay do, and even fight with him.
Karachi vs. Rest of the country
We could never afford to go outside Karachi when I was growing up, but I did get a chance to travel to Faisalabad, Islamabad (thrice), and Lahore from my college. I have to agree that Jahalat is in every city's traffic in Pakistan, but in Karachi it is made worse by uncontrollable heat and highest congestion.
Conclusion and solution:
I tried my best to love my city, but after seeing the values of our nation degrade, I am filled only with remorse and hate. On the other hand, I have to say that whenever I went to North I was surprised by the values and hospitality of the people in Punjab and Islamabad. Seeing how dark and unethical the leaders of tomorrow are, and the explosion of uneducated population, I have concluded that it is not possible to solve the problems of Karachi.
Here is a 3-minute documentary I made on Karachi's problems:
Here is a 1-minute funny rap I made on Accountability in Pakistan:
I have started divestiture of my father's investments in Pakistan and we will be in USA (chain migration completion) or Canada after I graduate Inshallah, to join my extended family there. My father paid the price for loving his city and staying back, I wont repeat his mistake.