Editing Karachi (section)

===Religion===

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|title=Religions in Karachi<ref name="2023 census">{{cite web|title=District Wise Results / Tables (Census - 2023)|url= https://www.pbs.gov.pk/sites/default/files/population/2023/tables/sindh/dcr/table_9.pdf |website=www.pbscensus.gov.pk|publisher=[[Pakistan Bureau of Statistics]]}}</ref>
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|left1='''Religions'''
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{{bar percent|[[Islam]]|Green|96.53}}
{{bar percent|[[Christianity]]|blue|2.21}}
{{bar percent|[[Hinduism]]|orange|1.12}}
{{bar percent|Others|grey|0.14}}
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[[File:Bahria Town Karachi Grand Mosque 2.jpg|thumb|With a capacity of 800,000 worshippers, [[Grand Jamia Mosque, Karachi|Grand Jamia Mosque]] is the largest mosque in Pakistan and 3rd largest in the world.]]
[[File:PK Karachi asv2020-02 img40 StPatrick Cathedral.jpg|alt=|thumb|[[Saint Patrick's Cathedral, Karachi|St. Patrick's Cathedral]], built-in 1881, serves as the seat of the [[Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Karachi|Archdiocese of Karachi]].]]
[[File:SWAMI NARAYAN TEMPLE HADDID UDDIN - panoramio - Haddid Uddin (1).jpg|alt=|thumb|upright|The [[Shri Swaminarayan Mandir, Karachi|Swaminarayan Temple]] is the largest [[Hindu temple]] in Karachi.]]
Karachi is a religiously homogeneous city with more than 96 per cent of its population adhering to Islam.<ref>Peter van der Veer: ''Handbook of Religion and the Asian City – Aspiration and Urbanization in the Twenty-First Century'', California University Press, 2015, {{ISBN|9780520961081}}, p. 388</ref> ''Karachiites'' adhere to numerous sects and sub-sects of [[Islam]], as well as [[Protestant Christianity]], and community of [[Goan Catholics]]. The city also is home to large numbers of [[Hindu]]s, and a small community of [[Zoroastrian]]s and [[Parsi]]'s. According to Nichola Khan Karachi is also the world's largest Muslim city.<ref>{{cite book |title=Cityscapes of Violence in Karachi: Publics and Counterpublics |first=Nichola |last=Khan |year=2016 |isbn=9780190869786 |publisher=Oxford University Press |quote=... With a population of over 23 million Karachi is also the world's largest Muslim city, the world's seventh-largest conurbation ...}}</ref> Prior to Pakistan's independence in 1947, the religious demographics of the city was estimated to be 51.1% Hindu, 42.3% Muslim, with the remaining 7% primarily Christians (both British and native), Sikhs, Jains, with a small number of Jews.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://lsi.gov.in:8081/jspui/bitstream/123456789/7435/1/40138_1941_TAB.pdf |title=CENSUS OF INDIA, 1941 VOLUME XII SIND |access-date=15 September 2021 |archive-date=15 September 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210915220525/http://lsi.gov.in:8081/jspui/bitstream/123456789/7435/1/40138_1941_TAB.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref> Following the independence of Pakistan, the vast majority of Karachi's [[Sindhi Hindus|Sindhi Hindu]] population left for India while Muslim refugees from India, in turn, settled in the city. This mass migration dramatically changed the religious demographics of the city.

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|+ Religious groups in Karachi City (1872−2023){{efn|1872-1941: Data for the entirety of the town of Karachi, which included Karachi Municipality and Karachi Cantonment.<ref name="Census1941"/><br><br>2017: Data for the entirety of the town of Karachi, which included the urban populations of [[Karachi Central District]], [[Karachi East District]], [[Karachi South District]], [[Karachi West District]], [[Malir District]], and [[Korangi District]].<br><br>2023: Data for the entirety of the town of Karachi, which included the urban populations of [[Karachi Central District]], [[Karachi East District]], [[Karachi South District]], [[Karachi West District]], [[Malir District]], [[Korangi District]], and [[Keamari District]].|name="KarachiCity1872to2023"}}
! rowspan="2" |[[Religion in Pakistan|Religious]]<br>group
! colspan="2" |1872<ref name="Census1872">{{cite web |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/saoa.crl.25057642 |jstor=saoa.crl.25057642 |access-date=8 June 2024 |title=Census of India, 1872. Census of the Bombay Presidency, taken on the 21. February 1872. |year=1872 |pages=238 }}</ref>
! colspan="2" |1881<ref name="Census1881">{{cite web |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/saoa.crl.25057678 |jstor=saoa.crl.25057678 |access-date=8 June 2024 |title=Census of India, 1881. Operations and results in the Presidency of Bombay, including Sind |year=1881 |pages=91 |archive-date=1 June 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240601224518/https://www.jstor.org/stable/saoa.crl.25057678 |url-status=live }}</ref>
! colspan="2" |1891<ref name="Census1891">{{cite web |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/saoa.crl.25318666 |jstor=saoa.crl.25318666 |access-date=8 June 2024 |title=Census of India, 1891. General tables for British provinces and feudatory states. |year=1891 |pages=48 |archive-date=31 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230531191628/https://www.jstor.org/stable/saoa.crl.25318666 |url-status=live |last1=Baines |first1=Jervoise Athelstane |author2=India Census Commissioner |volume=1 }}</ref>
! colspan="2" |1901<ref name="Census1901">{{cite web |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/saoa.crl.25352838 |jstor=saoa.crl.25352838 |access-date=8 June 2024 |title=Census of India 1901. Vol. 1A, India. Pt. 2, Tables. |year=1901 |pages=44 |archive-date=28 January 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240128154915/https://www.jstor.org/stable/saoa.crl.25352838 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="Census1901B">{{cite web |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/saoa.crl.25366895 |jstor=saoa.crl.25366895 |access-date=8 June 2024 |title=Census of India 1901. Vols. 9-11, Bombay. |author1=India Census Commissioner |year=1901 |volume=9 |pages=38 |archive-date=12 May 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240512235706/https://www.jstor.org/stable/saoa.crl.25366895 |url-status=live }}</ref>
! colspan="2" |1911<ref name="Census1911">{{cite web |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/saoa.crl.25393779 |jstor=saoa.crl.25393779 |access-date=8 June 2024 |title=Census of India, 1911. Volume 1., Pt. 2, Tables. |year=1911 |pages=23 |archive-date=28 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230528011326/https://www.jstor.org/stable/saoa.crl.25393779 |url-status=live |last1=Edward Albert Gait |first1=Sir |author2=India Census Commissioner |volume=2 |publisher=Calcutta, Supt. Govt. Print., India, 1913. }}</ref><ref name="Census1911B">{{cite web |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/saoa.crl.25393770 |jstor=saoa.crl.25393770 |access-date=8 June 2024 |title=Census of India 1911. Volume 7, Bombay. Pt. 2, Imperial tables. |author1=India Census Commissioner |year=1911 |volume=7 |pages=46 |archive-date=12 May 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240512235659/https://www.jstor.org/stable/saoa.crl.25393770 |url-status=live }}</ref>
! colspan="2" |1921<ref name="Census1921">{{cite web |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/saoa.crl.25394121 |jstor=saoa.crl.25394121 |access-date=8 June 2024 |title=Census of India 1921. Volume 1, India. Pt. 2, Tables. |year=1921 |pages=25 |archive-date=28 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230528062858/https://www.jstor.org/stable/saoa.crl.25394121 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="Census1921B">{{cite web |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/saoa.crl.25394131 |jstor=saoa.crl.25394131 |access-date=8 June 2024 |title=Census of India 1921. Volume 8, Bombay Presidency. Pt. 2, Tables : imperial and provincial. |author1=India Census Commissioner |year=1921 |volume=8 |pages=46 |archive-date=7 May 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240507012628/https://www.jstor.org/stable/saoa.crl.25394131 |url-status=live }}</ref>
! colspan="2" |1931<ref name="Census1931">{{cite web |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/saoa.crl.25793234 |jstor=saoa.crl.25793234 |access-date=8 June 2024 |title=Census of India 1931. Volume 1, India. Pt. 2, Imperial tables. |year=1931 |archive-date=13 May 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240513011937/https://www.jstor.org/stable/saoa.crl.25793234 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="Census1931B">{{cite web |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/saoa.crl.25797128 |jstor=saoa.crl.25797128 |access-date=8 June 2024 |title=Census of India 1931. Volume 8, Bombay. Pt. 2, Statistical tables. |author1=India Census Commissioner |year=1931 |volume=8 |pages=42 |archive-date=6 May 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240506002440/https://www.jstor.org/stable/saoa.crl.25797128 |url-status=live }}</ref>
! colspan="2" |1941<ref name="Census1941">{{cite web |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/saoa.crl.28215545 |jstor=saoa.crl.28215545 |access-date=8 June 2024 |title=Census of India, 1941. Volume 12, Sind |author1=India Census Commissioner |year=1941 |volume=12 |pages=96 |archive-date=29 January 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230129064845/https://www.jstor.org/stable/saoa.crl.28215545 |url-status=live }}</ref>
! colspan="2" |2017<ref name="Census2017B">{{cite web|url=https://www.pbs.gov.pk/content/final-results-census-2017|title=Final Results (Census-2017)|access-date=8 June 2023}}</ref>
! colspan="2" |2023<ref name="Census2023B">{{cite web|url=https://www.pbs.gov.pk/digital-census/detailed-results|title=7th Population and Housing Census - Detailed Results Table-9 Population by sex, religion and rural/urban|website=Pakistan Bureau of Statistics|access-date=1 October 2024}}</ref>
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|-
| [[Islam]] [[File:Star and Crescent.svg|15px]]
| 33,018
| {{Percentage | 33018 | 59157 | 2 }}
| 38,946
| {{Percentage | 38946 | 73560 | 2 }}
| 52,957
| {{Percentage | 52957 | 105199 | 2 }}
| 60,003
| {{Percentage | 60003 | 116663 | 2 }}
| 74,075
| {{Percentage | 74075 | 151903 | 2 }}
| 100,436
| {{Percentage | 100436 | 216883 | 2 }}
| 122,847
| {{Percentage | 122847 | 263565 | 2 }}
| 162,447
| {{Percentage | 162447 | 386655 | 2 }}
| 14,382,744
| {{Percentage | 14382744 | 14884402 | 2 }}
| 18,189,474
| {{Percentage | 18189474 | 18843844 | 2 }}
|-
| [[Hinduism]] [[File:Om.svg|15px]]
| 23,157
| {{Percentage | 23157 | 59157 | 2 }}
| 24,617
| {{Percentage | 24617 | 73560 | 2 }}
| 44,503
| {{Percentage | 44503 | 105199 | 2 }}
| 48,169
| {{Percentage | 48169 | 116663 | 2 }}
| 66,038
| {{Percentage | 66038 | 151903 | 2 }}
| 100,683
| {{Percentage | 100683 | 216883 | 2 }}
| 120,595
| {{Percentage | 120595 | 263565 | 2 }}
| 192,831
| {{Percentage | 192831 | 386655 | 2 }}
| 156,452
| {{Percentage | 156452 | 14884402 | 2 }}
| 211,138
| {{Percentage | 211138 | 18843844 | 2 }}
|-
| [[Christianity]] [[File:Christian cross.svg|15px]]
| 2,223
| {{Percentage | 2223 | 59157 | 2 }}
| 4,161
| {{Percentage | 4161 | 73560 | 2 }}
| 5,986
| {{Percentage | 5986 | 105199 | 2 }}
| 6,098
| {{Percentage | 6098 | 116663 | 2 }}
| 7,936
| {{Percentage | 7936 | 151903 | 2 }}
| 9,649
| {{Percentage | 9649 | 216883 | 2 }}
| 12,765
| {{Percentage | 12765 | 263565 | 2 }}
| 17,466
| {{Percentage | 17466 | 386655 | 2 }}
| 329,702
| {{Percentage | 329702 | 14884402 | 2 }}
| 416,309
| {{Percentage | 416309 | 18843844 | 2 }}
|-
| [[Zoroastrianism]] [[File:Faravahar.svg|15px]]
| 748
| {{Percentage | 748 | 59157 | 2 }}
| 937
| {{Percentage | 937 | 73560 | 2 }}
| 1,375
| {{Percentage | 1375 | 105199 | 2 }}
| 1,823
| {{Percentage | 1823 | 116663 | 2 }}
| 2,165
| {{Percentage | 2165 | 151903 | 2 }}
| 2,702
| {{Percentage | 2702 | 216883 | 2 }}
| 3,334
| {{Percentage | 3334 | 263565 | 2 }}
| 3,700
| {{Percentage | 3700 | 386655 | 2 }}
| {{N/a}}
| {{N/a}}
| 1,435
| {{Percentage | 1435 | 18843844 | 2 }}
|-
| [[Judaism]] [[File:Star_of_David.svg|15px]]
| 7
| {{Percentage | 7 | 59157 | 2 }}
| {{N/a}}
| {{N/a}}
| 128
| {{Percentage | 128 | 105199 | 2 }}
| 349
| {{Percentage | 349 | 116663 | 2 }}
| 535
| {{Percentage | 535 | 151903 | 2 }}
| 645
| {{Percentage | 645 | 216883 | 2 }}
| 943
| {{Percentage | 943 | 263565 | 2 }}
| 1,051
| {{Percentage | 1051 | 386655 | 2 }}
| {{N/a}}
| {{N/a}}
| {{N/a}}
| {{N/a}}
|-
| [[Jainism]] [[File:Jain_Prateek_Chihna.svg|15px]]
| 4
| {{Percentage | 4 | 59157 | 2 }}
| 9
| {{Percentage | 9 | 73560 | 2 }}
| 99
| {{Percentage | 99 | 105199 | 2 }}
| 125
| {{Percentage | 125 | 116663 | 2 }}
| 647
| {{Percentage | 647 | 151903 | 2 }}
| 1,118
| {{Percentage | 1118 | 216883 | 2 }}
| 629
| {{Percentage | 629 | 263565 | 2 }}
| 3,214
| {{Percentage | 3214 | 386655 | 2 }}
| {{N/a}}
| {{N/a}}
| {{N/a}}
| {{N/a}}
|-
| Tribal
| 0
| {{Percentage | 0 | 59157 | 2 }}
| {{N/a}}
| {{N/a}}
| 32
| {{Percentage | 32 | 105199 | 2 }}
| 0
| {{Percentage | 0 | 116663 | 2 }}
| 0
| {{Percentage | 0 | 151903 | 2 }}
| 4
| {{Percentage | 4 | 216883 | 2 }}
| 135
| {{Percentage | 135 | 263565 | 2 }}
| {{N/a}}
| {{N/a}}
| {{N/a}}
| {{N/a}}
| {{N/a}}
| {{N/a}}
|-
| [[Sikhism]] [[File:Khanda.svg|15px]]
| 0
| {{Percentage | 0 | 59157 | 2 }}
| {{N/a}}
| {{N/a}}
| 0
| {{Percentage | 0 | 105199 | 2 }}
| 0
| {{Percentage | 0 | 116663 | 2 }}
| {{N/a}}
| {{N/a}}
| 1,425
| {{Percentage | 1425 | 216883 | 2 }}
| 2,254
| {{Percentage | 2254 | 263565 | 2 }}
| 5,835
| {{Percentage | 5835 | 386655 | 2 }}
| {{N/a}}
| {{N/a}}
| 2,299
| {{Percentage | 2299 | 18843844 | 2 }}
|-
| [[Buddhism]] [[File:Dharma_Wheel_(2).svg|15px]]
| 0
| {{Percentage | 0 | 59157 | 2 }}
| {{N/a}}
| {{N/a}}
| 0
| {{Percentage | 0 | 105199 | 2 }}
| 0
| {{Percentage | 0 | 116663 | 2 }}
| {{N/a}}
| {{N/a}}
| 41
| {{Percentage | 41 | 216883 | 2 }}
| 53
| {{Percentage | 53 | 263565 | 2 }}
| 75
| {{Percentage | 75 | 386655 | 2 }}
| {{N/a}}
| {{N/a}}
| {{N/a}}
| {{N/a}}
|-
| [[Ahmadiyya]] [[File:Liwa-e-Ahmadiyya_1-2.svg|15px]]
| {{N/a}}
| {{N/a}}
| {{N/a}}
| {{N/a}}
| {{N/a}}
| {{N/a}}
| {{N/a}}
| {{N/a}}
| {{N/a}}
| {{N/a}}
| {{N/a}}
| {{N/a}}
| {{N/a}}
| {{N/a}}
| {{N/a}}
| {{N/a}}
| 8,751
| {{Percentage | 8751 | 14884402 | 2 }}
| 7,948
| {{Percentage | 7948 | 18843844 | 2 }}
|-
| Others
| 0
| {{Percentage | 0 | 59157 | 2 }}
| 4,890
| {{Percentage | 4890 | 73560 | 2 }}
| 119
| {{Percentage | 119 | 105199 | 2 }}
| 96
| {{Percentage | 96 | 116663 | 2 }}
| 507
| {{Percentage | 507 | 151903 | 2 }}
| 180
| {{Percentage | 180 | 216883 | 2 }}
| 10
| {{Percentage | 10 | 263565 | 2 }}
| 36
| {{Percentage | 36 | 386655 | 2 }}
| 6,753
| {{Percentage | 6753 | 14884402 | 2 }}
| 15,241
| {{Percentage | 15241 | 18843844 | 2 }}
|-
! Total population
! 59,157
! {{Percentage | 59157 | 59157 | 2 }}
! 73,560
! {{Percentage | 73560 | 73560 | 2 }}
! 105,199
! {{Percentage | 105199 | 105199 | 2 }}
! 116,663
! {{Percentage | 116663 | 116663 | 2 }}
! 151,903
! {{Percentage | 151903 | 151903 | 2 }}
! 216,883
! {{Percentage | 216883 | 216883 | 2 }}
! 263,565
! {{Percentage | 263565 | 263565 | 2 }}
! 386,655
! {{Percentage | 386655 | 386655 | 2 }}
! 14,884,402
! {{Percentage | 14884402 | 14884402 | 2 }}
! 18,843,844
! {{Percentage | 18843844 | 18843844 | 2 }}
|}
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==== Islam ====
{{main|Islam in Karachi}}
[[Islam in Karachi|Karachi is overwhelmingly Muslim]], though the city is one of Pakistan's most secular cities.<ref name="Paracha-2014" />{{Failed verification|date=November 2024}}<ref name="India Today" /><ref name="dw.com" /> Approximately 85% of Karachi's Muslims are [[Sunni Islam|Sunnis]], while 15% are [[Shia Islam|Shi'ites]].<!--empty references<ref name="LoC" /><ref name="Oxford" /><ref name="CIA" />--><ref>{{cite web |url=http://pewforum.org/Muslim/Mapping-the-Global-Muslim-Population%286%29.aspx |title=Mapping the Global Muslim Population: A Report on the Size and Distribution of the World's Muslim Population |access-date=28 August 2010 |publisher=[[Pew Research Center]] |date=7 October 2009 |archive-date=30 August 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100830165222/http://pewforum.org/Muslim/Mapping-the-Global-Muslim-Population(6).aspx |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite book |url=http://pewforum.org/newassets/images/reports/Muslimpopulation/Muslimpopulation.pdf |title=Mapping the Global Muslim Population: A Report on the Size and Distribution of the World's Muslim Population |editor-last=Miller |editor-first=Tracy |date=October 2009 |publisher=[[Pew Research Center]] |access-date=28 August 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091108194815/http://pewforum.org/newassets/images/reports/Muslimpopulation/Muslimpopulation.pdf |archive-date=8 November 2009}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://2001-2009.state.gov/g/drl/rls/irf/2008/108505.htm |title=Pakistan – International Religious Freedom Report 2008 |date=19 September 2008 |publisher=[[United States Department of State]] |access-date=28 August 2010 |archive-date=30 May 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190530192532/https://2001-2009.state.gov/g/drl/rls/irf/2008/108505.htm |url-status=live }}</ref> [[Sunni Islam|Sunnis]] primarily follow the [[Hanafi]] school of [[jurisprudence]], with [[Sufism]] influencing religious practices by encouraging reverence for Sufi saints such as [[Abdullah Shah Ghazi]] and [[Mewa Shah]]. [[Shia Islam|Shi'ites]] are predominantly [[Twelver]], with a significant [[Ismailism|Ismaili]] minority which is further subdivided into [[Nizari]]s, [[Mustaali]]s, [[Dawoodi Bohra]]s, and [[Sulaymani]]s. There are over 3000 mosques in Karachi, most famous of which include [[Grand Jamia Mosque]], [[Baitul Mukarram Mosque]], [[Masjid-e-Tooba]] and [[New Memon Masjid|Memon Masjid]].

==== Christianity ====

Approximately 2.2% of Karachi's population is Christian.<ref name="cia-rel">{{cite web |url=https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/fields/2122.html#pk |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070613003300/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/fields/2122.html#pk |url-status=dead |archive-date=13 June 2007 |title=Religions in Pakistan |website=[[The World Factbook]] |access-date=9 July 2013}}</ref><ref name="Curtis, Lisa 2009">Curtis, Lisa; Mullick, Haider (4 May 2009). "Reviving Pakistan's Pluralist Traditions to Fight Extremism". The Heritage Foundation. Retrieved 31 July 2011</ref><ref name="Religions 2010">a b c "Religions: Islam 95%, other (includes Christian and Hindu, 2% Ahmadiyyah ) 5%". CIA. The World Factbook on Pakistan. 2010. Retrieved 28 August 2010.</ref> The city's Christian community is primarily composed of [[Punjabi Christians]] and a community of [[Goan Catholics]] who are typically better-educated and more affluent than their Punjabi co-religionists.<ref>{{cite news |title=Who are Pakistan's Christians? |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-35910331 |access-date=17 November 2016 |publisher=BBC |date=28 March 2016 |archive-date=20 November 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181120050133/https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-35910331 |url-status=live }}</ref> They established the posh [[Cincinnatus Town]] in [[Garden East]] as a Goan enclave. The Goan community dates from 1820 and has a population estimated to be 12,000–15,000 strong.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Barbosa |first1=Alexandre Moniz |title=A Dash of Goa in Pakistan |url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/goa/A-dash-of-Goa-in-Pakistan/articleshow/9866412.cms |access-date=17 November 2016 |work=The Times of India |date=5 September 2001 |quote=The city, however, has roughly between 12,000 and 15,000 'Goans', a number that has remained fairly constant for the past 190 years, since the first wave of migrating Goans in dhows washed up on its shores in 1820 and made it their home. |archive-date=19 February 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190219113702/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/goa/A-dash-of-Goa-in-Pakistan/articleshow/9866412.cms |url-status=live }}</ref> Karachi is served by its own archdiocese, the [[Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Karachi]].

==== Hinduism ====
[[File:Shri_Laxmi_Narayan_Mandir.JPG|thumb|Shri Laxmi Narayan Mandir]]
[[File:Karachi_Mandir.jpg|thumb|Shri Swami Narayan Mandir]]
While most of the city's Hindu population left ''en masse'' for India following Pakistan's independence, Karachi still has a large Hindu community with an estimated population of 250,000 based on 2013 data,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://pakistanhinducouncil.org/hindupopulation.asp |title=Population of Hindus in the World |publisher=pakistanhinducouncil.org |access-date=21 April 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130518031747/http://www.pakistanhinducouncil.org/hindupopulation.asp |archive-date=18 May 2013}}</ref> with several active temples in central Karachi. The Hindu community is split into a more affluent [[Sindhi Hindu]] and small [[Punjabi Hindus|Punjabi Hindu]] group that forms part of Karachi's educated middle class, while poorer Hindus of [[Rajasthani people|Rajasthani]] and [[Marwari people|Marwari]] descent form the other part and typically serve as menial and day laborers. Wealthier Hindus live primarily in [[Clifton, Karachi|Clifton]] and [[Saddar Town|Saddar]], while poorer ones live and have temples in [[Narayan Pura|Narayanpura]] and [[Lyari]]. Many streets in central Karachi still retain Hindu names, especially in [[Mithadar]], [[Aram Bagh, Karachi|Aram Bagh]] (formerly Ram Bagh), and Ramswami. Many Mandirs exist in [[Saddar Town|Saddar]] which are over 100 years old.

==== Zoroastrianism ====

Karachi's affluent and influential [[Zoroastrian|Parsis]] have lived in the region in the 12th century, though the modern community dates from the mid 19th century when they served as military contractors and commissariat agents to the British.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Hinnells |first1=John |title=The Zoroastrian Diaspora: Religion and Migration |publisher=Oxford University Press |isbn=978-0-19-151350-3 |page=199 |date=28 April 2005}}</ref> Further waves of Parsi immigrants from [[Persia]] settled in the city in the late 19th century.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Hinnells |first1=John |title=The Zoroastrian Diaspora: Religion and Migration |publisher=Oxford University Press |isbn=978-0-19-151350-3 |page=202 |date=28 April 2005}}</ref> The population of Parsis in Karachi and throughout South Asia is in continuous decline due to low birth-rates and migration to Western countries.<ref>{{cite news |title=Why is India's wealthy Parsi community vanishing? |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-india-35219331 |access-date=17 November 2016 |publisher=BBC |date=9 January 2016 |archive-date=20 November 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161120095149/http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-india-35219331 |url-status=live }}</ref>

In 2023, according to the [[2023 Pakistani census|2023 census]], approximately 1,435 [[Parsis]] are left in Karachi.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Pakistan Census 2023 |url=https://www.pbs.gov.pk/sites/default/files/population/2023/tables/sindh/pcr/table_9.pdf}}</ref>