Author: Amar Guriro

Karachi is Pakistan’s largest commercial city, known for traffic, crowded roads, markets, high-rises and constant activity. A lake is probably the last thing many people would associate with it. Yet inside Safari Park on University Road lies Swan Lake, a decades-old urban wetland that has become a habitat for waterbirds. The lake is unusual because it is not a natural river or mountain lake. It emerged in the 1970s after excavation work for raw material left a deep depression where freshwater accumulated. Over time, the site developed into an urban wetland. A research study recorded it at about 3 acres,…