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Karachi’s changing skies: From songbirds to scavengers
Once filled with melodies of sparrows and mynas, the city’s mornings are now ruled by kites—scavenger birds thriving on waste
Feb 12, 2025
Feb 12, 2025
Karachi Desk
The Karachi Desk covers economic, political, and societal news from Pakistan’s largest and most populous city.
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Karachi’s mornings, once filled with the melodic calls of sparrows and mynas, are now dominated by the flight of kites cutting through the skies.
Nukta's Correspondent Shayan Saleem explores how these scavenger birds, thriving on the city’s growing waste, are contributing to environmental imbalance and an increase in bird strikes with airplanes.
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