Karachi was 51.1% Hindu in 1941.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Religion_in_Karachi#1947_Partition

Lahore minority – I stand corrected but as @Kabir says they were the elite class.

Yes, calling Lahore and Karachi Hindu majority is a stretch.

However, it is a fact that the elite of Lahore was Hindu.

I discussed this briefly in my dissertation. Allow me to quote myself:

In Lahore, where the Muslim and non-Muslim populations were about equal, there was only one Muslim-owned shop in Anarkali Bazaar, the main commercial market of the city (Hameed 2007), With regard to the film industry in Lahore, Goreja (2000:19) records that all five film studios in the city were owned by non-Muslims

See the following article by A. Hameed:

“Lahore Lahore Aye: Where Hindus and Sikhs once lived”

https://apnaorg.com/columns/ahameed/column-40.html

@BB

“Lahore and Karachi used to be Hindu majority”

Lahore was 60% Muslim in 1941.

Karachi was 51% Muslim in 1941.

Where is the Hindu majority?

yes Pindi came to mind..

“What other historic urban city is left”?

Have you ever heard of Peshawar or Multan?

Rawalpindi was a cantonment even during the Raj.

You really know very little about Pakistan.

Also both Lahore and Karachi used to be Hindu majority – those populations fled to Delhi and Mumbai respectively and have become an integral part of those cities.

The Pakistani cities never recovered and have more in common with smaller Indian cities than the megapolises of Delhi and Mumbai.

Exactly. Chandigarh is the capital of a state.

Islamabad of the entire country.

India’s capital meanwhile is Delhi, capital to a multitude of empires/kingdoms, all of whose successor is the Republic of India.

Isloo was built from scratch as well. Take out Lahore and Karachi – arguably the most….’Indian’ of Pakistani cities in terms of heritage, and what other historic urban city is left?

Lahore was also the capital of the British province of Punjab.

When East Punjab became part of India, Chandigarh had to be built from scratch,

BB’s argument is ridiculous, It reveals nothing but anti-Pakistan animus.

In order to build India up it is not necessary to tear Pakistan down.”

1. Lahore is on the Indian border, proving my point.
2. It was capital of the Mughals for only 12 years. Fatehpur Sikri was capital for longer. Afghanistan/Bangladesh have equal claim to the Mughals as Pakistan by being fringe territories of the Empire.
3. The Sikh Empire along with the IVC are two empires Pakistan actually has a decent claim over (although weaker than India has over the Mughal empire). Funny how they are spaced nearly 4000 years apart and both are non Muslim.