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Orangi town, the world's biggest slum. First founded many decades ago in a rural area. Over the years, due to conflicts and political division, people have fled to this place from all the surrounding regions to seek refuge for a better life. And now, this community has exploded. Estimations are patchy, but between 1 to 2 million people in the world's biggest slum. So, let's dive right into this huge metropolis that is called Arangi Town in Pakistan. Welcome to the insanity that is Karachi, Pakistan. The biggest city in Pakistan. Extremely densely populated and also home to the biggest slum on the planet.
This place has had a mixed reputation over the years. There's been times where it's been quite dangerous and there's times where it's been a bit more stable. I actually have to meet a motorbike rider at the perimeter of the slum itself. And we're going to enter on a motorbike cuz apparently that's the best way to get inside. So drive across Karachi and then we're going to enter Aangi town, the biggest slum on planet Earth. They're burning the trash there. Yeah. So after a very dusty drive, we've arrived here in Arangi town. And this place is huge.
This is massive market for as far as the eyes can see underneath this big bridge here. And it's so dirty in the dust of the streets. But uh good to be here. What you uh I'm just making some videos of uh this area. Okay. Nice. I like your his eyes are very beautiful. No. Wow. Yeah. He's also beautiful. Yeah, he's a good-looking man. That's quite rare to have eyes that color, right? Yeah. You're the best looking man in Orangi town.
Your eyes also beautiful. Oh, thank you, sir. I appreciate it. All right. Well, nice to meet you guys. Good luck. What can I do for you? Nothing, man. You've already done enough. Okay. Enjoy your Do you like living here? Yes. Is it safe area here? Yes. Very safe. Purely safe because the this side air force side. Oh, there's a air base. Pakistan air force base. Military base. Recently there was the war with India, right?
Yes. And so did you see the planes flying around? How are you? Good. What's your name? I'm Nick. Okay. Nick. Yeah. You speak English? No. Right. English chewing the beetle nut tobacco and like there's some sort of a powder as well. So they chew it and that's really popular here, right? What is it exactly? Made from a beetle nut. It's like a stimulant, right? That beetle nut that makes their teeth black is actually illegal in Pakistan. So yeah, you're saying that there's lots of kinds of addictions in these neighborhoods.
Yeah. Chicken liver. Yeah. And how old is this young man? 13 years. 13. Yeah. And do you work full time? Okay. Huh? Whole day. Really? 10:00. Starts at 10:00. Yeah. And finishes at what time? 9:00 p.m. Really? Yeah. And how long has he been doing this for? 5 years. Really? He started 5 years ago. Oh, when he was eight. Yeah. Really? [clears throat] Yeah. I got shocked too. Is that quite normal here in town? You can say because like many of the children they don't receive any many
education from here. So they started working at the very young age. And what are your thoughts on that? Yeah, I would say like it's a bit of unfair but I think that because of the education system they don't have any other choice. Pakistan is like uh every person in the family has to work to meet all the ends. So it's a very poor country Pakistan. So that's why we have to do this. You were just saying that a lot of businesses run on child labor. Is that legal? Yeah, it is legal. Yeah, it's like very common in like you can't say it's legal.
Like there are authorities but they know they don't have a choice. I think many people don't have a choice. Population is just so big and dense that people just slip through the cracks and trying to regulate that would be impossible. Yeah. Thank you, sir. It's nice to meet you. Wow. So here they're making a veg from these old recycled frames and then they put strings on them and uh they do different stages each. So here we got the guy doing the first stage and then the next stage there where they weave sideways.
It takes these guys 2 hours to do one of these beds. He's offering you tea as well. Thank you, sir. H We got to go. Yeah. Yeah. We got a big day. Thank you, though, so you can see here they're just selling all kinds of anything that they can find and recycle. Potentially sell old cameras. There's a cassette player. How much for the cassette player? Yeah. So 150 rupees, right? And do people buy that kind of thing around here? Antiques, they come here to buy. Where does he get all these things from?
Does he just like find them in the dump site and then try and make So they have they buy the whole container and they just sell to different vendors. Somebody buys an old container of old electronics and then they sell it to different people in the market. And there's just so many people here that there's a market for this. Yeah. Wow. today. This is the imported item as well. And this is imported item. Important place from there's some places from Europe as well.
US as well. Things that people throw away in Europe end up in markets here in Arangi town. Wow. How many hours a day do you work? Thank you. They come at 9:00 a.m. and work till 7. Thank you. I'm all good. We're quite busy, but I appreciate it. We have a big day ahead of us and Pakistanis are some of the most hospitable people that you'll come across in the world. I always want to offer you tea. They're so welcoming. They'll often give you things for free. They really love to see tourists here, especially in Karach because not many tourists come to Karach.
All the old tools, recycling, look, nothing gets wasted. Fixing the sewing machines, electricity is so unpredictable here in Karach, especially in these outskirts, big neighborhoods here. You have to have the voltage stabilizer to stop things blowing up when power is surging through unexpectedly. So there's this area around here called Katiel. It's about 5 minutes on the motorbike from here and it's got a notorious reputation in Karach for being quite dangerous, especially a few years ago. Drug dealing gangs. There was some terrorist gangs as well apparently. We've met up with some local guys who said they'd offer to look after us. It was the guy with the beautiful eyes. So, we're going to jump
on the back of the motorbike. We're going to go to this place because originally we weren't sure if we were going to go just the two of us on the bike, but now we have a bit of an entourage. Should be a bit safer. So, they're going to show us around and let's go see one of the most notorious neighborhoods in Karach. I'll just let him know. The new year is usually when people refocus on their health. And for me, 2026 is all about consistency, not extreme resolutions. One habit that's been locked in for years is AG1, who are kindly sponsoring this video. I've actually been using AG1 for 8 years now, long before they approached me to work together. AG1 is a daily nutritional foundation powder with over 70 highquality ingredients, vitamins,
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anything that you could really imagine. If a car gets stolen in Karach then this is the place that you come to look for it. Don't be scared. Okay. I'm with you. Don't be scared. Okay. What are all these things here? These generators. These is a motors. Water motors. Pumps. Yes. Water pumps. Should we wait for my friend? He is coming. Yes, sir. Yeah. And don't worry. I'm not worried. I trust you.
Yeah. Thank you. I love you. I love you too. They are fight with each other and small things. Who's fighting with each other? This sides and another side. Gangs. Yes. Our force is very good now. Right. So security is much better now. Yes. Better now. Everything is You're saying that your dad's in the air force? Yes. Yes, he is in air force. And is he uh fighting at the moment? No, he is preparing fighter jets.
Really? Yes, he's preparing. He's preparing fighter jets. And there it is, the world's biggest slum. A sight to behold. Look at it. It is as far as the eye can see. The pollution. You can see. You can't even see where the house is finished. So we've climbed many steps and we've come up to this viewpoint. I mean look at this. All right. So this is allangi town here and then more on that side. But also look at this. That is other parts of Karachi. Some of this is actually a rangi town here. This is a city with 20 million people. One of the most densely populated cities in the world. Asalamikum. Nice hat. You were saying that in 2008 and 9 there was gangsters living in this building.
Yes. But the ranger will fight with him and now he's tired. He's finished in the world. He's dead. Yeah, he's dead. Well, he was killed by the Pakistani authorities. Dangers. Yeah. What happened? Like they have a clash. They dangers during an operation here, right? And they just like fought them off from this place. Really? They captured them or they got shot in the operation. And what kind of things were these gangs doing? Because some countries hate Pakistan, you know.
Oh, so they were from other countries. What countries? I don't know. But India and Bangladesh. They're like gangster. They just extort money from people doing good businesses. Yeah. Oh, like mafia. Yeah. Right. So you have like you pay to so your build your business can stay running otherwise they shut it down. Wow. And then the Pakistani authorities came and fought them and won and kicked them out. Yeah. Wow. You said that you're joining the air force.
Yes. After a few months, inshallah one day. I love air force. I love Pakistan Air Force. Are you excited? Yes, I am very excited because I love. And what will you do? Will you fight? I Yes, I will fight inshallah. Who will you fight? Poor my PF. You protect Pakistan. I protect Pakistan inshallah. Okay. Yes. Anywhere he want me, I will go. Inshallah. Yes. Wow. You're a M. I like your kerta. Nice kerta. Beautiful karta. Ka.
I have one. You have? Yeah. A white one. Okay. Nice. So you can see this huge hillside here. So this was cut in half this entire mountain essentially in 1998 so that they could have a roadway going through to access Arangi town. And Orangi town actually started as different uh slums uh spread out in more rural communities and then people started migrating here from all over Pakistan to come here to find better opportunities from more rural areas and it slowly just grew and when the Indian partition happened where India split from one country into India, Pakistan and at the time East Pakistan which is now called Bangladesh, people fled depending on their beliefs into certain parts of these areas of the former India
and a lot of them came here. So that gave the population here a huge boost and over the years with different conflicts and things some refugees from places like Afghanistan and Bangladesh other regions a lot of people fled here and that's how you end up with the world's biggest slum. So this white building on the hill behind us that used to be a ranger station. So it's like basically the city military something a hybrid between police and military that used to surveil this area. So obviously up there they would have the best view to keep an eye on everything that was going on when it was really quite a dangerous place.
Nowadays I mean me personally I feel like unbelievably safe here. I don't feel any form of danger like completely relaxed. So I think it's just it's it uh reputation precedes it unfortunately and uh it's it's reputation is largely a negative one but that's died off uh in terms of reality. So now that's just abandoned and there's no rangers stationed up there anymore. So because town's been here for so long it is quite developed in terms of the buildings and things you know started as these informal shacks and then it's just been developed and developed. So they've developed infrastructure. You can see that they've got the pumps pumping the water around and everything. Sometimes
they don't have electricity for up to 10 hours a day. That's why they have those voltage stabilizers. And a lot of places have generators. This is Pakistani hospitality. These guys just walked by and he's got a bag of biryani rice and he's trying to feed it to me. Right. You're too friendly. Shukria. Did he just give you water? And now he just gave you water. Wow. So kind. This is a toilet at a mosque. They sit here and they wash themselves, their hands, and their faces before they go and pray. And here's the toilets.
Bye-bye. of the Mes is offering you if you want to see his house. Oh, really? Yeah, I would love to. Yeah, thank you. So, this is the imam of the mosque. So, you're going to show me your house. Oh, does he have electricity? Yeah. Yeah, but lot shedding. There's a power little bit more. Do you have children or no?
Yes. Yes, they have children. Three children. And they live somewhere else. Malaysia. Oh, your child lives in Malaysia. What are they doing in Malaysia? Labor. Laboring. Okay. Like construction? Yes. And you're the imam of the mosque. So for people that are watching this video in Western countries, what can you share about Islam? Muslims should pray five times a day and like uh they should follow Islam and be a role model so other people are attracted towards Islam and they accept the religion as well. And what's your favorite part about Islam?
Muhammad is like last prophet of Islam and he taught everything from his uh actions and he was very kind-hearted. So basically we should follow his teachings sir. All right. Good luck. Ready. So are you thinking to open and like uh I fill their tank. So after the dustiest 10 15 minute drive through the traffic, we've arrived at a place that these guys are telling me something sounds really interesting. Let's see. But it's like, oh, wow. No way. That's crazy. Wa. They're huge. So, this shrine has been here for 300 years, and it started with just two crocodiles, and over the years, they've bred and bred. But the oldest crocodile here, still alive today, is
150 years old. Heat. What is your Instagram? Indigo. Thanks for everything, man. I will miss you and I love you. Love you, too. Thank you. Appreciate it. Thanks, guys. Lots of love. Thanks, man. Nice to meet you. Appreciate it. Cheers, bro. Thank you so much. A huge thank you to Natk for driving me around Karachi on this day. If you want to visit Orangi Town or any other places
in Karach, Natk can be your man. He's obviously a very kind and knowledgeable man that will custom make tours to whatever you want to see in Karach. Thank you very much for watching and I'll see you in the next video in case I don't see you. Good afternoon, good evening and good
