*KARACHI – Karachi is no longer among World’s dangerous cities, revealsEconomist Safe Cities Index 2019.*

*Karachi has ranked low — 57th out of 60 — on The Economist’s Safe CitiesIndex 2019. However, this rank is an improvement over 2017 ranking oflast. *

The international publication’s Intelligence Unit maintains a regularlyupdated index to assess the strengths and weaknesses of leading citiesacross the world. In the index, it ranked 60 major urban centres likeKarachi, New Delhi, Mumbai, Dhaka, New York City, Tokyo, Amsterdam and manyothers.

Karachi’s overall rank was 57 out of 60, with a score of 43.5. The averagewas 71.2. It ranked lower than Mumbai (45), New Delhi (52) and Dhaka (56).

The overall ranking was an average of four rankings — personal security,digital security, health security and infrastructure security.

In personal security, Karachi ranked 58, with a score of 45.9. The averagescore was 77. The lowest on the list was Lagos and highest was Singapore.In digital security, Karachi ranked 52 and health security it ranked 50.However, in infrastructure security it ranked 55, two places above NewDelhi.