^^ That's a gross understatement..
Lahore has often been referred to as "Paris of the Orient/East"
At the time when Karachi didn't even exist (or at best was just some insignificant Baloch fishermen hamlet), Lahore was among the most splendid cities of the east..
In 1611, the East India Company agent William Flinch described Lahore as "One of the greatest cities of the East"
And to quote Thomas Coryat (d. 1617):
"Lahore is one of the greatest cities of the East that exceeds Constantinople itself in greatness"
Karachiwalas trying to compare their rootless city (or megaslum as some might argue) with Lahore; the cultural, historical, literary and artistic learning epicenter of the region for centuries, is beyond hilarious !!
The British were smoking the Afghan kush harder than we initially thought, or the flavor of Lahori Londay's overtook their eyesight.