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In the 1840s construction work on Christ Church began. Both the Church Mission School and the church were once linked. In the first half of the 20th century, students belonging to Jewish, Christian, Parsi, Hindu and Muslim communities were enrolled in the CMS and found it to be pretty rewarding. It was in 1971, that the government took charge of the school and ever since it is on a downward spiral.

“With respect to the CMS, it is the oldest living example of Karachi's architecture. It was made with a nice combination of stone, bamboos and delicate tile work. Not anymore though. What I hear about it is that it is in a shambles. I still feel it can be restored, as it ought to be because it`s a signpost to our history… This will require a major restoration job”.

It is home time. Children are stepping out of their classes to return home. Eight or nine of them have stayed back. They have taken out a bat and a tennis ball and started playing cricket in the ground where there is a pitch, half of which is cemented. Just as the bowler is about to deliver the first ball, an auto-rickshaw makes its way into the school. It has caused a delay in the game, unlike the indefinite delay in the renovation of the stone buildings that surround the cricket-crazy boys. Play resumes.

[Source: Karachi Legacies of Empires by Peerzada Salman]

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