In this city of millions, private sanctuaries are hard to come by for most. But in some dark corners of Karachi, there are bursts of colour and rays of light that make safe havens where previously there were none. - Hussain Afzal / White Star

What is your urban sanctuary? Do you think there can be privacy or personalised spaces of respite in the teeming katchi abadis and unplanned settlements of Karachi?

Dawn.com invites its readers to share their images of urban sanctuaries for publication on the website.

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