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Soldier Bazaar
Soldier Bazar ( ur, ) is a bazaar and neighborhood in Karachi East district of Karachi, Pakistan. It was previously administered as part of Jamshed Town, which was disbanded in 2011. History Soldier Bazar was constructed in 1857 next to Mazar Roshan Shah run by Muslim committee Muslim Jamaat Soldier Bazaar. Muslim Jamaat Soldier Bazaar donated funds of 3000 gold coins to Muslim league India in 1906, which were collected by Quaid e Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah in Karachi. The father of former Prime Minister Zulfikar Ali Bhutto, and the Khan of Kalat, owned bungalows here. G. M. Syed, who spearheaded the Pakistan Movement in Sindh also owned a bungalow here named Hyder Manzil. According to Syed's family, the Pakistan Resolution of 1943 was written there before its introduction and passage in the Sindh Assembly. In 1954, the Soldier Bazaar Market was established. The building serves as a marketplace for food items, and was built in a 1950s modernist style. Location The market is c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Neighborhood
A neighbourhood (British English, Irish English, Australian English and Canadian English) or neighborhood (American English; see spelling differences) is a geographically localised community within a larger city, town, suburb or rural area, sometimes consisting of a single street and the buildings lining it. Neighbourhoods are often social communities with considerable face-to-face interaction among members. Researchers have not agreed on an exact definition, but the following may serve as a starting point: "Neighbourhood is generally defined spatially as a specific geographic area and functionally as a set of social networks. Neighbourhoods, then, are the spatial units in which face-to-face social interactions occur—the personal settings and situations where residents seek to realise common values, socialise youth, and maintain effective social control." Preindustrial cities In the words of the urban scholar Lewis Mumford, "Neighbourhoods, in some annoying, inchoate fashi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Provincial Assembly Of Sindh
The Provincial Assembly of Sindh ( ur, ) is a unicameral legislature of elected representatives of the Pakistani province of Sindh, and is located in Karachi, the provincial capital. It was established under Article 106 of the Constitution of Pakistan having a total of 168 seats, with 130 general seats, 29 seats reserved for women and 9 seats reserved for non-Muslims. There was previously a Sind Legislative Assembly in the Sind Province of British India and in the early years of the state of Pakistan. History A large part of Sindh was captured by the British commander General Sir Charles Napier status as a State and became a Commissionerate of India's Bombay Presidency, being controlled by a Commissioner. In 1890, after the Minto reforms, Sindh gained representation for the first time in the Bombay Legislative Assembly, with four members representing it. From that time, a movement to separate Sindh from the Bombay Presidency was established, and in 1935, after a long str ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Neighbourhoods Of Karachi
Union Councils of Karachi are local governments in Karachi. Union Council is the primary governmental institution in Pakistan. Headed by a Union Nazim, each union council has 13 elected members or councilors. In addition to four male and two female members elected directly, there are two male and two female representatives of the labor, a minority member, a Union Nazim and his deputy known as Union Naib Nazim. Beside elected members, there are several government employees and functionaries in every union council, who report to the Secretary of the Union Council. The latter is a civil servant appointed by the state. The territory of a Union Council or Village Council is usually part of a Tehsil (county). Less commonly, a Union Council may be part of a City District. Union Councils of Karachi The following is a list of the union councils of Karachi, and their respective neighbourhoods and suburban localities. Karachi has a total of 18 Towns, and 178 Union councils. Baldia To ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bohri Bazaar
Bohri Bazaar, also known as Bohra Bazaar, ( ur, ) is a bazaar located in Saddar Town, Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan. It is one of the oldest marketplace A marketplace or market place is a location where people regularly gather for the purchase and sale of provisions, livestock, and other goods. In different parts of the world, a marketplace may be described as a '' souk'' (from the Arabic), ' ... of Karachi. Bohri Bazaar was once the most famous shopping place in Karachi. It has historical importance similar to the Istanbul’s Grand Bazaar. History Bohri Bazaar was established in 1939 as a location for camps for British military personnel. The bazaar named after Bohra community of Karachi. The community has built a mosque called Tahiri Masjid at the centre of the bazaar. As of August 2022, the bazaar consists of at least 5,000 shops. Incidents Bohri Bazaar was damaged in a fire in 1958, and again in the 1987 Karachi car bombing. References Bazaars in Karachi 1939 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Urdu Bazaar (Karachi)
Urdu Bazaar, Karachi ( ur, ) is a bazaar located in Saddar Town, Karachi, Pakistan. It is considered as one of the oldest and most prestigious historical book marketplace, markets in Pakistan. A variety of books, both used and new books, are available in the market, including books on art, history, literature, philosophy, religion, and science. Urdu Bazaar is also known for its book festival. History Origins of the first Urdu bazaar dates back to the Mughal era at Red Fort, Delhi - this location in Karachi of Urdu Bazaar was founded in the 1950s. Initially, the marketplace was composed of just a few stalls operated by the immigrants, but it gradually grew and moved to M.A. Jinnah Road, Saddar, Karachi where it is still located. References Bazaars in Karachi 1950s establishments in Pakistan Tourist attractions in Karachi {{Karachi-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nishtar Park
The Nishtar Park ( ur, ) (''formerly'' Patel Park) is located at Parsi Colony, off M.A. Jinnah Road in the area of Soldier Bazaar, Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan. Nishtar Park was originally called Patel Park, named after Congress leader Vallabhbhai Patel. It was then renamed after Sardar Abdur Rab Nishtar, one of the main leaders of Pakistan Movement, in 1965. The biggest gathering of Shia Muslims also takes place in Muharram as well as most other religious and political gatherings. During the largest gathering of Shia Muslims in Karachi in the month of Muharram prominent Shia scholars such as Allama Rasheed Turabi and Allama Talib Jauhari used to address the majlis for many years until their death. Nowadays, Allama Syed Shehanshah Hussain Naqvi addresses this great majlis. On 11 April 2006, at least 50 people were killed, and more than 100 injured, when a bomb exploded at Nishtar Park. (See also: Nishtar Park bombing). See also * List of parks in Karachi * List of parks and gard ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Goan Catholics
Goan Catholics ( gom, Goenchem Katholik) are an ethno-religious community of Indian Christians following the Roman Rite of worship from the Goa state, in the southern part of the Konkan region along the west coast of India. They are Konkani people and speak the Konkani language. Missionary activities followed soon after the Portuguese conquest of Goa as Pope Nicholas V had enacted the Papal bull of ''Romanus Pontifex'' in AD 1455, according to which the patronage for propagation of the Christian faith in the East Indies was granted to the Portuguese crown. Their culture is an amalgam of Konkani and Portuguese cultures, with the latter having a more dominant role because Goa, Damaon & Diu had been ruled by Portugal from AD 1510–1961. The notion of Goan identity as a distinct culture among other Luso-Asians or Luso-Indian cultures was forged into India after the annexation of Goa and Damaon in 1961. The Goan Catholic diaspora is concentrated in the Persian Gulf countrie ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cincinnatus Town
Cincinnatus Town was initially a Christian neighborhood in Jamshed Town in Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan. The planners Cincinnatus Fabian D'Abreo, Pedro D'Souza and his colleague George Britto, the town planners designed Cincinnatus Town, with its front on Britto Road and the back on Seth Mahomed Ali Habib Road. D'Souza was a brilliant engineer who studied in St. Xavier's College, Mumbai, St. Xavier's College in Bombay. He died on December 31, 1912. He was buried in the Christian Cemetery Gora Qabaristan, Karachi, Gora Kabristan in Karachi. The city honoured the planners by naming Pedro D'Souza road and Britto Road after them. The town A description of the origin and history of Cincinnatus Town is cited in the book ''The Origin and Evolution of St. Lawrence's Parish''. The town was designed with a single lane road linking the new township to the Ismaili Jamaat Khana in Lea Market in 1880. D’Souza structured the colony with St. Lawrence's Church, Karachi, St Lawrence's Church at its ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mazar-e-Quaid
Mazar-e-Quaid ( ur, , lit=Mausoleum of the Leader) is the resting place of Muhammad Ali Jinnah situated in Karachi, Sindh. The marble monument comprises a surface area of . It is surrounded by formal gardens and designed in an Islamic modernist style. Following Jinnah's death in 1948, his tomb was capped by a small dome and remained in poor conditions. In 1957, the Government of Pakistan held an international competition for the design of the mausoleum. The design of the victorious William Whitfield attained prominent distinction, though his work was rejected by Jinnah's sister Fatima. She sought the support of the public and subsequently approved the design of Jinnah's close friend Yahya Merchant in 1960. The mausoleum's construction concluded in 1971 and was inaugurated by Yahya Khan, the then-president of Pakistan. Mazar-e-Quaid is regarded as one of the iconic monuments of Pakistan. Along with Jinnah, it entombs several other activists of the Pakistan Movement, making it a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Holy Family Hospital, Karachi
Holy Family Hospital in Karachi, Pakistan, was founded in 1948 by the Medical Mission Sisters, a Roman Catholic religious order for women based in Philadelphia, USA. This was at a time when very few health care facilities existed in Pakistan. The founder of the Medical Mission Sisters, Doctor Anna Dengel arrived in 1920 in Rawalpindi to work as a mission doctor at the 16-bed St. Catherine's Hospital. The hospital evolved into the Holy Family Hospital, Rawalpindi and continued to operate under the auspices of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Islamabad-Rawalpindi until 1977. In that year the diocese was no longer able to bear the financial burden of running the hospital and handed it over to the Government of Punjab. The Medical Mission Sisters went to work and focus exclusively at the Holy Family Hospital, Karachi. Three of these Sisters worked together from 1967 to 2009 at the Hospital. Sister Elona Stanchak served as Administrator of the 225-bed hospital; Sister Celine Bernier was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pakistan Resolution In Sindh Assembly
The Sindh assembly was the first British Indian legislature to pass the resolution in favour of Pakistan. Influential Sindhi activists under the supervision of G.M. Syed and other important leaders at the forefront of the provincial autonomy movement joined the Muslim League in 1938 and presented the Pakistan resolution in the Sindh Assembly. In 1890 Sindh acquired representation for the first time in the Bombay Legislative Assembly. Four members represented Sindh. Those leaders and many others from Sindh played an important role in ensuring the separation of Sindh from the Bombay Presidency, which took place on 1April 1936. The newly created province of Sindh secured a legislative assembly of its own, elected on the basis of communal and minorities' representation. Sir Lancelot Graham was appointed as the first governor of Sindh by the British government on 1April 1936. He was also the Head of the Council, which comprised 25 members, including two advisors from the Bombay Coun ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Panchmukhi Hanuman Temple
Shri Panchmukhi Hanuman Mandir is a historic Hindu temple in Pakistan. It is located in the Soldier Bazaar in Karachi in the Sindh Province of Pakistan It is a 1,500 year old temple. It is the only temple in the world that has the natural statue of Lord Hanuman. It is declared as a national heritage under the Sindh Cultural Heritage (Preservation) Act 1994. Religious significance It is believed that during the exile the Lord Ram visited the place where the temple stands. After sometime, a statue of Panchamukhi Hanuman was excavated from that place and a temple was built on the spot. It is believed that circumambulating the Panchamukhi Hanuman idol 11 or 21 times fulfils the wishes of devotees. History The current temple structure was built about 1500 years ago. The temple was spread over 2,609 square feet. Later, land grabbers encroached on half of this land. The district court ordered that the encroached land be returned to the temple in 2006. Despite the order, many enc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
