Allama Banuri Town is a residential and commercial area in
Karachi
Karachi (; ur, ; ; ) is the most populous city in Pakistan and 12th most populous city in the world, with a population of over 20 million. It is situated at the southern tip of the country along the Arabian Sea coast. It is the former cap ...
, originally named "New Town".
It was renamed Allama Banuri town in honour of the hadith scholar
Muhammad Yousuf Banuri.
Banuri had established a religious institute by the name of
Jamia Uloom ul Islamia
Jamia Uloom-ul-Islamia ( ur, , ''Jāmi‘ah ‘Ulūm-i Islāmīyah'' / , ''Jāmi‘atul-‘Ulūmul-Islāmīyah'') is an Islamic University in Binori Town, Banoori Town, Karachi, Pakistan. The university continues the tradition of the Darul Ul ...
, a world-known Deobandi madrassa.
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{{Neighbourhoods of Karachi
Neighbourhoods of Karachi