Burns Road (also spelled Burnes Road, and formally known as Muhammad Bin Qasim Road) is a

street A street is a public thoroughfare in a built environment. It is a public parcel of land adjoining buildings in an urban context, on which people may freely assemble, interact, and move about. A street can be as simple as a level patch of dirt, ...

located in Karachi, Pakistan. It is well-known in the city for its many restaurants and street food vendors.

History

Burns Road was named after the Scottish doctor and spy, James Burnes, who worked in British India in 19th century. After the foundation of Pakistan, the name of street was officially changed to Muhammad Bin Qasim Road, after Arab military commander

Muhammad bin Qasim Muḥammad ibn al-Qāsim al-Thaqāfī ( ar, محمد بن القاسم الثقفي; –) was an Arab military commander in service of the Umayyad Caliphate who led the Muslim conquest of Sindh (part of modern Pakistan), inaugurating the Umayya ...

. The street has restaurants that were founded in the 1940s. The street is considered a

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and is home to people of different ethnicities, including Punjabi Saudagaran-e-Delhi, Memons, Gaddis, and Qureshi Baradri.

Notable retailers

* Fresco Sweets * Delhi Rabri House * Waheed Kabab House

References

{{reflist Restaurants in Karachi Streets in Karachi Food markets Karachi South District