Gujjhar River or Gujjar Stream ( ur, ، ڳجھڙ نئينن گجهڑ نالہ), is among the main streams of

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 c ...

besides Orangi Stream. The Gujjhar River is a small

ephemeral Ephemerality (from the Greek word , meaning 'lasting only one day') is the concept of things being transitory, existing only briefly. Academically, the term ephemeral constitutionally describes a diverse assortment of things and experiences, fr ...

stream that flows through the

Pakistan Pakistan ( ur, ), officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan ( ur, , label=none), is a country in South Asia. It is the world's fifth-most populous country, with a population of almost 243 million people, and has the world's second-lar ...

megacity A megacity is a very large city, typically with a population of more than 10 million people. Precise definitions vary: the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs in its 2018 "World Urbanization Prospects" report counted urban ...

of Karachi from north east (North Karachi Sector 11J) to the center and merges with

Lyari River Lyari River ( ur, ) is a small ephemeral stream that flows through the Pakistani megacity of Karachi from north east to the center and drains into the Arabian Sea at the Manora channel. It is one of the two rivers of Karachi, the other one b ...

(in Liaqatabad Area) before draining into the

Arabian Sea The Arabian Sea ( ar, اَلْبَحرْ ٱلْعَرَبِيُّ, Al-Bahr al-ˁArabī) is a region of the northern Indian Ocean bounded on the north by Pakistan, Iran and the Gulf of Oman, on the west by the Gulf of Aden, Guardafui Channel ...

. In May 2021,

Awami Workers Party The Awami Workers Party ( ur, عوامی ورکرز پارٹی) is a left-wing socialist political party in Pakistan. The party seeks to unify the struggles of workers, peasants, students, women and ethnic and religious minorities in Pakistan und ...

of Pakistan organised a demonstration by the victims of illegal evictions in the Gujjar Nala and Orangi Nala areas of Karachi. A leader of the Gujjar Nala affected people, Abid Asghar reportedly said, "We have spent our childhood and youth in these houses. For you, these buildings are stone and mortar, but for us they are our life. Our only demand is that this operation be halted until we are given alternative housing in the same district, as per the order of the Supreme Court."Gujjar Nala bridge
Dawn newspaper, Published 10 April 2019, Retrieved 8 March 2022

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