Gulshan-e-Hadeed or Gulshan-e-Hadid ( sd, گلشن حديد ) (meaning ''Garden of Iron'') is a neighborhood in the

Malir District Malir District ( sd, ) is an administrative district of Karachi Division in Sindh, Pakistan. Map of Karachi Division History Before the independence of Pakistan, there were small villages of Sindhi and Kalmati Baloch in the Gadap T ...

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Gulshan-e-Hadeed was built near

Pakistan Steel Mills The Pakistan Steel Mills Corporation, colloquially referred to as ''Pak Steels'', is a Pakistan-based company that produces long-rolled steel and heavy metal products in the country. Headquartered in Karachi, Sindh, the PSMC is currently the l ...

for housing its employees, and thus the name. Gulshan-e-Hadeed's neighborhood was designed by Russian architects. The town is divided into three Blocks; A, B and C. Each block contains houses of a specific size as follows:- * A-type house: 120 squares yards * B-type house: 240 square yards * C-type house: 500 square yards Gulshan-e-Hadeed is divided into three Union-councils; UC-21, UC-22 & UC-23 of the

Bin Qasim Town Bin Qasim Town ( sd, بن قاسم ٽائون, ur, ) is a Constituent Town of Karachi, lying on the eastern part of the city, north of Port Qasim. Bin Qasim Town was formed in 2001 as part of The Local Government Ordinance 2001, and was subd ...

. The core of the area is made up of smaller "A-type" houses. Of late, most of houses facing the main artery of the area have been commercialized by owners. Gulshan-e-Hadeed provides almost all necessary facilities for healthcare, education, business etc. Its streets and roads both are paved and the area is densely populated. Two and three-story houses seem to be increasing in number.Bin Qasim
The educational facilities in Gulshan-e-Hadeed are improving in quality and increasing in number with the passage of time. This Population to School ratio of this area is more than any other city or town in the entire country.

Demography

The ethnic groups in Gulshan-e-Hadeed include

Sindhis Sindhis ( sd, سنڌي Perso-Arabic: सिन्धी Devanagari; ) are an Indo-Aryan ethnic group who speak the Sindhi language and are native to the province of Sindh in Pakistan. After the partition of British Indian empire in 1947, man ...

, Muhajirs, Punjabis,

Kashmiris Kashmiris are an Indo-Aryan ethnolinguistic group speaking the Kashmiri language, living mostly, but not exclusively, in the Kashmir Valley of Jammu and Kashmir, India.(a) (subscription required) Quote: "Kashmir, region of the northwestern ...

, Seraikis,

Pakhtuns Pashtuns (, , ; ps, پښتانه, ), also known as Pakhtuns or Pathans, are an Iranian ethnic group who are native to the geographic region of Pashtunistan in the present-day countries of Afghanistan and Pakistan. They were historically re ...

Balochs The Baloch or Baluch ( bal, بلۏچ, Balòc) are an Iranian people who live mainly in the Balochistan region, located at the southeasternmost edge of the Iranian plateau, encompassing the countries of Pakistan, Iran, and Afghanistan. There ar ...

, Brahuis,

Memons The Memon are an Indo-Aryan ethnic group that originated in the Sindh region of Pakistan. The majority of the Memon people around the world follow the Hanafi fiqh of Sunni Islam. The Memon people have cultural similarities with the Khoja, Khat ...

etc. Most of the residents of Gulshan-e-Hadeed are employees of

and adjoining industries in

. Almost 20 percent population is Sindhi. Population of Gulshan-e-Hadeed has been growing due to heavy immigration from interior Sindh. Over 98 percent of the population is Muslim with small Christian and

Hindu Hindus (; ) are people who religiously adhere to Hinduism. Jeffery D. Long (2007), A Vision for Hinduism, IB Tauris, , pages 35–37 Historically, the term has also been used as a geographical, cultural, and later religious identifier for ...

minority. Along with several mosques, Gulshan-e-Hadeed also has a church and a temple for its Christian and Hindu residents. The area is often considered as the most peaceful in the city with respect to law and order situation mainly because of being remote from the other towns of the city. Muhammad Ali a football player of H.U.F.C Football Youth Club lived in Gulshan-e-Hadeed.

Geography

Gulshan-e-Hadeed is a union council-6 of Bin Qasim Town , district arachi East It is 25-minutes drive (around 23 km) from Karachi’s

Jinnah International Airport Jinnah International Airport ( ur, جناح بین الاقوامی ہوائی اڈا) , formerly Drigh Road Airport or Karachi Civil Airport, is Pakistan's busiest international and domestic airport, and handled 7,267,582 passengers in 2017 ...

, adjacent to National Highway while going towards Eastern side or Thatta. It's very close to the Link Road connecting National Highway with Super Highway. There are some illegal

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settlements on encroached land near Gulshan-e-Hadeed. There are roads leading to

Gadap Town Gadap Town ( sd, گڏاپ ٽائون , ur, ) is a town in the northwestern part of Karachi with the Hub River on its western limits also forming the provincial border between Sindh and Balochistan, while to the north and east are Jamshoro Dist ...

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and

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Development phases

Gulshan-e-Hadeed is divided into four parts: *Phase I is a commercial and residential area. It includes about 2500 houses and a centrally located main commercial market that comprises many shops. In the center of Phase I lies ''Jamia Masjid Dayare Habib Trust''. It is among the largest mosques in hadeed, and it regularly accommodates more than 3000 people at Friday prayers. *Phase II is a residential and commercial area, comprising more than 4000 houses. In the start of Phase II there is a masjid called the Jamia Masjid ''Bab-u-Rehmat'' Trust. It is amongst the largest masajid in Bin Qasim Town, and it regularly gathers more than 3000 people at Friday prayers. Phase II has local small markets called "L markets" in each neighbourhood. There are ''fifteen'' such markets in Phase II and two main commercial marts. *Phase I&II Extension is being populated at a rapid pace. *Phase III which has been started to develop.

References

External links

Karachi Website
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