Gulshan-e-Iqbal ( ur, ) is a large middle-class to upper middle class (Block 15,16,17,18) residential and commercial neighborhood in the

Karachi East Karachi East District ( ur, ) is an administrative district of Karachi Division in Sindh, Pakistan. Map of Karachi Division History The district was established in 1972. The district was abolished in 2000, and was divided into four t ...

district of

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. It was previously administered as part of the

Gulshan Town Gulshan Town ( ur, ) is a Karachi borough in the northeastern part of Karachi. Gulshan Town was formed in 2001 as part of the Local Government Ordinance 2001, and was subdivided into 11 union councils. The town system was disbanded in 2011, ...

borough, which was disbanded in 2011. The name "Gulshan-e-Iqbal" means "the garden of Iqbal", referring to the national poet of Pakistan,

Allama Muhammad Iqbal Sir Muhammad Iqbal ( ur, ; 9 November 187721 April 1938), was a South Asian Muslim writer, philosopher, Quote: "In Persian, ... he published six volumes of mainly long poems between 1915 and 1936, ... more or less complete works on philoso ...

. It has notable gardens. The municipal infrastructure of Gulshan-e-Iqbal is in a bad shape especially following the monsoon rains of 2022.

Subdivisions

Gulshan-e-Iqbal is divided in two parts: * Gulshan-e-Iqbal I * Gulshan-e-Iqbal II

Gyms and sports complexes

* KMC

Women Sports Complex The KMC Women Sports Complex, is located in Block-3, Gulshan-e-Iqbal, Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan. History The complex was established on August 12, 2005.https://www.dawn.com/news/383309/karachi-women-sports-complex-to-be-opened-next-month See a ...

* Pavilion End Club * National Sports Academy

Islamic centers

* Masjid o Imam Bargah Madina-tul-Ilm (Nipa Chorangi) * Faizan-e-Madina (An international Islamic center of Dawat-e-Isalmi) * Jamia Abu Bakr Al-Islamia (block 5) *Jamia Sattaria Islamia (Nipa Chorangi) *Jamia Darasaat (opposite safari park) *Jamia Ahsan ul Uloom *Ashraful Madaris (Gulshan Block 2) * Baitul Mukarram Masjid *Khanqah Imdadia Ashrafia

Parks

* Safari Park * Aziz Bhatti Park * Sindbad (Rashid Minhas Road)

References

External links

Karachi Website (Archived)

Town Municipal Administration Gulshan-e-Iqbal Town
{{coord, 24, 55, N, 67, 05, E, display=title, region:PK_type:city_source:GNS-enwiki Neighbourhoods of Karachi Gulshan Town Memorials to Muhammad Iqbal