New Karachi Town ( ur, ) lies in the northern part of the city Gulberg Town. It was formed when katchi abadis were resettled following the 1958

coup d'état A coup d'état (; French for 'stroke of state'), also known as a coup or overthrow, is a seizure and removal of a government and its powers. Typically, it is an illegal seizure of power by a political faction, politician, cult, rebel group, m ...

. In 2001 it was subdivided into 13 union councils. The town system was disbanded in 2011, and New Karachi Town was re-organized as part of

Karachi Central District Karachi Central District ( ur, ) is an administrative district of Karachi Division in Sindh, Pakistan. History The District was abolished in 2000 and divided into four towns namely Liaquatabad Town, North Nazimabad Town, Gulberg Town and N ...

in 2015.

Location

New Karachi is in the northern part 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 cap ...

Pakistan Pakistan ( ur, ), officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan ( ur, , label=none), is a country in South Asia. It is the world's List of countries and dependencies by population, fifth-most populous country, with a population of almost 24 ...

, located between the

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 bein ...

, the

Manghopir Hills Manghopir Hills are located in between Karachi West District of Sindh and Hub District of Balochistan in Pakistan. The hills in Karachi are the offshoots of the Kirthar Range. The highest point of these hills in Karachi is about 528m in the extr ...

and two major roads – Surjani Road to the north and ''Shahrah-e-Zahid Hussain'' to the south. To the north and west is

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 ...

, and to the south lie the towns of Gulberg Town and

North Nazimabad Town North Nazimabad Town ( ur, ) lies in the northern part of the city that was named after the suburb of North Nazimabad. North Nazimabad Town was formed in 2001 as part of The Local Government Ordinance 2001, and was subdivided into 10 union cou ...

. The population of New Karachi Town was estimated to be more than 680,000 at the 1998 census.

History

After the

1958 Pakistani coup d'état The 1958 Pakistani coup d'état began on October 7, when the first President of Pakistan Iskander Mirza abrogated the Constitution of Pakistan and declared martial law, and lasted until October 27, when Mirza himself was deposed by Gen. Ayub Kha ...

, the military decided to forcibly resettle the katchi abadis of Karachi into freshly created townships such as New Karachi. The federal government under the ruling of

Pervez Musharraf General Pervez Musharraf ( ur, , Parvez Muśharraf; born 11 August 1943) is a former Pakistani politician and four-star general of the Pakistan Army who became the tenth president of Pakistan after the successful military takeover of the ...

, who seized power in a 1999 coup d'etat, introduced local government reforms in the year 2000, which eliminated the previous "third tier of government" (

administrative divisions Administrative division, administrative unit,Article 3(1). country subdivision, administrative region, subnational entity, constituent state, as well as many similar terms, are generic names for geographical areas into which a particular, ind ...

) and replaced it with the fourth tier (

districts A district is a type of administrative division that, in some countries, is managed by the local government. Across the world, areas known as "districts" vary greatly in size, spanning regions or counties, several municipalities, subdivisions o ...

). The effect in Karachi was the dissolution of the former

Karachi Division Karachi Division ( ur, ) is an administrative division of the Sindh Province of Pakistan. There are seven districts of Karachi. History In December 1960 Lasbela became a separate district and was placed to form Karachi-Bela division. In 19 ...

in 2001, and the merging of its five districts to form a new Karachi City-District with eighteen autonomous constituent towns including New Karachi Town. In 2011, the system was disbanded but remained in place for bureaucratic administration until 2015, when the

Karachi Metropolitan Corporation Karachi Metropolitan Corporation () is a public corporation and governing body to provide municipal services in Karachi, the largest city of Pakistan. History 1852 Karachi Conservancy Board was established to control cholera epidemics in Kara ...

system was re-introduced. In 2015, New Karachi Town was re-organized as part of

Karachi Central Karachi Central District ( ur, ) is an administrative district of Karachi Division in Sindh, Pakistan. History The District was abolished in 2000 and divided into four towns namely Liaquatabad Town, North Nazimabad Town, Gulberg Town and N ...

district.

Neighbourhoods

Fatima Jinnah Colony Fatima Jinnah Colony ( ur, فاطمہ جناح کالونی ) is a neighborhood in the Karachi Central district of Karachi, Pakistan. It was previously administered as part of New Karachi Town, which was disbanded in 2011. Currently it is renamed ...

is named after

Fatima Jinnah Fatima Jinnah ( ur, ; 31 July 1893 – 9 July 1967), widely known as Māder-e Millat ("Mother of the Nation"), was a Pakistani stateswoman, politician, dental surgeon and one of the leading founders of Pakistan. She was the younger sister of ...

, the sister of the founder of

Muhammad Ali Jinnah Muhammad Ali Jinnah (, ; born Mahomedali Jinnahbhai; 25 December 1876 – 11 September 1948) was a barrister, politician, and the founder of Pakistan. Jinnah served as the leader of the All-India Muslim League from 1913 until the ...

. The neighbourhood of Hakim Ahsan is named after the mayor of Karachi who met

at Karachi airport in 1947. Shah Nawaz Bhutto Colony is named after the father of the former

Prime Minister of Pakistan The prime minister of Pakistan ( ur, , romanized: Wazīr ē Aʿẓam , ) is the head of government of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan. Executive authority is vested in the prime minister and his chosen cabinet, despite the president of Paki ...

Zulfikar Ali Bhutto Zulfikar (or Zulfiqar) Ali Bhutto ( ur, , sd, ذوالفقار علي ڀٽو; 5 January 1928 – 4 April 1979), also known as Quaid-e-Awam ("the People's Leader"), was a Pakistani barrister, politician and statesman who served as the fourth ...

and grandfather of the later Prime Minister

Benazir Bhutto Benazir Bhutto ( ur, بینظیر بُھٹو; sd, بينظير ڀُٽو; Urdu ; 21 June 1953 – 27 December 2007) was a Pakistani politician who served as the 11th and 13th prime minister of Pakistan from 1988 to 1990 and again from 1993 t ...

Shah Nawaz Bhutto Shah Nawaz Bhutto ( sd, ; ur, ) (8 March 1888 – 19 November 1957), was a politician and a member of Bhutto family hailing from Larkana in the Sind region of the Bombay Presidency of British India, which is now Sindh, Pakistan. Early li ...

was the last Prime Minister of the

princely state A princely state (also called native state or Indian state) was a nominally sovereign entity of the British Raj, British Indian Empire that was not directly governed by the British, but rather by an Indian ruler under a form of indirect rule, ...

Junagadh Junagadh () is the headquarters of Junagadh district in the Indian state of Gujarat. Located at the foot of the Girnar hills, southwest of Ahmedabad and Gandhinagar (the state capital), it is the seventh largest city in the state. Literally t ...

and was instrumental in the accession of the state to Pakistan in 1947. Sir Syed Colony is named after Sir

Syed Ahmad Khan Sir Syed Ahmad Khan KCSI (17 October 1817 – 27 March 1898; also Sayyid Ahmad Khan) was an Indian Muslim reformer, philosopher, and educationist in nineteenth-century British India. Though initially espousing Hindu-Muslim unity, he ...

who promoted education amongst the Muslims of

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and founded the

Aligarh Muslim University Aligarh Muslim University (abbreviated as AMU) is a Public University, public Central University (India), central university in Aligarh, Uttar Pradesh, India, which was originally established by Sir Syed Ahmad Khan as the Muhammadan Anglo-Orie ...

in 1875.

Educational institutions

* Madina-Tur-Rehan Progressive Academy, 48/14 5-F New Karachi * public schools * public colleges, including one public technical college * private schools, including: ** MIDasia Foundation Academy, North Karachi MA Tutor Academy (Shadman Town, North Karachi) SK Grammar School (Muslim Town, North Karachi) Pak Horizon Grammar School (Sector 11-F North Karachi) Madina Tul Ilm High School North Karachi High Star Public School (North Karachi) Dawn Public School, North Karachi Lycos Grammar School (11/C/1, North Karachi) Wonderland Grammar School (B-41, 11/C/1, North Karachi) Saeeda Academy ( 11/C/1, North Karachi) Asra Public School (U.P More North Karachi) Karachi Generation School (11-B, near Saleem Centre, North Karachi) Dawn Public School, North Karachi SK Grammar School, North Karachi Little Flower Children Secondary School (Muslim Town North Karachi) Al Rahman Grammar School, North Karachi Dawn Public School, North Karachi S.M.B. Academy School Boys & Girls, North Karachi Woodland Secondary School, North Karachi Little Orchard Academy Shadman Town No 2, North Karachi Green Land Public School, North Karachi The Metropolitan Academy Usman Public School, North Karachi

Hospitals

* 16 private hospitals: a good hospital is Godhra Shaikh Muslim Medical Center in Sector 11-G *Qadri Medical Center (5-B/1) * 3 public hospitals * New Karachi Medical Centre (11-F) * 24 Hours Hospital ( 11-F) * Rasheed Ullah Qazi Hospital (11-F) * Arif Emergency Medical centre 11-F * Sindh Government Hospital (11-I near Geo Mobile Market - UP) * Ausaaf Hospital (5C-2 near Baardha Market) * Mujtabai Hospital (Sector 5K & 5L near Bilal Police Station) * Saylani Emergency Medical Centre 24-Hours near Sindhi Hotel in Sector 5-E, Opp, 4K Market * Muslim Khatri Medical centre near Sindhi Hotel in Sector 5-E, front of Saylani Medical Centre * Iram Emergency Hospital & Maternity 24-Hours sometimes in Sector 5-E near 4K Market * Anees-ul-Rehman Clinic (Child Specialist) (together with Zahid Sweets near Do Minuts) * Rasheedullah Emergency Hospital 11-F (near 5 Number Bus Stop) * Pasha Maternity Emergency Hospital in Sector 11-D, with Front Sector 5-E (near 5 Number Bus Stop) * Godhra Muslim Khatri 24-Hours Emergency Hospital (Sector 11-G near W-11 Bus Stop) Main Hospital after Sindh Government Aiwan-e-Sanat-o-Tijarat Hospital: Address: St.1/1, Sec.11, C-2, Sir Syed Town, North Karachi SHED Hospital North Karachi. Contact. Plot No. ST 1/2-A Sector 11-C-2 North Karachi, Government Urban Hospital : Address: Sector 5C-3, North Karachi

Places of worship

* 207 mosques Some famous mosques are: *Jama Masjid Hanfia (Near Government School 11-F) * *Markazi Islamia Masjid *Masjid Ibrahim khalilullah 5c-4 *Jama Masjid Rahmania Sector 5c-4 *Jama Masjid Siddiquia 5-G *Jama Masjid Hanfia (Sofaid Masjid 5-E) *Jama Masjid Makki (5-E) *Jama Masjid Momin (near Apwa School 5-E) *Jama Masjid Memon (5-E) *Jama Masjid Ahl-e-Hadees (between 11-D & 5-E, near Islamia School) *Jama Masjid Riyaz ul Jannah sector 7d *Jama Masjid Khizra *Jama Masjid Quba Kalyana Town North Karachi *Jama Masjid Farooq-e-Azam Sector 11-G *Jama Masjid Riyaz ul Jannah sector 7d *Jama Masjid Muslim Town *Jama Masjid Allah wali 11-K *Jama Masjid Farooqiya 11-L *Jama Masjid Noor 11-L *Jama Masjid Rahmatul Lilaalameen 11-D *Jama Masjid Baghdai (11-D) *Jama Masjid Ghosia 11-D *Jama Masjid Bukhari, near Jamat Khana 11-D *Jama Masjid Akbari 11-D *Masjid Furqania *Masjid Bilal *Masjid Abu Bakr *Masjid Umar *Masjid Usmani Ghani *Masjid Ali *Masjid Ayesha Siddique *Masjid Farooq e Azam 5.c/1 *Jamia Masjid Makki Sector 5-C.4 *Masjid-e-Aqsa 11-F * 10 Imambargah * 4 churches * 1 mandir * Jama masjid Islamia Sector 11-F Mohalla Kaghzian

Parks

* Arif Hussain (Shaheed) Model Park (11-B, North Karachi) * Nasir Hussain (Shaheed) Model Park (11-G, North Karachi) * Muhammad Shareef (Shaheed) Park (5/E, New Karachi) * Nazir Hussain (Late) Model Park (11-B, North Karachi) * Abu Nasar Park (Late) Model Park (Kalyana Town, North Karachi) * Rashid Mehnaz Family Park (5.c./1, North Karachi) (formerly known as afza family park) * Bi Ammaan Park (11.C, North Karachi, near Nagan Interchange)

Sports grounds

* 7 play grounds * 1 new talent sports ka ground New Karachi 5a/1 me * Abbasi sports ground sector 5-G

Major streets

* Shahrah-e-Khursheed Begum (Nagan Roundabout to Surjani Roundabout) * 7000 Road (Godhra Camp to Allah Wali Roundabout Chowrangi) * 9000 Road (Gabol Town to Saba Roundabout) * 5200 Road (Sindh Government Hospital to Kala School) * 5200 Road (Bashir Chowk to Sindhi hotel)

Police stations

* Industrial Area Police Station * Khowaja Ajmair Nagri Police Station * Sir Syed Police Station * New Karachi Police Station * Bilal Colony Police Station

Industrial area

* 2500 industries

Commercial areas and markets

* Chaandni Chowk Market (11-F) * Nala

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* Godhra Timber Market * Chand Market (Sector 5-G) * Gosht / Sabzi Market (Sector 5-J, Sindhi Hotel) * Lal Market (Sector 5-F) * Mughal House (Sector 5-F) * Mutahida Bazar (Sindhi Hotel, New Karachi) * Usmania Bazar (Sector 5-B) * U.P. Sarafa Market (Sector 11-E) * Sir Syed Market (Sector 11-C) * Roshan Travel and Tours (Sector 11-I) * Bashir Chowk (Sector 5-G) * Car Bazar 11-D * Budh Bazaar(Wednesday) Bazaar 11-D * Dhaga and Kapra Market 11-G * Khatri Bazaar * Jumeraat Bazar * 5-c-4 North Karachi Bara Market. * W9 bazar between 5c/1 and 5c/3

References

External links

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