Pehlwan Goth ( ur, پہلوان گوٹھ ) is a 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
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
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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,
Rangers, police launch search operation in Karachi areas
Dawn (newspaper), Published 13 January 2011, Retrieved 11 March 2022 which was disbanded in 2011.
There are several ethnic groups in Pehlwan Goth including 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 ...
as majority, Muhajirs, Punjabis
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, Kashmiris
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, Seraikis, Pakhtuns
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, Balochis
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, etc. Over 95% of the population is Muslim
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; among other religious believers, Christians comprise around 5% of the total population. The population of 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, ...
is estimated to be nearly one million.
See also
* Sindh Baloch Society
Sindh Baloch Cooperative Housing Society (SBCHS; ur, ) most commonly known as Sindh Baloch Society is a residential neighbourhood or a housing society located in the southeastern area within Block 12 of Gulistan-e-Johar in Karachi, Sindh, Pak ...
* Gulistan-e-Jauhar
Gulistan-e-Johar or Gulistan-e-Jauhar ( ur, ) is a neighborhood in the Karachi East district of Karachi, Pakistan.
Administration
It was previously administered as part of the Gulshan Subdivision borough, which was disbanded in 2011. Some bl ...
References
External links
Karachi Website
Neighbourhoods of Karachi
Gulshan Town
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