Zulfiqarabad ( ur, ), is a proposed new city in
Thatta District,
Sindh
Sindh (; ; ur, , ; historically romanized as Sind) is one of the four provinces of Pakistan. Located in the southeastern region of the country, Sindh is the third-largest province of Pakistan by land area and the second-largest province ...
,
Pakistan around 150 kilometers south-east from Karachi.
Zulfikarabad Development Authority was established in 2010 to establish and operate the city. The same year 60,000 acres (242
square kilometre
Square kilometre ( International spelling as used by the International Bureau of Weights and Measures) or square kilometer (American spelling), symbol km2, is a multiple of the square metre, the SI unit of area or surface area.
1 km2 is eq ...
) of land was identified by the
Government of Sindh in Southern Sindh. The proposal further states an establishment of a port in
Keti Bandar
The Keti Bandar Port ( ur, ) is a port on the Arabian Sea, in the Thatta District, Sindh, Pakistan. The port was built on the remains of the older seaport of Debal where Muhammad bin Qasim and his army arrived from Iraq. Keti Bandar is approxima ...
to be connected to the city. The project is likely to be expanded to 1.32 million acres of land across four talukas of Thatta district,
Jati,
Shah Bunder,
Keti Bunder and
Kharo Chan. Authorities plan to reclaim 0.967 million acres of land from the sea.
According to
IUCN
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, the project would likely have negative impact of the project on
Marho Kotri Wildlife Sanctuary. Left wing groups have identified four
talukas of Thatta, 480 villages, six archaeological sites, 17 creeks of the Indus delta, 223 kilometers of a coastal belt and over 400,000 people at risk of displacement.
See also
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Karachi
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Port Qasim
The Port Muhammad Bin Qasim ( ur, ''Bandar-gāh Muhammad bin Qāsim''), or Qasim Port Authority ( ur, ), also known as Port Qasim, is a deep-water seaport in Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan, on the coastline of the Arabian Sea under the administra ...
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Shahbandar (Pakistan)
References
External links
Zulfiqarabad ProjectZulfikarabad Development Authority
Planned cities in Pakistan
Proposed populated places
Asif Ali Zardari
Memorials to Zulfikar Ali Bhutto
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