Zulfiqarabad ( ur, ), is a proposed new city in

Thatta District Thatta District ( sd, ٺٽو ضلعو, ur, ) is located in the southern area, locally called ''Laar'', of the Subdivisions of Pakistan#Provinces and territories, province of Sindh, Pakistan. Its capital is Thatta. It is home to a large necropo ...

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 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 ...

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 The Government of Sindh ( sd, حڪومت سنڌ) ( ur, ) is the provincial government of the province of Sindh, Pakistan. Its powers and structure are set out in the provisions of the 1973 Constitution, in which 30 Districts of 7 Divisions un ...

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 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 approximate ...

and

Kharo Chan Kharq ( fa, خرق; also known as Kharo) is a village in Darzab Rural District, in the Central District of Mashhad County, Razavi Khorasan Province, Iran Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran, and also called Persia, is ...

. Authorities plan to reclaim 0.967 million acres of land from the sea. According to

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, the project would likely have negative impact of the project on

Marho Kotri Wildlife Sanctuary Marho Kotri Wildlife Sanctuary is located on Arabian Sea coast along Indus River Delta in Thatta District, Sindh, Pakistan Pakistan ( ur, ), officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan ( ur, , label=none), is a country in South Asia. It i ...

. Left wing groups have identified four

talukas A tehsil (, also known as tahsil, taluka, or taluk) is a local unit of administrative division in some countries of South Asia. It is a subdistrict of the area within a district including the designated populated place that serves as its administr ...

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.

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Zulfiqarabad Project

Zulfikarabad Development Authority
Planned cities in Pakistan Proposed populated places Asif Ali Zardari Memorials to Zulfikar Ali Bhutto {{sindh-geo-stub

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