Daryaabad ( ur, دریا آباد ) is a neighbourhood in

Lyari Lyari (Urdu: ; sd, لیاري) is a historic locality in Karachi, Pakistan. It is the most densely-populated part of Karachi, and is one of its earliest settled areas.Sarwat Viqar (2014) Constructing Lyari: place, governance and identity in a Kar ...

, located in the Karachi South 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 c ...

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.Lyari Town - Government of Karachi
There are several ethnic groups in Lyari Town including Muhajirs, Punjabis,

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 ...

Kashmiris Kashmiris are an Indo-Aryan ethnolinguistic group speaking the Kashmiri language, living mostly, but not exclusively, in the Kashmir Valley of Jammu and Kashmir, India.(a) (subscription required) Quote: "Kashmir, region of the northwestern ...

, Seraikis,

Pakhtuns Pashtuns (, , ; ps, پښتانه, ), also known as Pakhtuns or Pathans, are an Iranian ethnic group who are native to the geographic region of Pashtunistan in the present-day countries of Afghanistan and Pakistan. They were historically re ...

Balochis The Baloch or Baluch ( bal, بلۏچ, Balòc) are an Iranian people who live mainly in the Balochistan region, located at the southeasternmost edge of the Iranian plateau, encompassing the countries of Pakistan, Iran, and Afghanistan. There ar ...

Memons The Memon are an Indo-Aryan ethnic group that originated in the Sindh region of Pakistan. The majority of the Memon people around the world follow the Hanafi fiqh of Sunni Islam. The Memon people have cultural similarities with the Khoja, Khat ...

, Bohras Ismailis, etc. Over 99% of the population is Muslim. The population of Daryaabad is estimated to be nearly one million. The Kachhi Muslim community is also a large number of residents of Daryaabad, including the leading Kachhi Hingora Jamaat, Kachhi Mandra Jamaat, Kachhi Soomro Jamaat and Kachhi Sanghar Jamaat. Apart from this, other community groups are also settled here, including Rahman Sero Langa Gherai Mianji Jamaat.

References

External links

Karachi Website
. Neighbourhoods of Karachi Lyari Town {{Karachi-geo-stub