Pir Ilahi Buksh Colony or Pir Elahi Bux Colony ( ur, ) or PIB Colony ( ur, ) 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 ...
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 ...
,
Pakistan
Pakistan ( ur, ), officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan ( ur, , label=none), is a country in South Asia. It is the world's fifth-most populous country, with a population of almost 243 million people, and has the world's second-lar ...
. 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,
Dawn (newspaper), Published 15 December 2020, Retrieved 2 June 2022 which was disbanded in 2011. Pir Ilahi Buksh Colony was named after Pir Ilahi Bux
Pir Ilahi Bux or Pir Ilahi Buksh ( ur, پیر الہی بخش ) was a Pakistani politician and activist who was a prominent member of the Pakistan Movement and who served as the Chief Minister of Sindh, Chief Minister of Sindh from 1948 to 19 ...
a prominent member of Pakistan Movement
The Pakistan Movement ( ur, , translit=Teḥrīk-e-Pākistān) was a political movement in the first half of the 20th century that aimed for the creation of Pakistan from the Muslim-majority areas of British India. It was connected to the per ...
and Chief Minister of Sindh.
There are several ethnic groups in Pir Ilahi Buksh Colony including Muhajirs, Gujratis, Hyderabadis, 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, Khatri
Khatri is a caste of the Indian subcontinent that is predominantly found in India, but also in Pakistan and Afghanistan. In the subcontinent, they were mostly engaged in mercantilistic professions such as banking and trade, they were the d ...
s, Chhipa
Chhipi (alternatively called Chhipa/Chimpa) is a caste of people with ancestral roots tracing back to India. They are found in the states of Gujarat, Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, Haryana, Delhi, Uttar Pradesh of India.People of India Gujarat Volum ...
s, etc. The population of Gulshan Town is estimated to be nearly one million.
References
External links
Karachi portal (Archived)
Neighbourhoods of Karachi
Gulshan Town
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