Usmanabad or Osmanabad ( ur, عثمان آباد ) is a neighborhood in
Karachi
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,
Pakistan
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Malir Town - Government of Pakistan
that is within Malir District
Malir District ( sd, ) is an administrative district of Karachi Division in Sindh, Pakistan.
Map of Karachi Division
History
Before the independence of Pakistan, there were small villages of Sindhi and Kalmati Baloch in the Gadap T ...
.
There are several ethnic groups in Usmanabad including Muhajirs, Sindhis
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, Punjabis, Kashmiris, Seraikis, Pakhtuns, Balochis
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, 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 and Christians
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.
See also
* Haji Camp
References
External links
Karachi Website
Neighbourhoods of Karachi
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