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The residential area around F. C. Area came to be known as Federal B Area or F. B. Area. [3] The area surrounding the F. C. and F. B. Areas were designated as buffer zones; all residential construction was barred in the buffer zone to keep the city's main population of Karachi away from the F. C. Area. However, when the capital was moved from ...
Lyari's population was 24,600 in 1886, and it was a majority-Muslim area of Karachi, which in turn was majority Hindu. At the time, the Lyari River flowed along the northern edge of Mithadar, with Lyari settlement across the river. As a result, the area was referred to as the Trans-Lyari Quarter during the British period.
Sharifabad (Karachi) Sharifabad ( Urdu: شريف آباد) is a neighborhood in the Karachi Central Federal Bureaucrats Area (F.B area) Block 1 district of Karachi, Pakistan. It was previously a part of Liaquatabad Town, [1] which was disbanded in 2011.There is only Muhajir community as residence.
The Karachi Master Plan 1975–85 had proposed the Northern and Southern Bypasses to enable traffic going upcountry from Karachi port to bypass the city and thus ease congestion and pollution. The Southern Bypass was designed to go through the Defence Authority area and link Karachi port with the National Highway.
It confirmed Karachi’s status as Pakistan’s largest economy, well ahead of the next two biggest cities Lahore and Faisalabad, which had a reported GDP (PPP) in 2008 of $40 billion and $20.5 billion, respectively. [14] Karachi's high GDP is based on its large industrial base, with a high dependency also on the financial services sector.
Demographics of Karachi. Trend of population growth (in millions) in Karachi. Karachi is the largest and most populous city in Pakistan. The population of Karachi is estimated to be around 16 million (16,093,786) in 2020. [1] The population and demographic distribution in the megacity has undergone numerous changes over the past 150 years.
Coordinates: 24°53′N 67°02′E. Dastagir ( Urdu: دستگیر) is neighbourhood in Gulberg Town, in Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan. It is mainly used to refer to Block 14 and 15 of Federal B Area, Karachi. There are several ethnic groups in Dastagir including Muhajirs, Punjabis, Sindhis, Kashmiris, Seraikis, Pakhtuns, Balochis, Memons, Bohras and ...
Fareed Express (Urdu: فرید ایکسپریس) is a passenger train operated daily by Pakistan Railways between Karachi and Lahore. [1] [2] The trip takes approximately 26 hours and 45 minutes to cover a published distance of 1,250 kilometres (780 mi), traveling along a stretch of the Karachi–Peshawar Railway Line and Lodhran–Raiwind ...