Gulshan_e_Iqbal

Gulshan-e-Iqbal

Gulshan-e-Iqbal

Neighbourhood in Karachi, Karachi East

This article is about the Karachi suburb. For the defunct administrative unit that existed between 2001 and 2011, see Gulshan Town.

Gulshan-e-Iqbal (Urdu: گلشن اقبال) is a large middle-class to upper middle class (Block 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12,13,14,15,16,17,18) residential and commercial neighborhood in the Karachi East district of Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan.[1] It was previously administered as part of the Gulshan Town borough,[2] which was disbanded in 2011.

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History

Gulshan-e-Iqbal was populated under in 1966 under Scheme 24 of Karachi Development Authority.[3] The name "Gulshan-e-Iqbal" means "the garden of Iqbal", referring to the national poet of Pakistan, Allama Muhammad Iqbal. It has notable gardens.[4]

The municipal infrastructure of Gulshan-e-Iqbal is in a bad shape since 1992. Especially Gulshan Block 1 Area streets(1-5) which are behind the famous Practical center, face many difficulties in rainy season between the months of July to September. [5]

Demographics

Population Distribution of Gulshan-e-Iqbal, Census 2017

Gulshan-e-Iqbal is dominated by the Urdu-speaking Muhajirs.[6] This census is from the year 2017.It has a total population of 841,800, out of the total population 433,347 are male, 408,298 are female, and 155 are transgenders. The area has a population density of 29027.59.[7]

Population by Mother tongue

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Subdivisions

Gulshan-e-Iqbal is divided in two parts:

  • Gulshan-e-Iqbal I
  • Gulshan-e-Iqbal II

Gyms and sports complexes

Educational Institutions

Universities

Schools

  • The Educator School
  • Shaheen Public School
  • Aitchison Model School
  • Air Foundation School System Gulshan Campus
  • Al Khair Education Foundation۔ الخیر ایجوکیشن فاؤنڈیشن
  • Al Khaleej Islamic Education System
  • Aligarh Academy
  • All Saints School
  • Beacon Light Academy Senior Campus
  • Beaconhouse Gulshan Primary III
  • Credo Preschool & Primary
  • Credo School
  • Froebel Girls Secondary campus E-115
  • Govt. Girls Higher Secondary School
  • Little Star Secondary School
  • Manhal Education
  • National High School
  • PakTurk Maarif International Schools & Colleges Girls Campus
  • Sadequain Academy
  • Seeding Grammar School
  • The Academy School, Gulshan Block-7 Campus
  • The City School - Gulshan A Level
  • The City School Gulshan Junior Campus
  • The Froebel's School KG Section
  • The Smart School Fatima Jinnah Campus
  • Vaila's School For Children With Special Needs
  • Happy Home High School
  • HHS pre-primary
  • The times school
  • The orchid school
  • The Mama Parsi Girls' Secondary School
  • The Vantage School

Colleges

  • Bahria Foundation College
  • Govt Degree Science and Commerce College (blk 7)
  • SRE College
  • Whales College
  • Credo College
  • Adler College

Islamic centers

  • Jamia Masjid & Madrasa Muaz Ibn e Jabal Block 6
  • Jamia Masjid e Quba blk 1
  • Jamia Masjid e Siddiq e Akbar blk 1
  • Masjid o Imambargah Madina-tul-Ilm (Nipa Chowrangi)
  • Faizan-e-Madina (An international Islamic center of Dawat-e-Isalmi)
  • Jamia Abu Bakr Al-Islamia (block 5)
  • Jamia Sattaria Islamia (Nipa Chowrangi)
  • Jamia Darasaat (opposite safari park)
  • Jamia Ahsan ul Uloom
  • Ashraful Madaris (Gulshan Block 2)
  • Baitul Mukarram Masjid[11]
  • Khanqah Imdadia Ashrafia[12]

Parks

  • Safari Park
  • Al Huda Park
  • Bagh-e- Kausar
  • Aziz Bhatti Park
  • Sindbad (Rashid Minhas Road)[4]

Public Parks

  • Quba Masjid Park blk 1
  • Amir Siddiqui Family Park & Ayeza Play Land
  • Amir Zaki Shaheed Family Park (also called Family Park Block 5)
  • Arshad Ali Sabri Family Park
  • Bagh e Rizwan Family Park & Mini Zoo (also called Mehmood Ghaznavi Park)
  • Bagh-e-Kausar Family Park
  • Children Park KDA بچوں کا پارک
  • Future Park Space
  • Gulshan Family Park
  • Hakeem Muhammad Saeed Play Ground
  • Iftikhar Syed Sports Park
  • Khwateen Park
  • Nariyal Park
  • Nasir Hussain Shaheed Family Park
  • Social Welfare Society Park
  • Tunkey Ground
  • Women Sports Complex
  • Azfa Altaf Park

Cemetery

  • Haji Leema Khan Gabol Goth Qabristan
  • dalmia graveyard
  • Hindu qabristan
  • Shorab goth graveyard
  • yaseenabad Qabristan
  • Essa nagri Cementry
  • Catija Sultan
  • Gulshan-e-Ghazi Graveyard

See also

References

  1. [1]
    "گلشن اقبال کراچی".
  2. [2]
    "Gulshan Town". City District Government of Karachi website. Archived from the original on 13 June 2006. Retrieved 22 May 2022.
  3. [3]
    "گلشن اقبال کراچی".
  4. [4]
    "Gulshan-e-Iqbal Boasts Some of the Best Gardens of Pakistan". Dream4traveling.com website. 29 March 2013. Archived from the original on 29 March 2013. Retrieved 22 May 2022.
  5. [5]
    Khanzada, Naeem (23 July 2022). "Gulshan-e-Iqbal in a shambles". The Express Tribune. Retrieved 29 September 2022.
  6. [6]
    Sardar, Ziauddin; Yassin-Kassab, Robin (2012). Pakistan?. Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-1-84904-223-9. If we go to Gulshan or Nazimabad (Muhajir neighbourhoods) and we see all of the schools and the businesses and the clean roads, we realise, where are we living? But just as Muttahida [the MQM] did it for themselves, it's for us to worry
  7. [7]
    "Pakistan Bureau of Statistics, Census 2017" (PDF). Retrieved 20 March 2023.
  8. [8]
    "Pakistan Bureau of Statistics, Census Data 2017, Gulshan-e-Iqbal Subdivision" (PDF). Pakistan Bureau of Statistics.
  9. [9]
    "Wahab inaugurates badminton court at KMC Women Sports Complex". Business Recorder. 16 February 2022. Retrieved 29 September 2022.
  10. [10]
    Tanoli, Ishaq (14 June 2021). "Supreme Court orders 'immediate' demolition of Pavilion End Club in Karachi". Dawn. Retrieved 29 September 2022.
  11. [11]
    "Mufti Taqi Usmani safe after attempted knife attack in Karachi". The Express Tribune. 8 July 2021. Retrieved 29 September 2022.
  12. [12]
    "HomePage". Khanqah Imdadia Ashrafia. Retrieved 29 September 2022.

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