Gulshan-e-Iqbal گلشن اقبال | |
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![]() A view of Gulshan-e-Iqbal, Karachi | |
District | Karachi East |
City | Karachi |
Country | Pakistan |
Founded | 1966 |
Named for | Muhammad Iqbal |
Time zone | UTC+5 ( PST) |
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.
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]
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]
Gender | Urdu | Punjabi | Sindhi | Pashto | Balochi | Kashmiri | Saraiki | Hindko | Brahvi | Others |
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Male | 206,213 | 45,120 | 44,289 | 27,720 | 12,741 | 1,804 | 55,673 | 9,044 | 1,193 | 29,550 |
Female | 209,213 | 42,153 | 38,360 | 21,771 | 11,640 | 1,402 | 48,756 | 7,491 | 903 | 26,609 |
Transgender | 650 | 310 | 130 | 11 | - | 19 | 25 | 1 | - | 8 |
Total | 415,491 | 87,304 | 82,662 | 49,502 | 24,381 | 3,207 | 104,454 | 16,536 | 2,096 | 56,167 |
Gulshan-e-Iqbal is divided in two parts:
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
Gulshan-e-Iqbal گلشن اقبال | |
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![]() A view of Gulshan-e-Iqbal, Karachi | |
District | Karachi East |
City | Karachi |
Country | Pakistan |
Founded | 1966 |
Named for | Muhammad Iqbal |
Time zone | UTC+5 ( PST) |
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.
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]
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]
Gender | Urdu | Punjabi | Sindhi | Pashto | Balochi | Kashmiri | Saraiki | Hindko | Brahvi | Others |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Male | 206,213 | 45,120 | 44,289 | 27,720 | 12,741 | 1,804 | 55,673 | 9,044 | 1,193 | 29,550 |
Female | 209,213 | 42,153 | 38,360 | 21,771 | 11,640 | 1,402 | 48,756 | 7,491 | 903 | 26,609 |
Transgender | 650 | 310 | 130 | 11 | - | 19 | 25 | 1 | - | 8 |
Total | 415,491 | 87,304 | 82,662 | 49,502 | 24,381 | 3,207 | 104,454 | 16,536 | 2,096 | 56,167 |
Gulshan-e-Iqbal is divided in two parts:
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