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 ...
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Pakistan
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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 ...
. The origin of the name "Khokhra par" goes back to the days when Mohajirs (immigrants) from
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time came to this place, most of them crossed the border of India to newly founded country of Pakistan from Khokhra Par, Sindh and found this area significantly resembling with original Khokhra Par because of its dry and desert-like surroundings were quite similar in nature to what they earlier came across during their exodus, therefore they ended up naming it the same, latter it was attempted to officially renamed as "Azam Colony" in honor of then Governor of West Pakistan Lieutenant General Muhammad Azam Khan (1908–1994) by the Government but the earlier name "Khokhra Par" remained more prominent and popular.
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Khurram Manzoor
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Pashto
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Khokhrapar has a mixed population of Mohajirs, Pashtuns, Sindhis, Balochis, Punjabis and Katchi and katchi parhyar cast with the majority being Katchi, in a politically split outset of Karachi which is based on ethnicity, Khokhr Par has somewhat a reputation of a place where most ethnic groups coexist in a rather peaceful way.