Masjid-e-Tooba or Tooba Mosque ( ur, مسجد طوبٰی) also known as Gol Masjid, is located in the city of

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 ...

, Sindh the province of

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. It is situated in the phase 2 of DHA (Defence Housing Authority), Karachi. The construction of the mosque began in 1966 and completed in 1969. The mosque was designed by Pakistani architect Babar Hamid Chauhan and the engineer was Zaheer Haider Naqvi. This mosque has the capacity to hold up to 5,000 people. It has one dome without any pillars/columns with the area of 67 meters (213 ft). It has a total area of 4657m².

Mosque's unique feature

* Claims to be the largest single-dome mosque in the world with no pillars in its central prayer hall. Its huge dome is supported on a low surrounding wall. * 18th largest mosque in the world as of 2018

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Enlarged photo of Masjid e Tooba on gettyimages.com website
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Mosque's unique feature

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