Nazimabad ( ur, , sd, نئون ناظم آباد) is a

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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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. It was established in 1952, and is named after the second Governor General of Pakistan Khawaja Nazimuddin.

History

Before the independence of

, the area of the present day Nazimabad was semi-arid land with small

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and Balochi villages nearly 10 KM from downtown Karachi. The

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bought the land in 1950 from the local landlord and tribal leader Masti Brohi Khan in order to resettle the

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refugees that were living in tent cities in central Karachi. Nazimabad was planned and developed starting in 1952 and the land was sold at reduced prices to the refugees. This suburb was named after Khawaja Nazimuddin who was the second

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, and later the second

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as well. In late 1958, the northern area of Nazimabad, was to be developed as

Timuria North Nazimabad ( ur, نارتھ ناظم آباد) is a suburb of, Karachi, Pakistan. North Nazimabad was developed in the late 1950s as a residential area for the employees of the federal government of Pakistan, and was named after Khawaja Nazi ...

by Karachi Improvement Trust (KIT). The name

North Nazimabad North Nazimabad ( ur, نارتھ ناظم آباد) is a suburb of, Karachi, Pakistan. North Nazimabad was developed in the late 1950s as a residential area for the employees of the federal government of Pakistan, and was named after Khawaja Nazim ...

became popular and was later adopted instead of Timuria.

was developed as a residential area for federal government employees. But in the early 1960s, the capital of

was transferred from

to newly developed capital

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. In the 1950s, Nazimabad was developed in the outskirts of Karachi and now it is in the central part of the city because of the

urban sprawl Urban sprawl (also known as suburban sprawl or urban encroachment) is defined as "the spreading of urban developments (such as houses and shopping centers) on undeveloped land near a city." Urban sprawl has been described as the unrestricted growt ...

. Nazimabad was considered an upper-middle-class neighborhood in the 1960-1970s and later it became middle class area as many upper middle class residents moved to the newer developed upscale

s and exurbs of Karachi. Starting in late 1950s, the overwhelming majority of Karachi's intellectuals lived in Nazimabad as it was one of the posh neighborhood of Karachi.(Sibtain Naqvi
History: The city of lost dreams
Dawn (newspaper), Published 20 November 2016, Retrieved 15 March 2021 Starting in the 1990s, Nazimabad was considered to be a lower-middle class residential neighborhood. The old houses are being demolished and in its place new

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, Flat and Commercial buildings are being constructed.

Plan

Nazimabad is divided into five residential blocks, Block I to V and commercial from VI to VII. The Block I-V are residential areas with family dwellings. The Block IV of Nazimabad has the largest category of plots with size ranging from 240 to 2000 sq. yards.

Municipal devolution

After devolution plan for municipalities was implemented in 2001, Karachi Division was divided into 18 towns. A large part of Nazimabad was made part of the

Liaquatabad Town Liaquatabad Town ( ur, ) lies in the central part of the city. Liaquatabad Town was formed in 2001 as part of The Local Government Ordinance 2001, and was subdivided into 11 union councils. The town system was disbanded in 2011, but later was ...

. While

was named as one of the towns of Karachi. Block I, II, III, IV, VI and VII were made part of

while block V and locality of

Paposh Nagar Paposh Nagar or Paposhnagar ( ur, پاپوش نگر ) is a neighborhood in the Karachi Central district of Karachi, Pakistan. There are several ethnic groups in Paposh Nagar including Muhajirs, Sindhis, Kashmiris, Seraikis, Pakhtuns, Baloch ...

was made part of

Town.

Media

Nazimabad is referenced in the popular

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serials Zindagi Gulzar Hai and

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Hum TV Hum TV is a 24-hour Urdu General Entertainment TV channel based in Karachi, Pakistan. It was founded by Sultana Siddiqui and Duraid Qureshi. It is owned by Hum Network Limited and traded on Pakistan Stock Exchange as (HUMNL). Hum Network L ...

. These series were telecast in Pakistan in 2013 and in 2015 on Zindagi. In the ''Zindagi Gulzar Hai'' drama serial, Nazimabad is portrayed as a Middle Class area of Karachi.

Demography

The population of Nazimabad is estimated to be over million people. Nazimabad is predominantly

Urdu Urdu (;"Urdu"
'' Muhajirs, Memons, Bohris, Punjabis,

Pakhtuns Pashtuns (, , ; ps, پښتانه, ), also known as Pakhtuns or Pathans, are an Iranian ethnic group who are native to the geographic region of Pashtunistan in the present-day countries of Afghanistan and Pakistan. They were historically re ...

Sindhis Sindhis ( sd, سنڌي Perso-Arabic: सिन्धी Devanagari; ) are an Indo-Aryan ethnic group who speak the Sindhi language and are native to the province of Sindh in Pakistan. After the partition of British Indian empire in 1947, man ...

Kashmiris Kashmiris are an Indo-Aryan peoples, Indo-Aryan ethnolinguistic group speaking the Kashmiri language, living mostly, but not exclusively, in the Kashmir Valley of Jammu and Kashmir (union territory), Jammu and Kashmir, India.(a) (subscriptio ...

Seraikis The Saraikis ( skr, ), are an Indo-Aryan ethnolinguistic group inhabiting parts of central and southeastern Pakistan, primarily in the southern part of the Pakistani province of Punjab They are mainly found in a region of southern Punjab known ...

, Balochs, etc. Over 98 percent of the population is

with small Christian minority. In January 2021, after the countrywide power breakdown, some parts of Karachi including Nazimabad remained without power for nearly a day until the power was finally restored.Many areas of Karachi remain without power till Sunday evening
The News International (newspaper), Published 11 January 2021, Retrieved 15 March 2021

References

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