Old Golimar

Old Golimar Purana Golimar ( ur, پرانا گولیمار ) (new name is Gulbahar) is a neighborhood in the Karachi West district of Karachi, Pakistan. It is administered as part of the SITE Town neighbourhood.Water shortage (in Old Golimar, SITE Town)
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Main areas

Old Golimar is divided into eighteen neighbourhoods as follows:

* Abdullah Village
* Aisha Manzil
* Ali Muhammad Village
* Badal Village
* Central Muslimabad Village
* Ghafoor Village
* Ghulam Muhammad Village
* Haji Pariya Village
* Hingoro Village
* Khaskheli Village
* Mistri Khan Village
* Moula Dad Village
* Noor Muhammad Village
* Qadeemi Village
* Rakhsar Line
* Saleh Muhammad Village
* Shah Dost Village
* Naik Muhammad Village
* Rexer

Demographics

Several ethnic groups inhabit Old Golimar, including Pathaans, Urdu-speaking Mohajirs, Baloch, Brohi, Sindhis, Punjabis. The oldest inhabitants of Old Golimar are Pathaans called Afridis from Bara KPK and Baloch from Makran and Gwadar, who consist of more than 70% of the total population.

Old Golimar is the centre of Karachi's Afridi & Sheedi community, who are now naturalized as Pathaans of Afghan descent. Sheedi community is of Sindhi, Baloch and African descent.

Infrastructure

Old Golimar is one of the oldest parts of Karachi. It has few schools, substandard hospitals, a poor water system, limited infrastructure and broken roads.

Politics

Old Golimar has always been a stronghold of the ruling Pakistan People's Party(PPP). Now, a divide separates young and old. Imran Khan Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf is popular among the young.

Sports

Football

Old Golimar supports some 15 registered football clubs, including Wali Afridi, Makran Sports, Parwana Sports, Golimar Azad, Balochistan Raiders.

During Ramadan, a football festival takes place in Old Golimar.

Cricket

Cricket became popular in Old Golimar after the 1996 World Cup, When Pakistan co-hosted the event with India, the cricket team BL-Sports from Noor Mohammad and Saleh Mohammad Village areas became popular.

Most of them amateur players who do not play on senior teams.

Popular players include Mustafa (Murali), Faheem (Sachin), Nasir Ali, Javed Ali, Haroon Shad, Akbar Dad, Mohsin Ali, Adeel Afzal, Akram Sabzal, Asad Abbasi
Ahsan Ali, Akbar JR, Qaiser Abbasi, Kaleemullah Khan Tareen, Abdullah Tareen, Amin Baloch, Younas Baloch, Kamil Baloch, Salman Baloch and Saqib Aashiq Baloch.

Sameer Sports Cricket Club 1996 until 2016.

Asghar Ali Memorial Sports Cricket Club.

B-L-Sports Cricket Club 1996 until 2013.

Bulaidi Sports Cricket Club.

Schools

Old Golimar has a government school named K.B Conductor Girls School.

White Rose Academy is a private school.

Bright way is a public school.

Rehman Public School is a private school in Old Golimar.

Iqra Public School is also a public school but it is very low in it standards.

Graveyards

* Muslim Graveyard Mewa Shah Graveyard
* Gujarati community Shamshan Ghaat
* Hindu crematorium

Religious buildings

* Main Masjid (Mosque) of Old Golimar Rashidun Caliphs

* Noorani Masjid (Mosque)at Noor Mohammad Village.

* Qadeemi Masjid (Mosque) at Qadeemi Muhallah.

* Afghani Masjid (Mosque) at Mistri Khan Village.

* Allah Wali Masjid (Mosque) at Rexerline.

* Usmania Masjid (Mosque) at Abdullah Gorgage Village

* Mustufa Masjid (mosque) at rexer line

See also

* Lyari Town
* SITE Town

References

External links

Karachi website Archived

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Neighbourhoods of Karachi
SITE Town