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Brass Street, locally known as Peetal Gali, is a street located in
Golimar, Karachi Golimar () is one of the neighbourhoods of S.I.T.E. Town in Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan. The name of Golimar has been changed to Gulbahar. There are several ethnic groups in Golimar including Muhajirs, Christians, Punjabis, Sindhis, Kashmiris, ...
, a locality which lies between
Nazimabad Nazimabad (, ) is a suburb of Karachi, Pakistan. It was established in 1952, and is named after the second Governor General of Pakistan Khawaja Nazimuddin. Nazimabad is located in Liaquatabad Town. One of the largest government own hospitals in K ...
and Guru Mandir. The street is well-known for finest
brass Brass is an alloy of copper and zinc, in proportions which can be varied to achieve different colours and mechanical, electrical, acoustic and chemical properties, but copper typically has the larger proportion, generally copper and zinc. I ...
work, utensils and decoration pieces, in Pakistan.


History

The artisans who work in the Brass Street, Karachi have an emigrant background who migrated from the city of
Moradabad Moradabad () is an industrial city, commissionerate, and municipal corporation in Moradabad district of the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. It is situated on the banks of the Ramganga river, at a distance of from the national capital, New Del ...
, a city known as brass city of India, after the
partition of India The partition of India in 1947 was the division of British India into two independent dominion states, the Dominion of India, Union of India and Dominion of Pakistan. The Union of India is today the Republic of India, and the Dominion of Paki ...
in 1947. Brass work is on the decline in Pakistan and the businesses which are active on the street now only deal with bulk clients who have export and import business. One reason of the decline of brass work is rising cost of coal which is used in their ovens. Their work has been exhibited in numerous countries including
China China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia. With population of China, a population exceeding 1.4 billion, it is the list of countries by population (United Nations), second-most populous country after ...
. As of January 2018, the number of shops on the street have decreased to just seven.


References

Streets in Karachi {{Pakistan-road-stub