Federal B. Area (), or F.B.Area, is a residential area in

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, Sindh, Pakistan.

History

After the

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in 1947, thousands of federal government employees migrated to Pakistan and faced a housing crisis. In 1953

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, then

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, initiated a housing scheme for government employees in area now known as Federal B. Area in Karachi, which was Pakistan's capital at the time. When Pakistan came into being the port city of Karachi was chosen as the capital of the federation. An area within Karachi was selected to serve as the home of federal government offices and employees and house other important buildings. This area was named Federal Capital Area or F.C.Area. The residential area around F.C.Area came to be known as Federal B Area or F.B.Area. The area surrounding the F.C. and F.B. Areas were designated as buffer zones; all residential construction was barred in the buffer zone to keep the city's main population of Karachi away from the F. C. Area. However, when the capital was moved from Karachi to

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, the F. C. Area's name was changed to Federal B Area. There are 21 distinct blocks in Federal B Area. The blocks are also known by other names, including blocks 1 and 2 as Sharifabad, block 3 as Hussainabad, blocks 4, 5, and 6 as Tayyababad, blocks 7 and 8 as Azizabad, blocks 9 and 10 as Dastagir, blocks 11 and 12 as Sharifabad, blocks 14 and 15 as

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, block 16 as

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, blocks 17 and 18 as

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, block 19 as Al-Noor Society, block 20 as

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, and blocks 21 as the Industrial Area.

Shahrah-e-Pakistan

Another aspect of the area's geography is that Shahrah-e-Pakistan runs through it. This main artery of the city roughly bisects the area into two zones. The importance of the road cannot be overlooked. It is the same road which runs from the

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to all the way to

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Neighbourhoods

* Samanabad * Ayesha Manzil * Incholi * Al-Noor * Azizabad * Karimabad * Hussainabad *

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* Yaseenabad * Dastagir * Nomanabad Mansoora Block-16

References

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History

Shahrah-e-Pakistan

Neighbourhoods

See also

References