Gulberg Town ( Sindhi and ) lies in the northern part of

Karachi Karachi is the capital city of the Administrative units of Pakistan, province of Sindh, Pakistan. It is the List of cities in Pakistan by population, largest city in Pakistan and 12th List of largest cities, largest in the world, with a popul ...

, Pakistan. Gulberg 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, and Gulberg Town was re-organized as part of

Karachi Central District Nazimabad District (), formerly ''Karachi Central District'', is an administrative district of Karachi Division in Sindh, Pakistan created in 1996. According to 2023 Pakistani census population of Nazimabad District is 3,822,325 (3.8 million ...

in 2015 and the Karachi Towns were restored in early 2022.

Demographics

There are 613,724 people in Gulberg Subdivision of which 502,002 spoke Urdu, 26,576 Pashto, 21,243 Punjabi, 15,542 Saraiki, 13,310 Sindhi & 35,051 others

Location

Gulberg Town was bordered by the

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and

Gulshan Town Gulshan Town () is a Karachi borough in the northeastern part of Karachi. Gulshan 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, and Gu ...

to the east and the Gujjar Nala stream and

North Nazimabad Town North Nazimabad Town () lies in the northern part of the city of Karachi, Pakistan, and was named after the suburb of North Nazimabad. North Nazimabad Town was formed in 2001 as part of the Local Government Ordinance 2001, and was subdivided i ...

to the west. Also neighbouring Gulberg were New Karachi and

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to the north and Liaquatabad to the south.

History

The federal government introduced local government reforms in the year 2000, which eliminated the previous "third tier of government" (

administrative divisions Administrative divisions (also administrative units, administrative regions, subnational entities, or constituent states, as well as many similar generic terms) are geographical areas into which a particular independent sovereign state is divi ...

) and replaced it with the fourth tier (

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). The effect in Karachi was the dissolution of the former

Karachi Division Karachi Division () is an administrative division of the Sindh Province of Pakistan created in December 1960. There are seven districts in Karachi Division. CNIC code of Karachi Division is 42. According to 2023 Pakistani census population of ...

in 2001, and the merging of its five districts to form a new Karachi City-District with eighteen autonomous constituent towns including Gulberg Town. In 2011, the system was disbanded but remained in place for bureaucratic administration until 2015, when the

Karachi Metropolitan Corporation Karachi Metropolitan Corporation () is a public corporation and governing body to provide municipal services in most of Karachi, the capital of Sindh. History 1846 Karachi Conservancy Board was established to control cholera epidemics in ...

system was reintroduced. In 2015, Gulberg Town was re-organized as part of

Karachi Central Nazimabad District (), formerly ''Karachi Central District'', is an administrative district of Karachi Division in Sindh, Pakistan created in 1996. According to 2023 Pakistani census population of Nazimabad District is 3,822,325 (3.8 million). ...

district. It is worth mentioning that Aisha Manzil was the name of a single story bungalow that that was built in late sixties just opposite the road where Arshi cinema was built later on.

Education and academia

Apart from the socio-economic diversification, this town had the distinction of being one of the most literate middle/upper middle class parts of the city along with

. There were numerous coaching centres in Gulberg Town. "Markaz-e-Umeed" (The Hope Center) is one of the oldest schools for

intellectually disabled Intellectual disability (ID), also known as general learning disability (in the United Kingdom), and formerly mental retardation (in the United States), Rosa's Law, Pub. L. 111-256124 Stat. 2643(2010).Archive is a generalized neurodevelopmental ...

children in Pakistan, established in 1971.

Hospitals

* Tabba Heart Institute * Habib Medical Center * Aga Khan Hospital for Women Karimabad (Ayesha Manzil) * Usman Memorial Hospital * Mamji Hospital * Aziza Husseni Hospital * Karachi Institute of Heart Diseases * Federal Hospital * Alnoor Hospital * Muhammadi Hospital * Rafah-e-aam Medical * Nazeer hussain Hospital * Mother care Hospital

Neighbourhoods

* Samanabad * Aisha Manzil * Ancholi * Alnoor Society * Azizabad * Karimabad * Shafiq Mill Colony * Naseerabad *

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* Yaseenabad * Musa Colony * Dastagir Colony * Hussainabad

References

External links

Districts of Karachi
Karachi Central District Towns in Karachi {{Karachi-geo-stub