Machar Colony () or Machiara Colony/Mohammadi Colony () is an unplanned settlement in

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, located near the Port of Karachi and Harbour Kemari. The settlement is spread over an area of almost 4 square kilometers, and is home to about 700,000 people. It is considered to be one of the most dilapidated slums in Karachi. Many people are undocumented because there are not gave citizenship by the government of Pakistan, therefore many people are jobless. Most people in the neighborhood are involved in the

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and consequently the area is also known as ''Fisherman's Colony,'' with the word Machar derived from the Sindhi word for fisherman ''machera''. Residents of Machar Colony are employed by the fishing industry as shrimp peelers, fishermen, fish cleaners, or labourers in the

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industry. Some of their homes are built on stilts over the water. The few flourishing businessmen that the colony has produced are in the fishing business, which is almost exclusively dominated by the Bengalis. A large majority of residents are Pakistani

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, although there are minorities of

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, Kutchis,

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, and

Sindhis Sindhis are an Indo-Aryan ethnic group originating from and native to Sindh, a region of Pakistan, who share a common Sindhi culture, history, ancestry, and language. The historical homeland of Sindhis is bordered by southeastern Balochi ...

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Karachi Website

Kiamari Town

Machar Colony on Wikimapia
Neighbourhoods of Karachi Kiamari Town {{Karachi-geo-stub

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