Nishtar Road or Nishter Road is one of the major roads in
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
Pakistan, officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, is a country in South Asia. It is the List of countries and dependencies by population, fifth-most populous country, with a population of over 241.5 million, having the Islam by country# ...
. It runs from Jehangir Road to Chakiwara Road. Encyclopedia Britannica describes it as one of four the west-to-east arterial roads of the city.
During the colonial era the road was named Lawrence Road, possibly for
Sir John Lawrence, Viceroy and
Governor-General of India
The governor-general of India (1833 to 1950, from 1858 to 1947 the viceroy and governor-general of India, commonly shortened to viceroy of India) was the representative of the monarch of the United Kingdom in their capacity as the emperor o ...
.
The subsequent independence movement of what is now modern day Pakistan led to the road being named after
Abdur Rab Nishtar
Sardar Abdur Rab Nishtar (13 June 1899 – 14 February 1958) was a Pakistani independence activist and politician from the North-West Frontier Province (present-day Khyber Pakhtunkhwa). He served as the first Minister of Communications o ...
.
In the early 19th century, Karachi's small Jewish community settled along Lawrence Road.
In 2015 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 ...
anti-encroachment department removed all pushcarts, roadside cabins, shops, counters and other encroachments from Nishtar Road because they were restricting the flow of traffic.
References
Streets in Karachi
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