Paposh Nagar or Paposhnagar () is a neighborhood in the
Karachi Central district 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
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.
The majority of the population is of
Muhajirs.
Etymology
The
etymology
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of Paposhnagar is that the words (''Pa'' means ''foot''; ''posh'' means ''to wear''; ''nagar'' means ''town) due to footwear and leather workshops and boutiques in the 1950-1970s.
After the construction of the
Abbasi Shaheed Hospital, this area slowly became identified with the hospital.
Most of the footwear workshops have moved to other industrial and commercial areas of Karachi meanwhile some small business related to footwear business still have workshops in Chandni Chowk area. Majority of the people in this middle-class neighbourhood are
Muhajirs who settled after the
independence
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of Pakistan. The area was beautifully designed, with at least one central park, mosque and children playground and was linked with the rest of the city with ''Orangi railway station'' from where commuters can travel to westbound S.I.T.E. and eastbound towards the Karachi airport.
In popular culture
* In 2021,
Express Entertainment
The Lakson Group ( ) is a group of companies headquartered in Karachi, Sindh.
History
It was founded in 1954 and is owned by the Lakhani family.
Subsidiaries Listed
* Century Insurance Company Limited, general insurance business
* Centu ...
released a serial titled as "Paposh Nagar Ki Neelam" depicting story of a girl from the neighborhood of Paposh Nagar.
See also
*
Abbasi Shaheed
*
Abbasi Shaheed Hospital
*
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 ...
*
Nazimabad
References
External links
Karachi Website
Neighbourhoods of Karachi
North Nazimabad Town
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