Qasimabad () is a town/city in the western side of

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City in

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province of

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History

Qasimabad Town/City is named after the

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Invader

Muhammad Bin Qasim Muḥammad ibn al-Qāsim al-Thaqafī (; –) was an Arabs, Arab military commander in service of the Umayyad Caliphate who led the Muslim conquest of Sindh (and Punjab, part of ancient Sindh), inaugurating the Umayyad campaigns in India. His m ...

who invaded Sindh and Multan. It was formed as an extension to the city of Hyderabad after the arrival of

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from across the border after the 1947

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, along with the town of

Latifabad Latifabad (,) is a township in the southern suburbs of the city of Hyderabad, in Sindh, Pakistan. History Latifabad is named after the renowned Sindhi Sufi poet, Shah Abdul Latif Bhittai. Its initial denizens were Sindhi but after communal upr ...

. The locals that lived in the town at its inception were ethnically of a mixed population but as the city experienced ethnic riots between

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and

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in the late 1980s. Widespread target killings and acts of

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were committed, the city got divided between the Sindhis and Muhajir with the former mainly settling in Qasimabad while the latter settling in Latifabad. Smaller scale hostilities still continue in the city.

Settlement

Qasimabad is a Sindhi majority Town. The Sindhis make up more than 99% of the population of the Town. Qasimabad is known as a Sindhi based town. Although it was formed after the town of Latifabad, it does not follow the numbered unit system for that town, but instead is based on the block system. The Town consists of the western part of the

city and houses three of the most popular and biggest schools in the city:

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, The City School and

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or the study of Sindh is more pronounced in this region than others. There is a museum celebrating the treasures of its Sindhi cultural values and traditions present in this town, the

Sindh Museum The Sindh Museum () is a museum located in Hyderabad, Sindh, Pakistan. The museum was established in 1971 to collect, preserve, study, and exhibit the records of the cultural history of Sindh. It also sometimes hosts cultural fairs. Collection ...

. Qasimabad is the hub of Sindhi Nationalist and political Powers and almost all the Sindhi Nationalist political parties have their head offices in Qasimabad City.

Localities

The prominent localities/Town Regions of Qasimabad are: Nasim Nagar, Main Qasimabad, New Wahdat Colony, Old Wahdat Colony, Sheedi Goth, Qasimabad Phase-I, Phase-II, Sindhi Muslims Society, Memon Society, Prince Town, Al-Mustafa Town, Hyderabad Town, Abdullah Town, Sahrish Nagar, London Town, Bond Street, Rani Bagh, Sindh Museum, Citizen Colony, Gul-E-Latif Housing Scheme, Anwar Villas, Faraz Villas, Waqar Town, Marvi Town, Abdullah Town, Abdullah Centre, Abdullah Vally, Gulistan-e-Sajjad and Gulshan-e-Sehr, Alamadar Chowk, Momin Nagar, Waadhu Wah, Bhittai Town and Bhittai Nagar.

References

External links

Qasimabad Administration
{{Hyderabad District, Pakistan Neighbourhoods of Hyderabad, Sindh