Gulshan District

Gulshan District (formerly Karachi East) (Urdu: ضلع گلشن ) is an administrative district of Karachi Division created in 1972. As of 2023 Pakistani census population of Gulshan District is 3.9 million.

Gulshan District ضلع گلشن
District of Karachi
Karachi East
Etymology: District East
Map of Gulshan District (Karachi East)
Country	Pakistan
Province	Sindh
Division	Karachi
Established	August 1972; 52 years ago (August 1972)
Abolished	August 2001; 23 years ago (August 2001) (CDGK)
Restored	11 July 2011; 13 years ago (11 July 2011)
Headquarters[1]	DC East office
Towns	4[2][3] Ferozabad Town Gulshan-e-Iqbal Town Gulzar-e-Hijri Town Jamshed Quarters Town
Government
• Type	District Administration
• Body	Government of Karachi
• Constituency	NA-235 Karachi East-I NA-236 Karachi East-II NA-237 Karachi East-III NA-238 Karachi East-IV
• Deputy Commissioner	Altaf Sheikh[4]
Area
• Total	139 km2 (54 sq mi)
Population  (2023)[5]
• Total	3,913,656
• Density	28,000/km2 (73,000/sq mi)
Demonym	Karachiite
Time zone	UTC+05:00 (PKT)
• Summer (DST)	DST is not observed
ZIP Code	75300
NWD (area) code	021
ISO 3166 code	PK-SD
CNIC Code of Gulshan District	42201-XXXXXXX-X
Website	www.dmceast.gos.pk

In 2023, the Government of Sindh renamed Karachi East District to Gulshan District to align with its famous town name.^[6]

History

The district was established in 1972.

The district was abolished in 2000 as federal government formed City District Government Karachi as a result Karachi South District was divided into four towns namely:

• Gulshan Town
• Jamshed Town
• Korangi Town
• Shah Faisal Town

On 11 July 2015, the Sindh Government restored Karachi East District.^[7]

In November 2013, three eastern towns of Karachi East District separated to form a new District named Korangi also Jamshed Town of Karachi South District was added into this district. Now Karachi East comprises two towns: Jamshed and Gulshan.^[8][9][10]

In 2022, it was divided into five towns namely Sohrab Goth Town, Safoora Town, Gulshan Town, Jinnah Town and Chanesar Town with 43 union councils and 172 wards respectively.^[11]

Demographics

At the time of the 2017 census, Gulshan had a gender ratio of 908 females per 1000 males and a literacy rate of 76.00%: 78.26% for males and 73.49% for females. 22.85% (657,102) were under 10 years of age.^[12] In 2023, the district had 665,452 households and a population of 3,913,656.^[5]

Religions in Karachi East district (2023)[13]
Religion			Percent
Islam			95.05%
Christianity			3.1%
Hinduism			1.57%
Other			0.28%

The majority religion is Islam, with 95.05% of the population. Christianity is practiced by 3.1% and Hinduism (including Scheduled Castes) is practiced by 1.57% of the population.^[14]

Languages of Karachi East district (2023)^[15]

  Urdu (48.98%)

  Sindhi (12.81%)

  Pashto (11.59%)

  Punjabi (10.41%)

  Saraiki (5.92%)

  Hindko (2.33%)

  Balochi (1.82%)

  Others (6.14%)

At the time of the 2023 census, 1,916,767 of the people spoke Urdu, 501,156 spoke Sindhi, 453,464 spoke Pashto, 407,425 Punjabi, 231,523 Saraiki, 91,034 Hindko, 71,312 Balochi & 240,975 others of total 3,913,656 as their first language.^[16]

Administrative Towns in Karachi East

Following is the list of administrative towns of Karachi East District.^[17]

Jinnah Town

Union Council
U.C. 1 Pakistan Quarters
U.C. 2 Soldier Bazar
U.C. 3 Patel Para
U.C. 4 Jamshed Quarters
U.C. 5 Martin Quarters
U.C. 6 Jamshed Quarters
U.C. 7 Bahadurabad
U.C. 8 Delhi Mercantile
U.C. 9 Tunisia Line
U.C. 10 Jacob Lines
U.C. 11 Behind Jacob Lines

Chanesar Town

Union Council
U.C. 1 P.E.C.H.S. (Pakistan Employees Co-operative Housing Society)
U.C. 2 P.E.C.H.S. II
U.C. 3 Mahmudabad
U.C. 4 Manzoor Colony
U.C. 5 Manzoor Colony-II
U.C. 6 Jamshed Quarters
U.C. 7 Akhtar Colony
U.C. 8 Chanesar Goth

Sohrab Goth Town

Union Council
U.C. 1 Al-Asif Square
U.C. 2 New Quetta Town
U.C. 3 Sukhiya Goth
U.C. 4 Ayub Goth
U.C. 5 Khadim Hussain Goth
U.C. 6 Ahsanabad
U.C. 7 Yousuf Shah Goth
U.C. 8 Sabzi Mandi

Safoora Town

Union Council
U.C. 1 Abbas Town
U.C. 2 Gulzar-e-Hijri
U.C. 3 Sachal Goth
U.C. 4 Al-Azhar Garden
U.C. 5 Johar Complex
U.C. 6 Pehlwan Goth
U.C. 7 Gulistan-e-Johar
U.C. 8 Safari Park

Gulshan-e-Iqbal Town

Union Council
U.C. 1 Essa Nagri
U.C. 2 Hassan Square
U.C. 3 Jamali Colony
U.C. 4 Zia-ull-Haq Colony
U.C. 5 New Dhoraji
U.C. 6 Metroville-III
U.C. 7 Shanti Nagar
U.C. 8 National Stadium

Karachi Safari Park is located in Gulshan Town

National Cricket Stadium, Karachi

List of Dehs

The following is a list of Karachi East District's dehs, organised by taluka:^[18]

• Gulshan-e-Iqbal taluka (5 dehs)
  • Dozan (P)
  • Gujero (P)
  • Okewari
  • Safooran (P)
  • Songal (P)
• Gulzar-e-Hijri taluka (5 dehs)
  • Bitti Amri
  • Dozan (P)
  • Gujro-1
  • Songal
  • Thoming

Hospital and health care facilities

There are several healthcare facilities in the East District, such as the Aga Khan University Hospital^[19] and Liaquat National Hospital.^[20]

Education Center

There are several educational institutions in district east such as NED university of Engineering and Technology,^[21] University of Karachi,^[22] Dow University of Health Sciences (Ojha Campus) and many other big and small educational facilities.

See also

Karachi

References

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