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Gulshan District (formerly Karachi East) (Urdu: ضلع گلشن ) is an administrative district of Karachi Division in Sindh, Pakistan.

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, and was divided into four towns namely:

• Gulshan Town
• Jamshed Town
• Gulzar-e-Hijri Town
• Faisal Cantonment
• Feroz Abad 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 district had 498,183 households and a population of 2,875,315. 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 3,950,031.^[5]

The majority religion is Islam, with 95.31% of the population. Christianity is practiced by 3.14% and Hinduism (including Scheduled Castes) is practiced by 1.38% of the population.

At the time of the 2017 census, 37.51% of the population spoke Urdu, 13.91% Pashto, 13.29% Punjabi, 11.55% Sindhi, 8.38% Saraiki, 3.29% Hindko and 2.34% Balochi as their first language.^[12]

Administrative Towns in Karachi East

Following is the list of administrative towns of Karachi East District.^[13]

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

List of Dehs

The following is a list of Karachi East District's dehs, organised by taluka:^[14]

• 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^[15] and Liaquat National Hospital.^[16]

Education Center

There are several educational institutions in district east such as NED university of Engineering and Technology,^[17] University of Karachi,^[18] Dow University of Health Sciences (Ojha Campus) and many other big and small educational facilities.

See also

Karachi

References

24°53′04″N 67°08′39″E / 24.8844°N 67.1443°E / 24.8844; 67.1443