Bagh Ibne Qasim

Bagh Ibne Qasim

The Bagh Ibne Qasim (old name Jehangir Kothari Park) is located in Clifton, Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan.

The park is established on February 27, 2007. The park is country's Biggest Park, constructed under Clifton Beach Development Project on convert|130|acre|km2 of land. The old Toyland Theme Park has been done away with and this park replaces it. The park cost PKR 600 million and has been completed in 300 working days. Estimated more than 10 million people visited per year.

Prior to the initiation of construction on Bagh-e-Ibne Qasim, 73 acres of land was freed from the grip of land grabbers. The entire Clifton beach, and the area now covered under the park. In June 2005, Sindh Governor Dr. Ishrat-ul-Ebad Khan took it upon himself to restore this major historical entertainment area to its original splendor. City Nazim Syed Mustafa Kamal also played a part in gifting the "Kotahri Parade Park" back to the people of Karachi. For entertainment purposes of visitors, the park has a turtle pond, in addition to which it also has 24 state-of-the-art washrooms. In order to create an element of originality, the park also has 20 stone canopies. Moreover, hundreds of thousands of unique rose saplings have been planted throughout the park. The park will also feature fast food outlets able to accommodate 500 persons at a time.

ee also

*Jehangir Kothari Parade

External links

* [http://dawn.com/2007/02/28/local1.htm Bagh-e-Ibne Qasim - DAWN.com]
* [http://www.dawn.com/2007/02/07/local11.htm Bagh-e-Ibne Qasim - DAWN.com]
* [http://www.karachicity.gov.pk/kparks.asp Park in Karachi - CDGK.com]


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