Chittagong Colony

Chittagong Colony

Chittagong Colony (Urdu: چٹاگونگ کالونی, Bengali: চট্টগ্রাম কলোনি) is a colony in the Pakistani city of Karachi whose population consists mostly of ethnic Bengalis.[1][2] When one walks through the colony, one can see the colourful Bengali signboards, Bhashani caps, lungis and kurtas.[2] The Chittagong Colony has a baazaar, which was famous throughout Pakistan as the centre for Dhaka cloth.[1] It is also the headquarters of the local Bengali language newspaper Daily Qaumi Bandhan.[2]

Se also

  • Bangladeshis in Pakistan

References

  1. ^ a b "Falling back". Daily Times. http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2006\12\17\story_17-12-2006_pg12_3. Retrieved 2010-03-02. 
  2. ^ a b c "Homeless In Karachi". Outlook. http://www.outlookindia.com/article.aspx?200305. Retrieved 2010-03-02. 

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