Gulshan Town

Gulshan
—  Town  —
Millennium Mall, Askari Chowrangi
Union councils of Gulshan e Iqbal Town
Country	Pakistan
Province	Sindh
City District	Karachi
Established	14th August 2001
Union Councils	13 Civic Centre Delhi Mercantile Society Essa Nagri Gillani Railway Station Gulshan-e-Iqbal I Gulshan-e-Iqbal II Gulzar-e-Hijri Jamali Colony Metroville Colony Pehlwan Goth P.I.B. Colony Safooran Goth Shanti Nagar
Government
– Type	Town Council
– Town Nazim	Muhammad Wasay Jalil
– Naib Nazim	Shoib Akhtar
– Municipal Officer	Muhammad Shafiqur Rehman
Population (1998)
– Total	646,662
Office Location	Plot#14, Scheme 24, Adjecent Civic Center, University Road Karachi
E-mail	[e-mail]
Contact	[phone]-9 & [phone]
Website	Gulshan Town Page
TMA Gulshan website

Gulshan Town (Urdu: گلشن ) is one of the towns in Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan. The town is also known as Gulshan-E-Iqbal. This town was named in honor of Pakistan's national poet Allama Muhammad Iqbal. Gulshan-e-Iqbal literally translates to 'Garden of Iqbal'. The town is bordered by Gadap Town to the north, the Faisal and Malir Cantonments to the east, Jamshed Town to the southwest, and Gulberg and Liaquatabad to the west.

The population of Gulshan Town was estimated to be about 650,000 at the 1998 census, of which 99% are Muslim.

History

The federal government introduced local government reforms in the year 2000, which eliminated the previous third tier of government (administrative divisions) and raised the fourth tier (districts) to become the new third tier. The effect in Karachi was the dissolution of the former Karachi Division and the merger of its five districts to form a new Karachi City-District with eighteen autonomous constituent towns including Gulshan Town.

Neighbourhoods of Gulshan Town

Safari Park

Gulshan Town is the location of the main University of Karachi campus, as well as the offices of the City District Government of Karachi and the Attorney General of Sindh province. There are also few large parks which includes Aziz Bhatti Park, Askari Park , Aladin Park and the Safari Park.

Delhi Mercantile Society Essa Nagri Gulshan-e-Iqbal I Gulshan-e-Iqbal II Gulzar-e-Hijri Gulistan-e-Jauhar

Jamali Colony Metroville Colony Pehlwan Goth P.I.B. Colony Safooran Goth Shanti Nagar Sachal Goth

See also

• Sharfabad Society
• Bahadurabad
• City District Government
• Karachi
• Lahore

External links

• Karachi Website
• Karachi: Of encroachments and mega projects
• The issue of squatters on land needed for new projects