List of cemeteries in Karachi

List of cemeteries in Karachi

There are total 182 graveyards in Karachi. Of them, 163 are for Muslims and 19 for non-Muslims. 70 fall under the control of City District Government Karachi, while 112 are looked after by associations.

List of Cemeteries in Karachi

Historical

* Chaukhandi Tombs
* Karachi War Cemetery

General

Muslims

* Azeempura Cemetery, Shah Faisal Colony
* Bagh-e-Ahmed (AMI's Karachi Chapter Cemetery)
* Essa Nagri Graveyard, Main Sir Shah Suleman Road (officially declared closed)
* Gizri Cemetery, D.H.A.
* [http://wikimapia.org/386235/ Mewashah Cemetery] (officially declared closed)
* Jannatul Baqi Cemetery, Hub River Road, S.I.T.E.
* Leemo Goth Graveyard, Haji Leemo Goth, Gulshan-e-Iqbal
* Metrovill III Graveyard, Metrovill III, Gulshan-e-Iqbal
* Mian Goth Cemetery, Malir
* Model Colony Cemetery (New), Malir
* Model Colony Cemetery (Old), Malir
* New Karachi Cemetery, New Karachi
* Old Morraro Cemetery, S.I.T.E.
* P.E.C.H.S. Cemetery, Tariq Road (officially declared closed)
* Paposh Nagar Cemetery (officially declared closed)
* [http://wikimapia.org/350877/ Sakhi Hassan Cemetery] , North Nazimabad (officially declared closed)
* Peer Bukhari Graveyard, Mannoo Goth, Gulshan-e-Iqbal
* Pehalwan Goth Graveyard, Pehalwan Goth, Gulistan-e-Johar
* Saudabad Cemetery, Malir (officially declared closed)
* Shah Faisal Cemetery(Colony Gate), Shahrah-e-Faisal (officially declared closed)
* Shanti Nagar Graveyard, Dalmia Road, Shanti Nagar
* Wadi-e-Hussain Cemetery, Super Highway

Christian

* Gora Kabristan, Shahrah-e-Faisal.

Jewish

* Bani Israel Graveyard

Zoroastrian (Parsi)

* Parsi Dar-e-Meher (Fire Temple), Dr Umar Bin Muhammad Daudpota Road.

Famous Mausoleums

[
Jinnah; National Mausoleum of Pakistan]
* Mazar-e-Quaid, M.A. Jinnah Road Final resting place of Mohammad Ali Jinnah, Founder of Pakistan.
* Abdullah Shah Ghazi Mazar, Clifton (mausoleum of Karachi's sufi saint)

ee also

* List of cemeteries
* List of mausoleums

External links

* [http://www.dawn.com/weekly/review/archive/050929/review1.htm Graveyards — a neglected social issue - Review DAWN.com]
* [http://www.gulshantownkarachi.gov.pk/graveyards.asp Graveyards in Gulshan-e-Iqbal Town]


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