Gulzar-e-Hijri

Gulzar-e-Hijri
Town and union council
Town Gulshan e Iqbal
District Karachi East
City Karachi
Country Pakistan
Area
  Total 23 km2 (9 sq mi)
Time zone UTC+5 (PST)

Gulzar-e-Hijri (Urdu: گُلزارِ ہجری) is one of the neighbourhoods of Gulshan-e-Iqbal Town in Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan.[1] Among several ethnic groups in Gulzar-e-Hijri are Muhajirs, Punjabis, Sindhis, Balochis, Bohras, Gilgitis and Pathans. The population is not estimated as it is an underdeveloped area. Around 40% of the total area is developed and the remaining 60% is still developing or underdeveloped.

Under the new local government system, Gulzar-e-Hijri lies in the District East.[2] A large part of Gulzar e Hijri is along the Karachi - Hyderabad (M-9) Motorway.

Hospitals

  • Dow University of Health Sciences (Duhs) [3] - Ojha Campus
  • Karachi Institute of Radiotherapy and Nuclear Medicine [4] (KIRAN Hospital)
  • Memon Medical Institute and Hospital
  • Ojha Institute of Chest Diseases [5]
  • khwaja greeb nwaz hospital

Schools and Colleges

  • Govt. Degree Boys College Gulzar-e-Hijri
  • Govt. Girls Degree College
  • Dow College of Pharmacy [6]
  • Dow International Medical College [7]

Police Stations

  • Sohrab Goth Police Station (formerly Gulzar e Hijri Police Station)
  • Sachal Police Station

Parks and Playgrounds

There are not so many parks and playgrounds in the locality of Gulzar e Hijri. Only few parks exist that too with not good standards. Few of the parks are:

  • Metro Park
  • Jawed Park
  • Model Park
  • Scount Training Park
  • A1 Park

See also

References


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