Gulshan-e-Hadeed

Gulshan-e-Hadeed is a well built area (union council) of Bin Qasim Town in district Malir of Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan [ [http://www.karachicity.gov.pk/town/index.asp?txtTown=Bin%20Qasim Bin Qasim] ] . There are several ethnic groups living in Gulshan-e-Hadeed including Sindhis constituting majority,Punjabis, Muhajir, Kashmiris, Seraikis, Pakhtuns, Balochis, Memons, Bohras and Ismailis. It is located on the edge of the National Highway. Gulshan-e-Hadeed is at 30 minutes drive from Karachi’s Jinnah International Airport. The neighbour areas of Gulshan-e-Hadeed include Steel Town, Pipri and Shah Latif Town.

Gulshan-e-Hadeed is divided in two phases (Phase-I and Phase-II)

* Phase-I is a commercial and residential area. In Phase-I there is a centrally located main commercial market that comprises of more than 30 shops and approximately 2500 houses. Jamiah Masjid (Ahl-e-Sunnat) “Dayyar-e-Habib” is the biggest mosque that gathers more than 5000 prayers at every Friday prayer. "Peer" Bazaar (Monday Bazaar) is held in Phase-I on every Monday.

* Phase-II is mainly a residential area of Gulshan-e-Hadeed comprising of more than 4000 houses. For shopping purpose, phase II is provided with local small markets in each neighbourhood designated as L markets which are 14 in number, scattered within the area of phase II. Near the L-2 market is a Jamiah Masjid (Dewband) “"Bab-e-Rehmat"”, besides which is a huge ground where "Budh" Bazaar is held on each Wednesday. A newly constructed main market near Budh Bazaar ground has made phase II equally important in commercial activities like that of phase I. Near Dayyar-e-Habib Mosque is the PTCL Telephone Exchange which intially acted as a separate exchange but joined Karachi city Telephone Exchange a few year ago .On the backside of L-7 market is a Jamia Masjid named “Faizan-e-Madina” that also belongs to Ahl-e-Sunnat sect.

* The management of Pakistan Steel had planned to establish a new residential phase named Phase-III but move on this proposal has not been witnessed.

Gulshan-e-Hadeed is one of the most popular residential area of Karachi. Most of the people work in Pakistan Steel. Gulshan-e-Hadeed is a relatively advanced living area of Bin Qasim Town. It is having almost all the facilities regarding business as well as living point of view. It was designed by a Russian engineers, who designed it very calculated. Residential houses are buit in such a way that the double road, which encircles all around the whole area, faces "C" block bungalows, which are the biggest area wise. Behind "C" block bungalows and facing the double roads that pass accross the area are "B" block houses which are of middle size. The core of the area is made up of small sized "A" block houses which are largest in number. By now, the houses facing the main artery of the area have been commercialized by the people. So one would see shops on both sides of the main road that passes through whole the area.

The population of Gulshan-e-Hadeed has been growing tremendously over couple of years due to heavy immigration from interior of Sindh and Punjab. The area is densely populated. The double and tripple-storey houses seem to be increasing in number. The price of houses ranges from approximately 2 million rupees to over 15 million.

Gulshan-e-Hadeed is also called a school town. According to one statistic, it is one of the towns in Pakistan which are having large number of schools and colleges. It is very beautiful and clean; streets and roads both are carpeted.

The people of Gulshan-e-Hadeed are highly educated and peace-loving. The People are fond of gardening. One would see a small lawn before each house. Most of the people belong to middle income group. The only drawback the residents of this area face is that this area is far away from the centre of Karachi city, almost more than 35 KM from Saddar Karachi, so the people who work in Karachi city face difficulty of transportation.

Much credit for development in Gulshan-e-Hadeed and Steel Town goes to its former Councillor and vice chairman of Union Council Darsano Channo (Late) Abdul Hameed Dahar. Main developments during his 13 years (1983 - 1996) service were opening of first 4 schools in Gulshan-e-Hadeed, financial contribution to various mosques, construction of roads including link road between Steel Town and Gulshan-e-Hadeed, Link road connecting national highway with super highway. Mr Dahar's name is still seen on various bus stops and parks in Gulshan-e-Hadeed which were made by him. His family is one of the respected and influential families living in the area of Gulshan-e-Hadeed and Bin Qasim.

There is a Quaid-e-Azam Park in Steel Town (at a distance of 2 KM from Gulshan-e-Hadeed) which is one of biggest and the beautiful parks of Karachi.

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External links

* [http://www.karachicity.gov.pk/ Karachi Website] .