Karachi East District () is an administrative district of Karachi Division created in 1972. As of the 2023 Pakistani census the population of Karachi East is 3,913,656.

In 2023, the Government of Sindh announced its intent to rename Karachi East District to Gulshan District () to align with its town name; however, there is as yet no indication that this has taken place.

History The district was established in 1972.

The district was abolished in 2000 as federal government formed City District Government Karachi as a result Karachi South District was divided into four towns namely:

Gulshan Town Jamshed Town Korangi Town Shah Faisal Town

On 11 July 2015, the Sindh Government restored Karachi East District., Published in The News Tribe on 11 July 2011, Retrieved on 7 August 2012

In November 2013, three eastern towns of Karachi East District separated to form a new District named Korangi also Jamshed Town of Karachi South District was added into this district. Now Karachi East comprises two towns: Jamshed and Gulshan.

In 2022, it was divided into five towns namely Sohrab Goth Town, Safoora Town, Gulshan Town, Jinnah Town and Chanesar Town with 43 union councils and 172 wards respectively.

Demographics

As of the 2023 census, Karachi East district has 659,389 households and a population of 3,921,742. The district has a sex ratio of 113.51 males to 100 females and a literacy rate of 80.07%: 81.31% for males and 78.65% for females. 933,514 (23.85% of the surveyed population) are under 10 years of age. The entire population lives in urban areas.

The majority religion is Islam, with 95.05% of the population. Christianity is practiced by 3.1% and Hinduism (including Scheduled Castes) is practiced by 1.57% of the population.

At the time of the 2023 census, 1,916,767 of the people spoke Urdu, 501,156 spoke Sindhi, 453,464 spoke Pashto, 407,425 Punjabi, 231,523 Saraiki, 91,034 Hindko, 71,312 Balochi and 240,975 others of total 3,913,656 as their first language.

Administrative Towns in Karachi East Following is the list of administrative towns of Karachi East District.

+Jinnah TownUnion CouncilU.C. 1 Pakistan QuartersU.C. 2 Soldier BazarU.C. 3 Patel ParaU.C. 4 Jamshed QuartersU.C. 5 Martin QuartersU.C. 6 Jamshed QuartersU.C. 7 BahadurabadU.C. 8 Delhi MercantileU.C. 9 Tunisia LineU.C. 10 Jacob LinesU.C. 11 Behind Jacob Lines

+Chanesar TownUnion CouncilU.C. 1 P.E.C.H.S. 2 U.C. 2 P.E.C.H.S. 6U.C. 3 MahmudabadU.C. 4 Manzoor ColonyU.C. 5 Manzoor Colony-IIU.C. 6 Jamshed QuartersU.C. 7 Akhtar ColonyU.C. 8 Chanesar Goth

+Sohrab Goth TownUnion CouncilU.C. 1 Al-Asif SquareU.C. 2 New Quetta TownU.C. 3 Sukhiya GothU.C. 4 Ayub GothU.C. 5 Khadim Hussain GothU.C. 6 AhsanabadU.C. 7 Yousuf Shah GothU.C. 8 Sabzi Mandi

+Safoora TownUnion CouncilU.C. 1 Abbas TownU.C. 2 Gulzar-e-HijriU.C. 3 Sachal GothU.C. 4 Al-Azhar GardenU.C. 5 Johar ComplexU.C. 6 Pehlwan GothU.C. 7 Gulistan-e-JoharU.C. 8 Safari Park

+Gulshan-e-Iqbal TownUnion CouncilU.C. 1 Essa NagriU.C. 2 Hassan SquareU.C. 3 Jamali ColonyU.C. 4 Zia-ull-Haq ColonyU.C. 5 New DhorajiU.C. 6 Metroville-IIIU.C. 7 Shanti NagarU.C. 8 National Stadium

Hospital and health care facilities There are several healthcare facilities in the East District, such as the Aga Khan University Hospital and Liaquat National Hospital.

Education Center There are several educational institutions in district east such as NED university of Engineering and Technology, University of Karachi, Dow University of Health Sciences (Ojha Campus) and many other big and small educational facilities.

See also Karachi

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