Old Golimar

Old Golimar (Sindhi: پُراڻي گوليمار), (Urdu: پرانا گولیمار) (new name is Gulbahar) is a neighborhood in the Karachi West district of Karachi, Pakistan. It is administered as part of the SITE Town neighbourhood.^[1]^[2]

Main areas

Old Golimar is divided into eighteen neighbourhoods as follows:

Abdullah Village
Aisha Manzil
Ali Muhammad Village
Badal Village
Central Muslimabad Village
Ghafoor Village
Ghulam Muhammad Village
Haji Pariya Village
Hingoro Village
Khaskheli Village
Mistri Khan Village
Moula Dad Village
Noor Muhammad Village
Qadeemi Village
Rakhsar Line
Saleh Muhammad Village
Shah Dost Village
Naik Muhammad Village
Rexer

Demographics

Several ethnic groups inhabit Old Golimar, including Pathans, Mohajirs, Sindhis, Baloch, Brohi, Punjabis.

Old Golimar is the centre of Karachi's Afridi & Sheedi community, who are now naturalized as Pathans while Sheedi community is assimilated into Sindhi and Baloch but they are of African descent.

Infrastructure

Old Golimar is one of the oldest parts of Karachi. It has few schools, substandard hospitals, a poor water system, limited infrastructure and broken roads.

Politics

Old Golimar has always been a stronghold of the ruling Pakistan People's Party. Now, a divide separates young and old. Imran Khan Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf is popular among the young.

Sports

Football

Old Golimar supports some 15 registered football clubs, including Wali Afridi, Makran Sports, Parwana Sports, Golimar Azad, Balochistan Raiders.

During Ramadan, a football festival takes place in Old Golimar.

Cricket

Cricket became popular in Old Golimar after the 1996 World Cup, When Pakistan co-hosted the event with India, the cricket team BL-Sports from Noor Mohammad and Saleh Mohammad Village areas became popular.

Most of them amateur players who do not play on senior teams.

Popular players include Mustafa (Murali), Faheem (Sachin), Nasir Ali, Javed Ali, Haroon Shad, Akbar Dad, Mohsin Ali, Adeel Afzal, Akram Sabzal, Asad Abbasi Ahsan Ali, Akbar JR, Qaiser Abbasi, Kaleemullah Khan Tareen, Abdullah Tareen, Amin Baloch, Younas Baloch, Kamil Baloch, Salman Baloch and Saqib Aashiq Baloch.

Sameer Sports Cricket Club 1996 until 2016.

Asghar Ali Memorial Sports Cricket Club.

B-L-Sports Cricket Club 1996 until 2013.

Bulaidi Sports Cricket Club.

Schools

Old Golimar has a government school named K.B Conductor Girls School.

White Rose Academy is a private school.

Bright way is a public school.

Rehman Public School is a private school in Old Golimar.

Iqra Public School is also a public school but it is very low in it standards.

Graveyards

Muslim Graveyard Mewa Shah Graveyard
Gujarati community Shamshan Ghaat
Hindu crematorium

Religious buildings

Main Masjid (Mosque) of Old Golimar Rashidun Caliphs

Noorani Masjid (Mosque)at Noor Mohammad Village.

Qadeemi Masjid (Mosque) at Qadeemi Muhallah.

Afghani Masjid (Mosque) at Mistri Khan Village.

Allah Wali Masjid (Mosque) at Rexerline.

Usmania Masjid (Mosque) at Abdullah Gorgage Village

Mustufa Masjid (mosque) at rexer line

References

^ "Old Golimar of SITE Town". Karachi City Government website. Archived from the original on 11 January 2010. Retrieved 18 April 2023.
^ Water shortage (in Old Golimar, SITE Town) Dawn (newspaper), Published 11 February 2020, Retrieved 19 April 2023

External links

24°53′18.1″N 67°01′18.5″E / 24.888361°N 67.021806°E / 24.888361; 67.021806

[1] "Old Golimar of SITE Town". Karachi City Government website. Archived from the original on 11 January 2010. Retrieved 18 April 2023.

[2] Water shortage (in Old Golimar, SITE Town) Dawn (newspaper), Published 11 February 2020, Retrieved 19 April 2023

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