Qayyumabad (Urdu: قیوم آباد) is a suburb of Korangi Town in Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan.[1] Confined within 109 acres, Qayyumabad is one of the most densely populated and polluted residential areas of Karachi. It is home to more than 70,000 people — including Pakhtun, Punjabi, Sindhi, Baloch and Urdu-speaking ethnicities, as well as Christians and scheduled caste Hindus. A report by Dawn suggests that DHA has illegally grabbed 53 acres belonging to Qayyumabad.[2]
History
editQayyumabad is named after Begum Qayyum.[3]
References
edit- ^ Shah Faisal - Government of Karachi Archived September 29, 2006, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Zaman, Fahim; Ali, Naziha Syed (22 August 2016). "Qayyumabad's long battle against DHA". Dawn. Retrieved 22 August 2016.
- ^ "کچے گھر تھے اور جھونپڑیاں..." Daily Jang.
External links
edit- Karachi website
- https://web.archive.org/web/20060613011024/http://www.karachicity.gov.pk/town/index.asp?txtTown=Korangi Korangi
34°29′N 72°29′E / 34.483°N 72.483°E
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