Gulshan-e-Hadeed

Gulshan-e-Hadeed (Urdu: گلشن هدید ) is a neighborhood of Bin Qasim Town in Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan.

Gulshan-e-Hadeed is dominted by Jamaat-e-Islami. The ethnic groups in Gulshan-e-Hadeed include Muhajirs, Sindhis, Kashmiris, Seraikis, Pakhtuns, Balochs, Memons, Bohras, and Ismailis. Over 99 percent of the population is Muslim.

Located on the edge of the National Highway, Gulshan-e-Hadeed is a 30-minute drive from Karachi’s Jinnah International Airport. Areas adjacent to Gulshan-e-Hadeed include Steel Town, Pipri, and Shah Latif Town.

Phases

Gulshan-e-Hadeed is divided into four parts:

• Phase I is a commercial and residential area. It includes about 2500 houses and a centrally located main commercial market that comprises many shops. In the center of Phase I is a mosque called the Jamia Masjid Dayare Habib Trust. It is among the largest mosques in Karachi, and it regularly gathers more than 5000 people at Friday prayers.
• Phase II is a residential and commercial area, comprising more than 4000 houses. Phase II has local small markets, called "L markets", in each neighbourhood. There are fourteen such markets in Phase II.
• Phase II Extension, into which residents are moving.
• Phase III, which has yet to be developed.

Near the L-2 market is a school, the Jamiah Masjid Bab-e-Rehmat.

Most of the residents of Gulshan-e-Hadeed work in Pakistan Steel Mills. Gulshan-e-Hadeed provides almost all necessary facilities for business, as well as education. Its streets and roads both are paved.^{[citation needed]}

The structure of Gulshan-e-Hadeed was carefully designed by Russian engineers. Residential houses are built in such a way that the double road, which encircles the whole area, faces "C" block bungalows, which are the largest in area. Behind "C" block bungalows and facing the double roads that pass across the area are "B" block houses which are of middle size. The core of the area is made up of small "A" block houses, which are the most numerous type. By now, the houses facing the main artery of the area have been commercialized by owners, so now shops are present on both sides of the main road that passes through the area.

The population of Gulshan-e-Hadeed has been growing tremendously due to heavy immigration from the interior of Sindh and other provinces. The area is densely populated. Two- and three-storey houses seem to be increasing in number.

Gulshan-e-Hadeed is also called a school town. According to one estimation, it is one of the towns in Pakistan with the largest number of schools and colleges.

Quaid-e-Azam Park is located in Steel Town, at a distance of 2 kilometres from Gulshan-e-Hadeed. On holidays, the park is a popular destination for people from Gulshan-e-Hadeed, as well as from all over Karachi.

External links

• Karachi Website.