List of cemeteries in Karachi
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In (Urdu: قبرستان) is graveyard or cemetery. Qabar means grave. There are total 203 graveyards in Karachi.[1] Of them, 184 are for Muslims and 19 for non-Muslims. 90 fall under the control of City District Government Karachi, while 106 are looked after by societies such as the DHA, PQA, CAA and Steel Mills.[1]
List of cemeteries in Karachi
[edit]Historical
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General
[edit]Muslims
[edit]- C1 Area Graveyard, Liaquatabad Town
- Al Fatah Graveyard, Karachi
- Ali Bagh Graveyard, Naya Abad Liyari
- Azeemia Graveyard, Surjani Town
- Azeempura Cemetery, Shah Faisal Colony
- Azizabad Graveyard, Sector 14-C, Orangi Town
- Bagh-e-Ahmed (AMC Karachi Chapter Cemetery)
- Bangali Para Grave Yard
- Boor Bagh Qabrastan,
- Chhipa Qabrastsn, SITE Town
- Children's Graveyard, Jamshed Town
- Defence View Graveyard, Clifton Cantonment
- DHA Phase VIII Graveyard, D.H.A.
- Essa Nagri Graveyard, Main Sir Shah Suleman Road (officially declared closed)
- Fauji Qabrastan, D.H.A.
- Gizri Graveyard, D.H.A.
- Graveyard, Landhi Town
- Graveyard (University of Karachi)
- Grave Yards of Kaneez Fatima Society, Surjani Town
- Gulshan-e-Bahar Graveyard, Sector 16-C, Orangi Town
- Gulshan-e_Latif sec9, (Korangi Town
- Gulshan-e-Zia Graveyard, Sector 11½, Orangi Town
- Haji Mohd Sarbazi _Qabrastan, SITE Town
- Ibrahim Hydri Graveyard, Korangi Town
- Ismail Goth Graveyard, Landhi No.2
- Jamaat-e-Gujrati Saudagaran Graveyard, Baldia Town
- Jannatul Baqi Cemetery, Hub River Road, S.I.T.E.
- Jannat-ul-Baqee Graveyard, Orangi Town
- Katchi Sonara Qabristan, Baldia Town
- Khajji Ground Graveyard, Liaquatabad Town
- Khamosh Colony Graveyard, Liaquatabad Town
- Bagh e Korangi QabristanLandhi Town
- Khoja Graveyard, Karachi
- Korangi 6 Graveyard, Korangi Town
- Khursheed Pura Graveyad,
- Leemo Goth Graveyard, Haji Leemo Goth, Gulshan-e-Iqbal
- Masoom Shah Small Graveyard, Jamshed Town
- Mahmoodabad Graveyard, Jamshed Town
- Meeran Maa Graveyard
- Metroville III Graveyard, Metroville III, Gulshan-e-Iqbal
- Mewashah Cemetery (officially declared closed)
- Mewa Shah Graveyard, Karachi
- Mian Goth Cemetery, Malir Town
- Miran Pir Graveyard, Lyari Town
- Moachh Graveyard, Baldia Town
- Model Colony Cemetery (New), Malir Town
- Model Colony Cemetery (Old), Malir Town
- Mohajir Camp Graveyard, Karachi
- Muhammad Shah Grave Yard, North Karachi
- New Graveyard, Bin Qasim Town
- New Karachi Cemetery, New Karachi
- Noorani Graveyard, Korangi Town
- Old Morraro Cemetery, S.I.T.E.
- P.E.C.H.S. Cemetery, Tariq Road (officially declared closed)
- Pakistan Steel Graveyard, Bin Qasim Town
- Paposh Nagar Graveyard (officially declared closed)
- Sakhi Hassan Cemetery, North Nazimabad (officially declared closed)
- Peer Bukhari Graveyard, Mannoo Goth, Gulshan-e-Iqbal
- Pehalwan Goth Graveyard, Pehalwan Goth, Gulistan-e-Johar
- Qabrastan No.5, Bin Qasim Town
- Qasbah Colony Graveyard, North Nazimabad
- Qayyumabad Graveyard, Clifton Cantonment
- Rehri Graveyard,
- Saudabad Cemetery, Malir Town (officially declared closed)
- Shafiq Pura Graveyard - Palm Grove Baldia Town
- Shah Faisal Cemetery(Colony Gate), Shahrah-e-Faisal (officially declared closed)
- Shanti Nagar Graveyard, Dalmia Road, Shanti Nagar
- Sindhi, Graveyard, Liaquatabad Town
- Mula Bux Graveyard, Redhi Goth, Landhi Town
- Wadi-e-Hussain Cemetery, Super Highway (Wadi-e-Hussain.com)
- Zia Colony Graveyard, Orangi Town
Christian
[edit]- Azam Town Graveyard, Jamshed Town
- Christian Graveyard, Landhi Town
- Christians Cemetery, Malir Town
- Christian Cemetery, Orangi Town
- Christian Cemetery 2, Orangi Town
- Gora Qabaristan, Shahrah-e-Faisal.
Jewish
[edit]Others
[edit]- Karachi World War 2 Cemetery Faisal Cantonment
- Naval Cemetery Faisal Cantonment
Zoroastrian (Parsi)
[edit]- Tower of Silence, Mehmoodabad
Famous mausoleums
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- Abdullah Shah Ghazi Mazar, Clifton (mausoleum of Karachi's Sufi Saint)
- Mazar-e-Quaid, M.A. Jinnah Road Final resting place of Muhammad Ali Jinnah, Founder of Pakistan.
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b Reporter, The Newspaper's Staff (2021-09-08). "Sindh CM Murad asks DCs to scrutinise domiciles, PRCs issued in three years". DAWN.COM. Retrieved 2021-09-08.