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In (Urdu: قبرستان) is graveyard or cemetery. Qabar means grave. There are total 203 graveyards in Karachi. 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.
List of cemeteries in Karachi
Historical
General
Muslims
- 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], 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
- 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
Others
- Karachi World War 2 Cemetery Faisal Cantonment
- Naval Cemetery Faisal Cantonment
Zoroastrian (Parsi)
- Tower of Silence, Mehmoodabad
Famous mausoleums
- 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
References
- ^ 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.
External links
- Graveyards — a neglected social issue - Review DAWN.com
- Graveyards in Gulshan-e-Iqbal Town
- Jewish Graveyard