Qayyumabad (Urdu: قیوم آباد) is a suburb of Korangi Town in Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan. 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.
History
Qayyumabad is named after Begum Qayyum.
References
- 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
- 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 / 34.483; 72.483
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