Boat Basin Park

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Boat Basin Park
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The park at the Boat Basin was renamed in 2010 by President Zardari.
Boat Basin Park
Location Clifton, Karachi, Block 6
Coordinates 24°49′11″N67°01′17″E / 24.8197°N 67.0214°E / 24.8197; 67.0214
Area55 acres [1]
Created1960s

The Boat Basin Park, officially known as Shaheed Benazir Bhutto Park, is situated at Boat Basin, Clifton, Karachi. In the 1960s, the Karachi Development Authority built the 55 acre park. It was then owned by the Karachi Metropolitan Corporation and the Government of Karachi. [2] [3]

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The COM3 Plaza high-rise was illegally built on land designated for parking at Shaheed Benazir Bhutto Park. [4]

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References

  1. ↑ "DMC South Parks". Karachi Metropolitan Corporation. Karachi Metropolitan Corporation. Retrieved 18 February 2025.
  2. ↑ Karachi: City govt, KPT fight over land Dawn (newspaper), Published 5 September 2007, Retrieved 8 November 2022
  3. ↑ "Karachi: KPT set to develop disputed Boat Basin site". Dawn (newspaper). 15 November 2007. Retrieved 8 November 2022.
  4. ↑ Jehangir, Javaid (2018). "Performance Audit Report on Shaheed Benazir Bhutto Park, Boat Basin, Karachi" (PDF). Islamabad: Auditor-General of Pakistan. p. 14. Retrieved 18 February 2025.
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