Jamshed Road Area, Karachi

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Jamshed Town جمشید ٹاؤن جمشيد ٽائون‎
Municipality
Union councils of Jamshed Town
Country	Pakistan
Province	Sindh
City District	Karachi
Established	14 August 2001
Union Councils	13 Akhtar Colony Azam Basti Central Jacob Lines Chanesar Goth Garden East Jamshed Quarters Jut Line Mahmudabad Manzoor Colony Pakistan Quarters P.E.C.H.S. P.E.C.H.S. II Soldier Bazar
Government
• Type	Karachi Municipal Government
Population  (2017 Census of Pakistan) [1]
• Total	2,909,921 (population of Karachi East District including Jamshed Town)
Office Location	Town Municipal Office, Block-B, Sindhi Muslim Society, Karachi.

Jamshed Town ^[2] (Urdu : جمشيد ڻاؤن ) lies in the Karachi East District of Karachi, in Pakistan's Sindh province. To the northwest is Liaquatabad Town across the Lyari River, while to the east is Gulshan Town and to the southeast is Korangi Town across the Malir River. Jamshed Town is bordered by Karachi Cantonment and Clifton Cantonment to the west.

History

Jamshed Town was named after Jamshed Nusserwanjee Mehta. In 1922, he was elected president of the Karachi Municipality, an office which he occupied till October 1932. He was born in 1886 in Karachi and died on 8 August 1952. ^[3]

The federal government introduced local government reforms in the year 2000, which eliminated the previous third tier of government (administrative divisions) and raised the fourth tier (districts) to become the new third tier. The effect in Karachi was the dissolution of the former Karachi Division and the merger of its five districts into a new Karachi City-District with 26 autonomous constituent towns including Jamshed Town. As of the 2024 Pakistan General Elections, the PS-105 constituency is represented by Pakistan Peoples Party's Saeed Ghani.

Economy

Jamshed Town is the most populated town in Karachi. Karachi's most popular market Tariq Road, is located in PECHS, Jamshed Town.

Neighbourhoods of Jamshed Town

• Abyssinia Lines
• Akhtar Colony ^[4]
• Azam Basti ^[4]
• Baloch Colony
• Baltistani Society
• Catholic Colony No. 1
• Central Jacob Lines ^[4]
• Chanesar Goth
• Cincinnatus Town
• Defence View
• DMCHS (Delhi Mercantile Cooperative Housing Society)
• Firozabad
• Garden East
• Garden West
• Gulistan-e-Zafar
• Jamshed Quarters ^[4]
• Jut Line
• Mahmudabad ^[4]
• Manzoor Colony
• Nursery
• Pakistan Quarters
• Patel Para
• P.E.C.H.S. (Pakistan Employees Co-operative Housing Society)
• P.E.C.H.S. II (Pakistan Employees Co-operative Housing Society) ^[4]
• Sindh Muslim Cooperative Housing Society
• Sohrab Katrak Parsi Colony
• Soldier Bazaar

See also

• Pakistan portal

• Karachi Local Government
• Panchmukhi Hanuman Temple

References

1. "Jamhed Town population per 2017 Census of Pakistan". Citypopulation.de website. Archived from the original on 29 June 2020. Retrieved 11 June 2023.
2. "KARACHI: City govt, Jamshed town issued notices". Dawn (newspaper). 20 March 2003. Retrieved 11 June 2023.
3. The real Father of Karachi (it's not who you think) Dawn (newspaper)
4. "Jamshed Town, Karachi, Pakistan". City District Government of Karachi (CDGK) website. Archived from the original on 13 June 2006. Retrieved 11 June 2023.

External links

• Karachi City website - Archived
• Jamshed Town - Archived