Safoora Town

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Safoora Town was created in 2022 as part of Karachi East District. [1]

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Safoora Town is a neighborhood in Karachi East district of Karachi, Pakistan. It is represented in the by Rashid Khaskheli. [2] The neighbourhood was previously administered as part of Jamshed Town, [3] which was disbanded in 2011. [1]

History

Safoora Goth (Urdu : صفورہ گوٹھ) is a neighborhood in the Karachi East district of Karachi, Pakistan. [2]

Safoora Goth or Safoora Chowk was previously administered as part of the Gulshan Town borough. [2] [4] [5]

In 2022, Karachi East District was divided into five towns namely Sohrab Goth Town, Safoora Town, Gulshan Town, Jinnah Town and Chanesar Town with 43 union councils and 172 wards respectively. [2] [1] [6]

Population

Safoora Town has a total population of 600,000. [1] [7]

Demography

There are several ethnic groups including Punjabis, Sindhis, Kashmiris, Seraikis, Pakhtuns, Balochis, Memons, Bohras Ismailis and Christians. [1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 Safoora, T. M. C. "Welcome to TMC Safoora". tmcsafoora.gos.pk. Retrieved 2025-04-11.
  2. 1 2 3 4 Safoora, T. M. C. "Welcome to TMC Safoora". tmcsafoora.gos.pk. Retrieved 2025-04-11.
  3. ↑ Jamshed Town - Government of Karachi Archived 2006-06-13 at the Wayback Machine
  4. ↑ "Safoora Goth is part of Gulshan Town, Karachi". City Government of Karachi website. Archived from the original on 13 June 2006. Retrieved 2 June 2022.
  5. ↑ "Sabeen Mahmud, Safoora Goth killers to be hanged". dawn.com. Dawn. 12 May 2016. Retrieved 9 December 2024.
  6. ↑ Jinnah, T. M. C. "Welcome to TMC Jinnah". tmcjinnah.gos.pk. Retrieved 2025-03-17.
  7. ↑ "Karachi delimitations: 25 towns, 233 UCs carved out in first phase". ARY NEWS. 2022-02-16. Retrieved 2022-02-17.
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