Gulistan-e-Jauhar

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Gulistan-e-Jauhar (also Gulistan-e-Johar; Urdu: گلستانِ جوهر) is one of the major neighbourhoods of Gulshan Town in Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan and comes under the jurisdiction of UC10 Pehlwan Goth and Faisal Cantonment. It is surrounded by Gulshan-e-Iqbal on the North and West ends, Faisal Cantonment on the South, Malir Cantonment on the East and Jinnah International Airport on the South-East.

There are several ethnic groups in Gulshan Town including Urdu speakers, Punjabis, Sindhis, Kashmiris, Seraikis, Pakhtuns, Balochs, Memons, Bohras, Ismailis. Over 97% of the population is Muslim. The post code for Gulistan-e-Jauhar is 75290. The population of Gulshan Town is estimated to be 625,000.


Contents

[edit] Apartments In Gulistan-e-Jauhar

Gulistan-e-Jauhar has been traditionally linked with the high rise apartment buildings that have been present. One of the early ones include Jauhar Square and Abdullah Heights.

It is also home to one of the biggest apartment projects in Asia, including Faraz Avenue, Haroon Royal City, Rabia City, Rufi Lake Drive, Rufi Green City, Noman Grand City, Gulshan-e-Amin Towers,The most Vip Flats are Ahmed Residency(one of the best in past now not that much good) Decent Towers, Javed Hill view etc., and on average comprising of over 500 apartments each.


[edit] Bungalows in Gulistan-e-Jauhar

Gulistan-e-Jauhar also contains Bungalows which are located mainly in block 14,block 9 known as P.I.A Society biggest in wealth after Defence Housing Society of Defence.Some are located in Block 4 and Bungalows likes of Overseas Bunglows in Haroon Royal City . Also some minor Bungalows are located near Gulistan-e-Jauhar Bridge . Block 9 P.I.A society is these days attraction for those who dont have Bungalows its little underdevelopment but is the future of Bungalows of Gulistan-e-Jauhar whos prices are shooting up . Block 9 is the future in terms of Bungalows surrounded by mega projects likes of Bism Allaha Apartments and other mega projects flats being built there .


[edit] Places of worship

Since the area is predominantly Muslim, there are a large number of mosques around the area to serve the purpose. The major Eid gah is Jamia Darul Khair.The best areas of Gulistan-e-jauhar are block 10,9,11,12,13,14,15 and VIP blocks.There is a huge amount of development work going on in Gulistan-e-jauhar right now and all the central roads are again renewed.In Apartments there is a new kind of Apartments introduced in Gulistan-e-Jauhar by the name of Afnan Duplexes. Afnan Duplexes have been introduced in 2005 but Naveed Cottages which also includes Duplexes was developed in 1992.

[edit] Transportation

Gulistan-e-Jauhar has a good transportation connection to the rest of the city. Buses run at regular intervals to most parts of the city, including Saddar, Tower, Clifton, Defence, Tariq Road, Gulshan-e-Iqbal, Civic Center etc. All such busses go through Phelwan Goth and Block 9 of Gulistan-e-Jauhar.

Gulistan-e-Jauhar is also adjacent to Jinnah International Airport, one of the major airports in South Asia, handling around 6 million passengers every year.

Gulistan-e-Jauhar is also connected via the defunct. Karachi Circular Train. Although the train is out of service, the physical infrastructure stays and can be used for any similar future project.


[edit] Famous People

A lot of famous people live in Gulistan-e-Jauhar. It includes the likes of TV Anchors and Actors working on GEO television and other channels . Some future and promising Music bands are also living in Gulistan-e-Jauhar like new upcomming Band called Sentinels whose lead Singer Cobby aka Atif also lives in Gulistan-e-Jauhar

[edit] Utilities

A post office is located in Block-14, whereas, the PTCL Gulistan-e-Jauhar exchange is located in Block-13 (behind Rado shopping area). Most of the banks operating in Pakistan have their branches located in Gulistan-e-Jauhar including Standard Charted Bank, Habib Metropolitan Bank, CitiBank, MCB Bank, Meezan Bank, Soneri Bank etc. The most famous hospital in the vicinity is Dar-ul-sehat Hospital located in Block-15, whereas, other smaller medical facilities are also available.

[edit] See also

[edit] External links