Machar Colony
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Machar Colony is one of the neighborhoods of Kiamari Town in Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan.
There are several ethnic groups in Kiamari Town including Urdu speakers, Punjabis, Sindhis, Kashmiris, Seraikis, Pakhtuns, Balochs, Memons, Bohras, Ismailis. Over 99% of the population is Muslim.
Machar Colony's total population is estimated to be over 700,000 people, majority of them being children between ages 5–15. This is an important figure, and has to be seen in conjunction with the fact that over 41 per cent of Karachi's population lives in katchi abadis. Machar Colony is also amongst the biggest (maybe the biggest) of Karachi's over 550 katchi abadis. Despite housing lacs, Machar Colony spans an area of four Sq. km. Most people in the Colony are employed as shrimp peelers, fishermen, fish cleaners, or labourers in the ship breaking industry. The few flourishing businessmen that the colony has produced are in the fishing business, which is almost exclusively dominated by the Bengalis, who are also guessed to be the majority in the colony. The other ethnicity that has a significant presence in the Colony are Sindhis.
