Nazimabad
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Nazimabad (Urdu: ناظم آباد) is a suburb of Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan.
Nazimabad was developed in the early 1950s to settle Muslim refugees in Pakistan. This suburb was named after Khawaja Nazimuddin who was the second Governor-General of Pakistan, and later the second Prime Minister of Pakistan as well.
In late 1950s, the northern extension of Nazimabad, North Nazimabad, was developed as a residential area for federal government employees. But in the early 1960s the capital of Pakistan was transferred from Karachi to newly developed capital Islamabad.
Nazimabad is divided into five residential blocks with two additional blocks are made bus stops namely Nazimabad Block 6 and Nazimabad Block 7. Block 1-5 is only for residential purpose. Block 4 of Nazimabad has the largest category of plots with size ranging from 240-2000 sq. yards.
After Devolution Plan was implemented in 2001, Karachi Division was divided into 18 towns. A large part of Nazimabad was made part of the Liaquatabad Town. While North Nazimabad was named as one of the towns of Karachi. Block 1,2,3,4,6 and 7 were made part of Liaquatabad Town while block 5 and locality of Paposh Nagar was made part of North Nazimabad Town.
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