Gulgasht Colony (Punjabi/Urdu: گُلگشت کولونی) is an area of Multan in the Punjab province of Pakistan. It is located at 30°13'11N 71°28'16E at an altitude of 118 metres (390 ft), [1] and is the location of a large police station.[2]
The colony has a number of educational institutions. Government College, Multan (also known as Bosan Road College) is the oldest institute of learning of Multan. Various public and private schools and colleges provide education up to graduation level, including Punjab College for Women at Bosan Road. There are several private schools and colleges which follow foreign curricula like the British GCE Ordinary Level/Advanced level and the IB within the city. The institutes like La Salle High School, Multan Public School and College, Girls Public School and College, Jinnah Highs, Bloomfield Hall, Nishat High School, Zikrya Public School and Beacon House attract students from all over Southern Punjab. Multan Public School and College with its 97-acre (390,000 m2) campus is one of the largest and better public schools in Pakistan.
Bahauddin Zakariya University formerly known as Multan University is the main source of higher education for this region.
This colony is also Popular Business Centre of the City after old Chowk Bazar and Cantt shopping areas.
Up to 1970 there was only one school i.e. Aligarh Model School. There was no clinic of any doctor. Only one medical store naming Mannan Medical Store near Gool Bagh. There were only three barber shops: one in Gardaizi market, other in Mubeen market and yet another near Gool bagh. There were about eight shops encircling Jalal Masjid. Tongas was the only available means of travelling. There were two water tanks of water for horses at Jalal Masjid Chowk. Even ice was not available. However in the evening two men used to come from city to sell ice on their carts. No book shop. Very peaceful atmosphere but now it becomes the educational head quarter of Multan. It is the area of sky scrappers.Its sky line is just like heaven on earth