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F.B.Area (Gulberg Town), Karachi

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F.B. Area (Gulberg Town) is defined by physical features such as Lyari River, Gujjar Nala, and Circular Railway Line. The population of the Union Councils is on the higher side because this is a developed area, thickly populated and further division beyond the Census Circle is not possible. Therefore, main roads were taken as boundaries of the Union Councils, which restricted the leverage available to create Union Councils of 50,000 populations.

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History

The town planning of Federal-B-Area dates back to the 1950s when Karachi was still the capital of Pakistan and many new neighborhoods were getting built up to house the employees of the federal government. The present-day neighborhoods of North Nazimabad and Federal-B-Area were all part of this vision to give Karachi a well planned capital city infrastructure. During Pervaiz Musharraf’s tenure, Federal-B-Area neighborhood was renamed again and it became Gulberg Town, but the original name still remains popular and also written as the address on postal mail.

Shahrah-e-Pakistan

Another aspect of Federal-B-Area’s geography is that Shahrah-i-Pakistan runs through it. This main artery of the city roughly bisects Federal-B-Area into two zones. The importance of Shahrah-i-Pakistan cannot be overlooked. It is the same road which runs from Karachi Port to all the way to Landi Kotal in NWFP.

Neighbourhoods

This council councillor name is Mudassir Hussain.

  • Samanabad (Karachi)
  • Aisha Manzil (Karachi)
  • Ancholi Karachi
  • Azizabad Karachi
  • Karimabad
  • Shafiq Mill Colony
  • Naseerabad
  • Water Pump
  • Yaseenabad
  • Dastagir
  • References

    F.B.Area (Gulberg Town), Karachi Wikipedia