Sohrab Goth Town[1] (Urdu: سہراب گوٹھ) is a suburban area in the Malir district of Karachi, Pakistan, that previously was a part of Gadap Town until 2011.[2] It acts as an entry point to Karachi from the rest of Pakistan. There is a bridge over the Lyari River connecting other areas of Karachi to Sohrab Goth. Bridge building started in 2000 and was completed in 2006.
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Sohrab Goth is an illegal goth settlement on encroached land public land built in 1970s.[3][4]
The 2019 Azadi March commenced from this city.[5]
Population
editSohrab Goth Town has a total population of 428,000.[1]
Demography
editSohrab Goth is the Pashtun-dominated area. Other ethnic-groups include Sindhi, Muhajirs, Punjabis, Kashmiris, Saraikis, Balochs, Memons, etc.
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ a b "Karachi delimitations: 25 towns, 233 UCs carved out in first phase". ARY NEWS. 2022-02-16. Retrieved 2022-02-17.
- ^ Baldia Town Archived 2006-02-19 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Illegal constructions: Encroachments in Sohrab Goth removed
- ^ Aghans in Karachi
- ^ Ali, Imtiaz; Ghazali, Shahid; Ali Shah, Syed; Hussein Khan, Mohammad; Hussein, Javed. "JUI-F's 'Azadi March' sets out for Islamabad from Karachi's Sohrab Goth area-Pakistan". Dawn. Archived from the original on 9 March 2020. Retrieved 27 October 2019.
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