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Safoora Goth Town

Safoora Chowk
صفورہ چوک
Neighbourhood
Safoora Chowrangi, Karachi
Safoora Chowrangi, Karachi
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Country Pakistan
CityKarachi
DistrictKarachi East
Time zoneUTC+5 (PST)

Safoora Goth (Urdu: صفورہ گوٹھ) is a neighborhood in the Karachi East district of Karachi, Pakistan.

Safoora Goth or Safoora Chowk was previously administered as part of the Gulshan Town borough.[1][2][3][4][5]

Town Municipal Committee

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As per the Sindh Local Government Act, 2021, Sindh government replaced the previous seven District Municipal Corporations (DMCs) with 26 towns, each with its own municipal committee. Karachi East District has five towns.[6][7][8][9][10][11]

History

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Safoora Town was created in 2022 as part of Karachi East District.[12]

Safoora Town is a neighborhood in Karachi East district of Karachi, Pakistan. It is represented in the by Rashid Khaskheli.[3] The neighbourhood was previously administered as part of Jamshed Town,[13] which was disbanded in 2011.[12]

In 2022, Karachi East District was divided into five towns namely Sohrab Goth Town, Safoora Town, Gulshan Town, Jinnah Town and Chanesar Town with 43 union councils and 172 wards respectively.[3][12][14]

Safoora Town has a total population of 600,000.[12][15]

There are several ethnic groups including Punjabis, Sindhis, Kashmiris, Seraikis, Pakhtuns, Balochis, Memons, Bohras Ismailis and Christians.[12]

In 2022, Karachi East District was divided into five towns namely Sohrab Goth Town, Safoora Town, Gulshan Town, Jinnah Town and Chanesar Town with 43 union councils and 172 wards respectively.[16]

References

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  1. ^ "Safoora Goth is part of Gulshan Town, Karachi". City Government of Karachi website. Archived from the original on 13 June 2006. Retrieved 2 June 2022.
  2. ^ "Sabeen Mahmud, Safoora Goth killers to be hanged". dawn.com. Dawn. 12 May 2016. Retrieved 9 December 2024.
  3. ^ a b c Safoora, T. M. C. "Welcome to TMC Safoora". tmcsafoora.gos.pk. Retrieved 11 April 2025.
  4. ^ "Safoora Goth is part of Gulshan Town, Karachi". City Government of Karachi website. Archived from the original on 13 June 2006. Retrieved 2 June 2022.
  5. ^ "Sabeen Mahmud, Safoora Goth killers to be hanged". dawn.com. Dawn. 12 May 2016. Retrieved 9 December 2024.
  6. ^ Maher, Mahim (20 July 2022). "All of Karachi's local government UC maps in one place". Aaj English TV. Retrieved 1 September 2025.
  7. ^ Rizwan (18 June 2023). "PPP to rule TMCs of rural, underprivileged areas while JI, PTI to govern most urban TMCs". www.thenews.com.pk. Retrieved 1 September 2025.
  8. ^ Mirbahar, TMC Moriro. "Welcome to TMC Moriro Mirbahar". tmcmirbahar.gos.pk. Retrieved 1 September 2025.
  9. ^ Siddiqui, Tahir (17 January 2023). "Three-tier municipal set-up of Karachi". Dawn. Retrieved 20 September 2025.
  10. ^ Mehdi, Sajjad (15 June 2023). "Who controls Karachi 25 towns". Aaj English TV. Retrieved 20 September 2025.
  11. ^ Maher, Mahim (20 July 2022). "All of Karachi's local government UC maps in one place". Aaj English TV. Retrieved 20 September 2025.
  12. ^ a b c d e Safoora, T. M. C. "Welcome to TMC Safoora". tmcsafoora.gos.pk. Retrieved 11 April 2025.
  13. ^ Jamshed Town - Government of Karachi Archived 2006-06-13 at the Wayback Machine
  14. ^ Jinnah, T. M. C. "Welcome to TMC Jinnah". tmcjinnah.gos.pk. Retrieved 17 March 2025.
  15. ^ "Karachi delimitations: 25 towns, 233 UCs carved out in first phase". ARY NEWS. 16 February 2022. Retrieved 17 February 2022.
  16. ^ Jinnah, T. M. C. "Welcome to TMC Jinnah". tmcjinnah.gos.pk. Retrieved 17 March 2025.
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