Bahria Town Karachi | |
|---|---|
 Bahria Town Karachi Gate | |
  Bahria Town Karachi Location in Pakistan | |
| Coordinates: 25°00′N 67°19′E / 25.000°N 67.317°E | |
| Country | Pakistan |
| State | Sindh |
| District | Malir |
| Government | |
| • Type | Privately owned and managed |
| Area | |
| • Total | 186 km2 (72 sq mi) |
| Population (2022) | |
| • Total | 100,000+ |
| Time zone | PST |
| Size | 46,000 acres[1] |
Bahria Town Karachi is a privately owned gated suburb just off the M-9 Motorway northeast of Karachi, Pakistan.[2] The suburb is being developed by the Bahria Town Group, and occupies over 46,000 acres (72 sq mi; 19,000 ha). Construction started in 2014 and will continue.
The community includes the Grand Jamia Mosque, which is planned to be the world's third largest,[3] and the Rafi Cricket Stadium, the country's largest, designed by GMW Architects. Bahria Town has the Danzoo which is the largest zoo in Karachi. It has Bahria Adventura which is the largest theme park in Karachi. It has multiple schools, colleges, universities, hospitals, parks, monuments, cinemas and shopping malls.[4][5][6][7] The community is divided by the 25-kilometre-long (16 mi), 400-foot-wide (120 m), 18-lane, Jinnah Avenue.[8][9] The community will be energy independent with a coal-fired and an LNG-powered electricity generation plant, in partnership with K-Electric.[10][11] It is also home to a 36-hole United States Golf Association standard golf course.
The community consists of over 60 precincts and is planned to house around one million people.[12][13] The town will be connected to I. I. Chundrigar Road by a Karachi Metrobus route in the future.[14][15][16] In 2019, Bahria Town Karachi demanded unplanned 35% development charges, which were later inferred for an unknown period.[16]
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- ^ "Mega project: Karachi to get coal, LNG-based power plants, says Malik Riaz - The Express Tribune". The Express Tribune. Retrieved 2016-04-18.
- ^ "Bahria Town, KElectric ink agreement on power plants for Karachi". www.geo.tv. Retrieved 2016-06-11.
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- ^ "Possession ahead of time: Bahria Town offers excellence, affordability - The Express Tribune". The Express Tribune. 2016-04-01. Retrieved 2016-06-11.
- ^ "Bahria Town to build 54km expressway in Karachi: Malik Riaz". www.geo.tv. Retrieved 2016-06-11.
- ^ "Bus Rapid Transit only solution to Karachi traffic woes: Penelosa - The Express Tribune". The Express Tribune. 2015-03-26. Retrieved 2016-06-11.
- ^ a b Monitoring Cell, Bahria Town Karachi Exploitation (2020-06-06). "Bahria Town Karachi — Additional Unplanned Development Charges". www.medium.com. Retrieved 2020-06-06.