Gulshan District

Gulshan District
ضلع گلشن
District of Karachi
Karachi East
Etymology: District East
Map of Gulshan District (Karachi East)
Map of Gulshan District (Karachi East)
Country Pakistan
Province Sindh
DivisionKarachi
EstablishedAugust 1972; 52 years ago (August 1972)
AbolishedAugust 2001; 23 years ago (August 2001) (CDGK)
Restored11 July 2011; 13 years ago (11 July 2011)
Headquarters[1]DC East office
Towns
  • Ferozabad Town
  • Gulshan-e-Iqbal Town
  • Gulzar-e-Hijri Town
  • Jamshed Quarters Town
Government
 • TypeDistrict Administration
 • BodyGovernment of Karachi
 • ConstituencyNA-235 Karachi East-I
NA-236 Karachi East-II
NA-237 Karachi East-III
NA-238 Karachi East-IV
 • Deputy CommissionerAltaf Sheikh[4]
Area
 • Total139 km2 (54 sq mi)
Population
 (2023)[5]
 • Total3,913,656
 • Density28,000/km2 (73,000/sq mi)
DemonymKarachiite
Time zoneUTC+05:00 (PKT)
 • Summer (DST)DST is not observed
ZIP Code
75300
NWD (area) code021
ISO 3166 codePK-SD
CNIC Code of Gulshan District42201-XXXXXXX-X
Websitewww.dmceast.gos.pk

Gulshan District (formerly Karachi East) (Urdu: ضلع گلشن ) is an administrative district of Karachi Division created in 1972. As of 2023 Pakistani census population of Gulshan District is 3.9 million.

In 2023, the Government of Sindh renamed Karachi East District to Gulshan District to align with its famous town name.[6]

  1. ^ "ADMINISTRATIVE DISTRICTS". Commissioner Karachi Division. Archived from the original on 14 January 2019.
  2. ^ "Division of UCs in Karachi - Notification" (PDF). lgdsindh.gov.pk. Local Government & Housing Town Planning Department - Government of Sindh. 27 April 2023. Retrieved 29 December 2023.
  3. ^ "Karachi to have 26 towns, 233 union bodies under Sindh LG Act". Business Recorder (newspaper). 9 January 2022. Retrieved 22 January 2023.
  4. ^ "China always play key role in development, stability of Pakistan: Mayor Wahab". The Nation (newspaper). 14 December 2023. Retrieved 31 December 2023.
  5. ^ Cite error: The named reference 2023census was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  6. ^ "Four Karachi districts to be renamed". 29 March 2024. Retrieved 4 April 2024.