List of cemeteries in Karachi

In (Urdu: قبرستان) is graveyard or cemetery. Qabar means grave. There are total 203 graveyards in Karachi.[1] Of them, 184 are for Muslims and 19 for non-Muslims. 90 fall under the control of City District Government Karachi, while 106 are looked after by societies such as the DHA, PQA, CAA and Steel Mills.[1]

List of cemeteries in Karachi

Historical

Graves and Tombs at Chaukundi
  • Chaukhandi Tombs
  • Karachi War Cemetery
KWGC Cemetery Karachi 2005

General

Muslims

  • C1 Area Graveyard, Liaquatabad Town
  • Al Fatah Graveyard, Karachi
  • Ali Bagh Graveyard, Naya Abad Liyari
  • Azeemia Graveyard, Surjani Town
  • Azeempura Cemetery, Shah Faisal Colony
  • Bagh-e-Ahmed (AMC Karachi Chapter Cemetery)
  • Bangali Para Grave Yard
  • Boor Bagh Qabrastan,
  • Chhipa Qabrastsn, SITE Town
  • Children's Graveyard, Jamshed Town
  • Defence View Graveyard, Clifton Cantonment
  • DHA Phase VIII Graveyard, D.H.A.
  • Essa Nagri Graveyard, Main Sir Shah Suleman Road (officially declared closed)
  • Fauji Qabrastan, D.H.A.
  • Gizri Graveyard [d], D.H.A.
  • Graveyard, Landhi Town
  • Graveyard (University of Karachi)
  • Grave Yards of Kaneez Fatima Society, Surjani Town
  • Gulshan-e_Latif sec9, (Korangi Town
  • Haji Mohd Sarbazi _Qabrastan, SITE Town
  • Ibrahim Hydri Graveyard, Korangi Town
  • Ismail Goth Graveyard, Landhi No.2
Jannatul Baqi Graveyard at Hub River Road, S.I.T.E.

Christian

Jewish

Others

Zoroastrian (Parsi)

  • Tower of Silence, Mehmoodabad

Famous mausoleums

Mazar-e-Quaid – the Tomb of Jinnah; National Mausoleum of Pakistan

See also

References

  1. ^ a b Reporter, The Newspaper's Staff (2021-09-08). "Sindh CM Murad asks DCs to scrutinise domiciles, PRCs issued in three years". DAWN.COM. Retrieved 2021-09-08.

External links

  • Graveyards — a neglected social issue - Review DAWN.com
  • Graveyards in Gulshan-e-Iqbal Town
  • Jewish Graveyard