Gulberg Town (Sindhi and Urdu: گلبرگ) lies in the northern part of Karachi, Pakistan. Gulberg Town was formed in 2001 as part of the Local Government Ordinance 2001, and was subdivided into 11 union councils. The town system was disbanded in 2011,[1] and Gulberg Town was re-organized as part of Karachi Central District in 2015 and the Karachi Towns were restored in early 2022.[2]
There are 613,724 people in Gulberg Subdivision of which 502,002 spoke Urdu, 26,576 Pashto, 21,243 Punjabi, 15,542 Saraiki, 13,310 Sindhi & 35,051 others
The federal government introduced local government reforms in the year 2000, which eliminated the previous "third tier of government" (administrative divisions) and replaced it with the fourth tier (districts). The effect in Karachi was the dissolution of the former Karachi Division in 2001, and the merging of its five districts to form a new Karachi City-District with eighteen autonomous constituent towns including Gulberg Town. In 2011, the system was disbanded but remained in place for bureaucratic administration until 2015, when the Karachi Metropolitan Corporation system was reintroduced. In 2015, Gulberg Town was re-organized as part of Karachi Central district.[4]
It is worth mentioning that Aisha Manzil was the name of a single story bungalow that that was built in late sixties just opposite the road where Arshi cinema was built later on.
Education and academia
Apart from the socio-economic diversification, this town had the distinction of being one of the most literate middle/upper middle class parts of the city along with North Nazimabad Town. There were numerous coaching centres in Gulberg Town.
"Markaz-e-Umeed" (The Hope Center) is one of the oldest schools for intellectually disabled children in Pakistan, established in 1971.
Hospitals
Tabba Heart Institute
Habib Medical Center
Aga Khan Hospital for Women Karimabad (Ayesha Manzil)
