Bin Qasim Town
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Bin Qasim Town is a town located in the southeastern part of Karachi along the Arabian Sea and the Indus River delta. The town and the adjacent Port Qasim are named after Muhammad bin Qasim who conquered large parts of Pakistan in the eighth century CE. Bin Qasim is bordered by Gadap Town to the north, Thatta District and the Indus River to the east, the Arabian Sea to the south and the Malir River and the towns of Landhi, Malir, and Korangi Cantonment to the west. The town had a population of about 315,000 at the 1998 census, of which 97% are Muslim and include several ethnic groups - Muhajirs, Punjabis, Sindhis, Kashmiris, Seraikis, Pakhtuns, Balochs, Memons, Bohras and Ismailis.
Neighbourhoods of Bin Qasim
•Cattle Colony
•Gaghar
•Gulshan-e-Hadeed
•Ibrahim Hyderi
•Landhi Colony
•Quaidabad
•Rehri
•Shah Latif Town
Trade and industry
The port of Bin Qasim was built in the 1970s to relieve pressure on the Port of Karachi and is today the second largest port of Pakistan. The port is surrounded by a large industrial area which includes the Pakistan Steel Mills complex in Gulshan-e-Hadeed, Pakistan Machine Tool Factory (PMTF) and the Zulfiqarabad Oil Terminal as well as the nearby industrial estate in Landhi Town. The two neighbourhoods of Ibrahim Hyderi and Rehri are focussed on the fishing industry, complemented by the nearby Korangi Fish Harbour.
Neighbourhoods of Bin Qasim
•Cattle Colony
•Gaghar
•Gulshan-e-Hadeed
•Ibrahim Hyderi
•Landhi Colony
•Quaidabad
•Rehri
•Shah Latif Town
Trade and industry
The port of Bin Qasim was built in the 1970s to relieve pressure on the Port of Karachi and is today the second largest port of Pakistan. The port is surrounded by a large industrial area which includes the Pakistan Steel Mills complex in Gulshan-e-Hadeed, Pakistan Machine Tool Factory (PMTF) and the Zulfiqarabad Oil Terminal as well as the nearby industrial estate in Landhi Town. The two neighbourhoods of Ibrahim Hyderi and Rehri are focussed on the fishing industry, complemented by the nearby Korangi Fish Harbour.
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bin_Qasim_Town
Nearby cities:
Coordinates: 24°50'49"N 67°20'5"E
- Gulshan-e-Iqbal Town 34 km
- Bahria Town Karachi 37 km
- Taiser Town 37 km
- Gadap Town 59 km
- Nushki 547 km
- Dalbandin Western Sanjrani Agencey 548 km
- Sur 841 km
- Ibra 931 km
- Ar-Rustaq 1026 km
- Liwa 1097 km
- Pakistan Steel Mills 3.6 km
- Pakistan Steel Mills 4.8 km
- Mangrove forest 8.5 km
- Port Qasim eastern industrial zone 10 km
- Mangrove forest 12 km
- Mangrove forest 13 km
- Deh Dhabeji Total 10000Acres 14 km
- Mangrove forest 19 km
- Zephyr Power Limited - Wind Farm 23 km
- Marho Kotri Wildlife Sanctuary 49 km
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