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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.
The Karachi Christian Cemetery Board manages its affairs. Over time the condition of the cemetery has deteriorated. [1] In 1995, a group called CARE (Caring, putting into Action, and Restoring the Environmental degradation of the cemetery), made up of people from all parishes and churches, made it their objective to make the cemetery a clean and peaceful resting place for the departed.
Shahmonga Wali Cemetery St. John Christian Graveyard, Chabilpur, Maryam Town Toba tek singh tehsil Gojra kabootran wala kabristan is also a beg graveyard of Gojra
Wadi-e-Hussain (Urdu: وادئ حسین, The Valley of Hussain) is a large cemetery situated in the northern part of Karachi, along the Karachi–Hyderabad Motorway. [1] It is the first cemetery in Pakistan to have an online presence. [2] Wadi-e-Hussain has a dedicated section for children's graves and is a well-known burial site for Shiite ...
The Bani Israel Graveyard [1] is the only Jewish cemetery in Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan. This cemetery is a part of the larger Mewa Shah Graveyard. Over the years, the area has been reduced. The graveyard currently holds about 5,000 graves. [2] [3]
In 2011, the cemetery drew attention as the site of a criminal case. [2] In February 2017, Karachi Metropolitan Corporation has banned burial in Paposh Nagar Graveyard due to lack of availability of space. [3] [4] But despite the ban, people are illegally burying corpses. [5] [6]
According to WFAA, it costs an average of $8,000 to be buried in a regular cemetery, but only $300 to be in a pet cemetery-- though, you'd have to be cremated first. With those kinds of savings ...
In 1917, H. D. Baskerville discovered a similar cemetery in the vicinity of the village of Chaukhandi, near Karachi. Baskerville's published report raised the question of a possible above-ground burial – but he dismissed this after a careful investigation of one of the stone chambers in the cemetery, which did not contain any remains.