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Map of Pakistan, showing Port Qasim and its sister ports of Karachi and Gwadar. The Port Muhammad Bin Qasim (Urdu: محمد بن قاسم بندرگاہ Bandar-gāh Muhammad bin Qāsim), or Qasim Port Authority (Urdu: مقتدرہ قاسم بندرگاہ), also known as Port Qasim, is a deep-water seaport in Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan, on the coastline of the Arabian Sea under the administrative ...
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 history of the port is intertwined with that of the city of Karachi. Several ancient ports have been attributed in the area including "Krokola", "Morontobara" (Woman's Harbour) (mentioned by Nearchus), [4] Barbarikon (the Periplus of the Erythraean Sea, [5] and Debal (a city captured by the Arab general Muhammad bin Qasim in 712 CE).
There are several ethnic groups in Bin Qasim Town including Muhajirs, Sindhis, Punjabis, Kashmiris, Seraikis, Pakhtuns, Balochis, Brahuis, Memons, Bohras, Nagoris, Gujjars and Ismailis. [citation needed] This is a large town side by side of National high way N-5 and near to Port Qasim Industrial Estate.
Gulshan-e-Hadeed is a union council-4 of Gadap Town, comes under the sub-division of Bin Qasim Town of district Malir. It is 25-minutes drive (around 23 km) from Karachi's Jinnah International Airport, adjacent to National Highway while going towards Eastern side or Thatta. It's very close to the Link Road connecting National Highway with M9 ...
Ibrahim Hyderi Town (Urdu: ابراہیم حیدری) is a fishing village in the Malir District of Karachi, Pakistan.It was part of Bin Qasim, but in 2022 became one of the three towns under Malir District, the other two being Gadap Town and Malir Town.
Bin-Qasim Town; and Gadap Town. On 11 July 2011, Sindh Government restored again Malir District. [7] In 2022, a/c to Local Election Act -2022 (amended), Malir District was divided into three "Town Municipal Corporation" [8] namely: Malir Town; Gadap Town; Ibrahim Hyderi Town; Headed by its elected chairman and a vice-chairman. and also 6 ...
Gadap Town (Urdu: گڈاپ ٹاؤن ) is an administrative subdivision of Malir District in the northwestern part of Karachi with the Hub River on its western limits also forming the provincial border between Sindh and Balochistan, while to the north and east are Jamshoro District and the Kirthar Mountains.