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Drigh Colony (Urdu: ڈرگ کالونی) is a neighbourhood in the Korangi District in eastern Karachi, Pakistan. It is part of Shah Faisal Subdivision. [1]
Shah Faisal Colony (Urdu: شاہ فیصل کالونی ), founded as Drigh Colony [1] (Drigh Village Refugee Colony) [2] is a residential and commercial area in Karachi, Sindh province of Pakistan. [ 3 ]
Drigh Colony Junction Halt Railway Station (Urdu: ڈرگ کالونی ریلوے اسٹیشن, Sindhi: ڊرگ ڪالوني ريلوي اسٽيشن) is located in Shah Faisal Colony, Karachi, Pakistan near Jinnah International Airport.
Only the road itself was renamed, and the Drigh Road name continues to be used in other contexts, such as Drigh Road Railway Station, Drigh Road Flyover, and Drigh Colony. The old name continues to be used informally. [8] [9] In the 1980s, the Government of Sindh transferred the road to the Karachi Metropolitan Corporation. An estimated 250,000 ...
It is situated near Drigh Road Flyover on Sharah-e-Faisal. [1] The station is a stop for a few trains going "upcountry" and all "down country" express trains. In the past, it was a junction on the Karachi Circular Railway. [2] The station has a booking office, train shed, tuck shop, mosque, advance reservation office, and a parking lot.
Korangi District (Urdu: ضلع کورنگی) is one of the seven administrative districts of Karachi Division, created in 2013 after the area's split from Karachi East District. Located in eastern Karachi in the province of Sindh , Pakistan , its population is 3,127,976, according to the 2023 census .
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, Shah Faisal Town was re-organized as part of Karachi East district, before being amalgamated into the new Korangi District .
The PAF Base, a critical British Royal Air Force Base, was set up in 1925. The Drigh Road Cantonment, meant for civilians, was also founded nearby that same year, as stated in the Government of Bombay Revenue Department Notification No.4840/24 dated November 4, 1925. In 1947, it was renamed Faisal Cantonment.