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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.
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 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.
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]
Kadu Makrani (real name being Qadir Baksh Rind Baloch) was executed by hanging in the Karachi Central Jail in June 1887. He was buried in Mewa Shah Graveyard. [1] Makrani was a 19th-century insurgent who operated mainly in Kathiawar, Gujarat and was born and raised in Makran.
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
Sher Shah is home to the Morroro Graveyard - a vast cemetery that is centuries old. [2] It is also the site of some of Karachi's recycling industry. [ 3 ] In October 2010, Baloch terrorists gunned down 13 members of the Urdu-speaking community in a spare-parts market.
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.