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Merewether Clock Tower or Merewether Tower (Urdu: میری ویدر ٹاور) [2] is a neo-Gothic clocktower built during the Victorian era in Karachi, Pakistan. [3] The tower is a landmark in central Karachi, and is at the termini of two of the most important roads in central Karachi: Muhammad Ali Jinnah Road and I. I. Chundrigar Road.
Construction was completed in 1930, and the building was inaugurated in 1932, [1] as the Karachi Municipal Building. [4] The total cost of the building was Rs.1,775,000. [5] The building's Silver Jubilee Clock, a clock tower with a Moorish-style dome, was added in 1935 to commemorate King George V's visit to the region. [5]
A clock tower is a tower specifically built with one or more (often four) clock faces. Clock towers can be either freestanding or part of a church or municipal building such as a town hall. The mechanism inside the tower is known as a turret clock which often marks the hour (and sometimes segments of an hour) by sounding large bells or chimes ...
Karachi is the capital city of the Sindh province of Pakistan.It is the largest city in Pakistan and the 1st largest in the world, with a population of over 45M. Karachi is the economical hub of Pakistan which contributes 70% in Pakistan tax & 54% of Pakistan GDP.Karachi has a collection of buildings and structures of varied architectural styles.
Karachi: Merewether Clock Tower More images. SD-P-21 Moriswala Building Muhammad Ali Jinnah Road Karachi: Moriswala Building More images. SD-P-22 New Cloth Market ...
Aram Bagh Mosque, across from Aram Bagh park. Karachi Safari Park. Jabl-e-Tariq in Kidney Hill Park. Aram Bagh; Aziz Bhatti Park; Bagh Ibne Qasim, Clifton [5]; Bagh-e-Jinnah; Bagh-e-Quaid-e-Azam (popularly known as Polo Ground) [6]
Fatima Jinnah Rd near Frere Hall, Civil Lines Karachi, Sindh 75530, Pakistan Coordinates 24°50′57″N 67°01′55″E / 24.84929°N 67.031968°E / 24.84929; 67.
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