--- title: "Agra Taj Colony – what is there, and how you get there | Mixroutes" description: "Agra Taj Colony, Pakistan: Agra Taj Colony is a neighbourhood locality in Lyari Town, located in the Karachi South district of Karachi, Pakistan. Nearby…" url: "https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/agra-taj-colony" markdown: "https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/agra-taj-colony.md" image: "https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/14/Jaswant_Singh-ki-Chattri.jpg/1920px-Jaswant_Singh-ki-Chattri.jpg" --- Neighbourhood locality in the city of Karachi, Pakistan # Agra Taj Colony Agra Taj Colony is a neighbourhood locality in Lyari Town, located in the Karachi South district of Karachi, Pakistan. ![Agra Taj Colony](https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/14/Jaswant_Singh-ki-Chattri.jpg/1920px-Jaswant_Singh-ki-Chattri.jpg) Agra Taj Colony · DeepanjanGhosh (CC BY-SA 4.0) The place Agra Taj Colony is a neighbourhood locality in Lyari Town, located in the Karachi South district of Karachi, Pakistan. Adapted from [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agra_Taj_Colony), CC BY-SA 4.0. What is there ## Worth seeing in and around Agra Taj Colony 10 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name. 1. National Museum of Pakistan The National Museum of Pakistan is a public museum located in Karachi, Pakistan. 3.8 km · art museum and historic site in Karachi, Pakistan · [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Museum_of_Pakistan) 2. Aga Khan University Aga Khan University is a private research university based in Karachi, Pakistan. It is a non-profit institution and an agency of the Aga Khan Development Network. 9.7 km · private university in Karachi, Pakistan · [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aga_Khan_University) 3. Bahria Icon Tower The Bahria Icon Tower is a skyscraper complex in the seaside municipality of Clifton in Karachi, Pakistan. The complex includes a 62-storey tower, which at 300 metres, is the tallest building in Pakistan. 7.7 km · Skyscraper in Karachi, Pakistan · [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bahria_Icon_Tower) 4. Masjid e Tooba Masjid-e-Tooba also known as Gol Masjid, is a mosque located in the city of Karachi in Sindh province of Pakistan. It is situated near the main Korangi Road in Phase II of the Defence Housing Authority, Karachi. 2.8 km · mosque in Karachi, Pakistan · [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Masjid-e-Tooba) 5. Saint Patrick's Cathedral St. Patrick's Cathedral is the seat of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Karachi, and is located near the Empress Market in the Saddar locality in central Karachi. 5.2 km · cathedral in Karachi, Pakistan · [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint_Patrick%27s_Cathedral,_Karachi) 6. Priest-King The Priest-King, in Pakistan often King-Priest, is a small male figure sculpted in steatite found during the excavation of the ruined Bronze Age city of Mohenjo-daro in Sindh, now Pakistan, in 1925 or 1926. It is dated to around 2000–1900 BC, in Mohenjo-daro's Late Period, and is "the most famous stone sculpture" of the Indus Valley Civilisation. 3.8 km · stone sculpture found at Mohenjo-daro, Pakistan · [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Priest-King_(sculpture%29) 7. Shri Swaminarayan Mandir The Shri Swami Narayan Mandir, Karachi is a Hindu temple that is the only surviving Swami Narayan temple in Pakistan. The temple is notable for its size and frontage, over 32,306 square yards on the M. A. Jinnah Road in Karachi city. 2.8 km · Hindu temple in Karachi, Pakistan · [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shri_Swaminarayan_Mandir,_Karachi) 8. MCB Tower MCB Tower, situated in Karachi, Pakistan, is the former headquarters of MCB Bank Limited. It is the fifteenth tallest building in Pakistan. 3.2 km · skyscraper in Karachi, Pakistan · [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MCB_Tower) 9. Frere Hall Frere Hall is a building in Karachi, Pakistan that dates from the early British colonial era in Sindh. Completed in 1865, Frere Hall was originally intended to serve as Karachi's town hall, and now serves as an exhibition space and library. 5.4 km · British colonial-era building in Karachi, Pakistan · [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frere_Hall) 10. Teen Talwar The Teen Talwar monument is located in Clifton, Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan. The three marble swords are inscribed with Quaid-e-Azam Mohammad Ali Jinnah's creeds Unity, Faith and Discipline. 6.3 km · public monument in Clifton, Karachi · [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Teen_Talwar) Ranked by the number of language editions of Wikipedia with an article on each, from Wikidata; the sentences are the openings of those articles, CC BY-SA 4.0. Go there ## Getting to Agra Taj Colony **Airports:** Jinnah (KHI), 18 km\ **Stations:** Port of Karachi, 3 km · Karachi City Station, 3.1 km · Karachi Cantonment Railway Station, 6.5 km · Peoples Football Stadium, 1 km · PAF Base Masroor, 5.4 km\ - Turbat → Agra Taj Colony Train, bus, flight, ferry and road, side by side [Guide](https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/turbat-to-agra-taj-colony) [Today](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=Turbat&to=Agra+Taj+Colony) - Gurandani → Agra Taj Colony Train, bus, flight, ferry and road, side by side [Guide](https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/gurandani-to-agra-taj-colony) [Today](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=Gurandani&to=Agra+Taj+Colony) - Quetta → Agra Taj Colony Train, bus, flight, ferry and road, side by side [Guide](https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/quetta-to-agra-taj-colony) [Today](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=Quetta&to=Agra+Taj+Colony) - From anywhere The planner compares every way there from wherever you are. [Plan a trip](https://www.mixroutes.com/?to=Agra%20Taj%20Colony) Not yet researched ## No local-transport research exists yet for Agra Taj Colony Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Agra Taj Colony. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more. What Wikivoyage says about moving around - Get around Most of Karachi's inhabitants rely on public transport to and from their workplace and do ride in a taxi and auto-rickshaw at least once in the city. - Get around If you are not used to Pakistani roads, an auto-rickshaw ride can be a heart-stopping, death-defying, laws-of-physics-bending. - Get around Rickshaws are a popular method of travelling in Karachi, they're cheap, flexible and are everywhere in the city at any time of day. - Get around If you need to travel shorter distances, go by rickshaw. - Get around Pregnant ladies are most strongly advised not to travel by auto-rickshaws since the combination of rash driving, poor suspensions, and horrible road conditions have quite often led to serious complications. From [Wikivoyage: Karachi](https://en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Karachi), CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us; that article was last edited 2026-09. The nearest places where the work is done 1. [Tirthan Valley](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/tirthan-valley) IN 8 ways of moving, 29 sources 1,269 km 2. [Chitkul](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/chitkul) IN 7 ways of moving, 20 sources 1,334 km 3. [Kaza](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/kaza) IN 7 ways of moving, 20 sources 1,356 km 4. [Gokarna](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/gokarna) IN 7 ways of moving, 14 sources 1,379 km 5. [Munsiyari](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/munsiyari) IN 8 ways of moving, 25 sources 1,429 km If you know how people move in Agra Taj Colony – the stand, the rule, the fare – [tell us](https://www.mixroutes.com/report?key=blog%7Cagra-taj-colony&title=Agra+Taj+Colony&sub=Field+notes&back=%2Fnotes%2Fagra-taj-colony), and the note gets an entry. Around it ## Next door to Agra Taj Colony Agra Taj Colony is 3 km from [Karachi](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/karachi), the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture. - [Nazimabad District](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/nazimabad-district) administrative district of Karachi Division in Sindh, Pakistan 9 km - [Karachi South District](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/karachi-south-district) administrative district of Karachi Division in Sindh, Pakistan 4.4 km - [Karachi West District](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/karachi-west-district) district in Sindh, Pakistan 2 km - [Baba and Bhit Islands](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/baba-and-bhit-islands) neighbourhood in Karachi, Karachi West 5.5 km - [Orangi Town](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/orangi-town) human settlement in Pakistan 9.4 km - [Lyari Town](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/lyari-town) administrative borough of Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan; disbanded in 2011 and re-instated in 2015 1.1 km [The place page for Agra Taj Colony](https://www.mixroutes.com/places/agra-taj-colony) [All the notes](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes) [Every note on Pakistan](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes#c-PK) --- This is the markdown version of https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/agra-taj-colony, for search crawlers and AI assistants. 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