--- title: "Akhtar Colony – what is there, and how you get there | Mixroutes" description: "Akhtar Colony, Pakistan: Akhtar Colony is a neighborhood in Karachi East District in Karachi, Pakistan. Nearby: National Museum of Pakistan, Masjid e…" url: "https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/akhtar-colony" markdown: "https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/akhtar-colony.md" image: "https://www.mixroutes.com/og.png" --- Residential neighborhood locality of Karachi, Pakistan # Akhtar Colony Akhtar Colony is a neighborhood in Karachi East District in Karachi, Pakistan. The place Akhtar Colony is a neighborhood in Karachi East District in Karachi, Pakistan. It was previously administered as part of Jamshed Town. It was named after Akhter Paganwala. Adapted from [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Akhtar_Colony), CC BY-SA 4.0. What is there ## Worth seeing in and around Akhtar 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. 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. 3.5 km · mosque in Karachi, Pakistan · [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Masjid-e-Tooba) 3. 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. 2.4 km · cathedral in Karachi, Pakistan · [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint_Patrick%27s_Cathedral,_Karachi) 4. 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) 5. 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. 4 km · British colonial-era building in Karachi, Pakistan · [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frere_Hall) 6. Quaid-e-Azam House The Quaid-e-Azam House, also known as Flagstaff House, is a house museum dedicated to the personal life of Muhammad Ali Jinnah, the founder of Pakistan. Located in Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan, it was designed by British architect Moses Somake. 3.8 km · museum in Karachi, Pakistan · [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quaid-e-Azam_House) 7. Holy Trinity Cathedral Holy Trinity Cathedral is the seat of the Church of Pakistan, Diocese of Karachi, situated on Fatima Jinnah Road, near Zainab Market, in Karachi, Pakistan. 3.5 km · church in Karachi, Pakistan · [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holy_Trinity_Cathedral,_Karachi) 8. Karachi Zoo The Karachi Zoo, also known as Karachi Zoological and Botanical Gardens, Gandhi Garden, is located in Garden East, Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan. Established in 1899, it is the largest zoo of Pakistan and second oldest zoo in the country after Lahore Zoo. 1.3 km · zoo in Sindh, Pakistan · [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karachi_Zoo) 9. Mohatta Palace Qasr-e-Fatima, also known as the Mohatta Palace, is a museum. Designed by Ahmed Hussain Agha, the palace was built in 1927 in the affluent seaside suburb of Clifton as the summer home of Shivratan Mohatta, a Hindu Marwari businessman from what is now the modern-day Indian state of Rajasthan. 3.5 km · museum in Karachi, Pakistan · [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qasr-e-Fatima) 10. Khaliq Deena Hall Khaliq Dina Hall, also rendered as Khaliq Deena Hall, is a library and public hall located on MA Jinnah Road in Karachi, Pakistan. The building was completed in 1906 and designed by the Lahore-born Iraqi-Jewish architect Moses Somake in a Palladian style. 3.6 km · library hall in Karachi, Pakistan · [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Khaliq_Dina_Hall) 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 Akhtar Colony **Airports:** Jinnah (KHI), 13 km\ - Turbat → Akhtar Colony Train, bus, flight, ferry and road, side by side [Guide](https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/turbat-to-akhtar-colony) [Today](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=Turbat&to=Akhtar+Colony) - Gurandani → Akhtar Colony Train, bus, flight, ferry and road, side by side [Guide](https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/gurandani-to-akhtar-colony) [Today](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=Gurandani&to=Akhtar+Colony) - Quetta → Akhtar Colony Train, bus, flight, ferry and road, side by side [Guide](https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/quetta-to-akhtar-colony) [Today](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=Quetta&to=Akhtar+Colony) - From anywhere The planner compares every way there from wherever you are. [Plan a trip](https://www.mixroutes.com/?to=Akhtar%20Colony) Not yet researched ## No local-transport research exists yet for Akhtar 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 Akhtar 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. 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Around it ## Next door to Akhtar Colony Akhtar Colony is 3 km from [Karachi](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/karachi), the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture. - [Karachi South District](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/karachi-south-district) administrative district of Karachi Division in Sindh, Pakistan 2.6 km - [Liaquatabad Town](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/liaquatabad-town) sub-division in Sindh's Karachi Central District 2.2 km - [Lyari](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/lyari) neighborhood in Karachi, Pakistan 2.3 km - [Nazimabad](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/nazimabad) suburb of Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan 3.7 km - [PECHS](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/pechs) neighbourhood in Karachi, Karachi East 3.2 km - [Aram Bagh](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/aram-bagh) locality in Karachi, Pakistan 3.6 km [The place page for Akhtar Colony](https://www.mixroutes.com/places/akhtar-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/akhtar-colony, for search crawlers and AI assistants. 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