North Karachi
New Karachi or North Karachi is a town in Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan.
New Karachi or North Karachi is a town in Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan. New Karachi is located between the Lyari River, the Manghopir Hills and two major roads - Surjani Road to the north and Shahrah-e-Zahid Hussain to the south. To the north and west lies Gadap Town, and to the south the towns of Gulberg and North Nazimabad.
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Worth seeing in and around North Karachi
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.
- 01University of Karachi
The University of Karachi is a public research university located in Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan. It was established in June 1951 by an act of Parliament as a successor to the University of Sindh.
8.8 km · public university in Karachi, Pakistan · Wikipedia - 02National Museum of Pakistan
The National Museum of Pakistan is a public museum located in Karachi, Pakistan.
9.1 km · art museum and historic site in Karachi, Pakistan · Wikipedia - 03Aga 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.
6.1 km · private university in Karachi, Pakistan · Wikipedia - 04Masjid 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.
8.5 km · mosque in Karachi, Pakistan · Wikipedia - 05National Stadium
The National Stadium, officially known as the National Bank Stadium, is an international cricket ground in Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan, owned by the Pakistan Cricket Board. It is the home ground of the Karachi Kings franchise in Pakistan Super League and other domestic cricket teams of Sindh.
6.4 km · cricket stadium in Karachi, Pakistan · Wikipedia - 06Saint 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.
7.9 km · cathedral in Karachi, Pakistan · Wikipedia - 07Priest-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.
9.1 km · stone sculpture found at Mohenjo-daro, Pakistan · Wikipedia - 08Shri 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.
9.1 km · Hindu temple in Karachi, Pakistan · Wikipedia - 09Pakistan Maritime Museum
Pakistan Maritime Museum is a maritime museum and park situated near PNS Karsaz on Habib Ibrahim Rehmatullah Road in Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan. The main museum building is located inside the park of 11.3 ha.
7.8 km · maritime museum in Karachi, Pakistan · Wikipedia - 10Frere 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.
9.5 km · British colonial-era building in Karachi, Pakistan · Wikipedia
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Getting to North Karachi
- Airports
- Jinnah (KHI), 13 km
- Stations
- Karachi City Station, 9.8 km · Karachi Cantonment Railway Station, 9.9 km · Peoples Football Stadium, 9.5 km · Gilani Railway Station, Gulshan-e-Iqbal, 5.3 km
- Turbat → North KarachiTrain, bus, flight, ferry and road, side by side
- Gurandani → North KarachiTrain, bus, flight, ferry and road, side by side
- Quetta → North KarachiTrain, bus, flight, ferry and road, side by side
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No local-transport research exists yet for North Karachi
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 North Karachi. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
- Get aroundMost 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 aroundIf you are not used to Pakistani roads, an auto-rickshaw ride can be a heart-stopping, death-defying, laws-of-physics-bending.
- Get aroundRickshaws are a popular method of travelling in Karachi, they're cheap, flexible and are everywhere in the city at any time of day.
- Get aroundIf you need to travel shorter distances, go by rickshaw.
- Get aroundPregnant 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, CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us; that article was last edited 2026-09.
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Next door to North Karachi
North Karachi is 8 km from Karachi, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
- Nazimabad Districtadministrative district of Karachi Division in Sindh, Pakistan500 m
- Karachi South Districtadministrative district of Karachi Division in Sindh, Pakistan8.1 km
- Karachi West Districtdistrict in Sindh, Pakistan8.1 km
- Orangi Townhuman settlement in Pakistan7 km
- Lyari Townadministrative borough of Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan; disbanded in 2011 and re-instated in 20158 km
- Saddar Townhuman settlement in Pakistan9 km