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Settlement in Karachi · Pakistan

# Sultanabad, Karachi

Sultanabad is a multiethnic informal settlement, located in central Karachi, Pakistan.

The place

Sultanabad is a multiethnic informal settlement, located in central Karachi, Pakistan.

Adapted from [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sultanabad%2C_Karachi), CC BY-SA 4.0.

What is there

## Worth seeing in and around Sultanabad, 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.

1. National Museum of Pakistan The National Museum of Pakistan is a public museum located in Karachi, Pakistan. 1.4 km · art museum and historic site in Karachi, Pakistan · [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Museum_of_Pakistan)
2. 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. 3.3 km · Skyscraper in Karachi, Pakistan · [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bahria_Icon_Tower)
3. 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. 2.4 km · mosque in Karachi, Pakistan · [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Masjid-e-Tooba)
4. 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. 2.9 km · cathedral in Karachi, Pakistan · [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint_Patrick%27s_Cathedral,_Karachi)
5. 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. 1.4 km · stone sculpture found at Mohenjo-daro, Pakistan · [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Priest-King_(sculpture%29)
6. 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. 1.5 km · British colonial-era building in Karachi, Pakistan · [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frere_Hall)
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 27,012 square metres on the M. A. Jinnah Road in Karachi city. 2 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. 1.6 km · skyscraper in Karachi, Pakistan · [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MCB_Tower)
9. 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. 1.7 km · museum in Karachi, Pakistan · [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quaid-e-Azam_House)
10. Native Jetty Bridge Native Jetty Bridge, also known as Napier Mole Bridge, is a bridge located in Karachi, Sindh which connects the city with the Port of Karachi. It is one of the oldest bridges in Karachi. 3 km · bridge in Pakistan · [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Native_Jetty_Bridge)

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 Sultanabad, Karachi

**Airports:** Jinnah (KHI), 16 km\
**Stations:** Karachi Cantonment Railway Station, 2.3 km · Karachi City Station, 1.6 km · Peoples Football Stadium, 3.8 km\

- Turbat → Sultanabad, Karachi Train, bus, flight, ferry and road, side by side [Guide](https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/turbat-to-sultanabad-karachi) [Today](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=Turbat&to=Sultanabad%2C+Karachi)
- Gurandani → Sultanabad, Karachi Train, bus, flight, ferry and road, side by side [Guide](https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/gurandani-to-sultanabad-karachi) [Today](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=Gurandani&to=Sultanabad%2C+Karachi)
- Quetta → Sultanabad, Karachi Train, bus, flight, ferry and road, side by side [Guide](https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/quetta-to-sultanabad-karachi) [Today](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=Quetta&to=Sultanabad%2C+Karachi)
- From anywhere The planner compares every way there from wherever you are. [Plan a trip](https://www.mixroutes.com/?to=Sultanabad%2C%20Karachi)

Not yet researched

## No local-transport research exists yet for Sultanabad, 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 Sultanabad, Karachi. 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 1,268 km
2. [Chitkul](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/chitkul) IN 7 ways of moving, 20 sources 1,332 km
3. [Kaza](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/kaza) IN 7 ways of moving, 20 sources 1,355 km
4. [Gokarna](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/gokarna) IN 7 ways of moving, 14 sources 1,375 km
5. [Munsiyari](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/munsiyari) IN 8 ways of moving, 25 sources 1,427 km

If you know how people move in Sultanabad, Karachi – the stand, the rule, the fare – [tell us](https://www.mixroutes.com/report?key=blog%7Csultanabad-karachi&title=Sultanabad%2C+Karachi&sub=Field+notes&back=%2Fnotes%2Fsultanabad-karachi), and the note gets an entry.

Around it

## Next door to Sultanabad, Karachi

Sultanabad, Karachi 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 2.4 km
- [Saddar Town](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/saddar-town) human settlement in Pakistan 2.6 km
- [Bath Island](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/bath-island) human settlement in Pakistan 1.5 km
- [Bhutta Village](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/bhutta-village) human settlement in Pakistan 3.3 km

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