Qayyumabad ( Urdu: قیوم آباد) is a suburb of Korangi Town in Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan. [1] Confined within 109 acres, Qayyumabad is one of the most densely populated and polluted residential areas of Karachi. It is home to more than 70,000 people — including Pakhtun, Punjabi, Sindhi, Baloch and Urdu-speaking ethnicities, as well as Christians and scheduled caste Hindus. A report by Dawn suggests that DHA has illegally grabbed 53 acres belonging to Qayyumabad. [2]
Qayyumabad is named after Begum Qayyum. [3]
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