Pakistan Quarters

Pakistan Quarters (Urdu: پاکستان کوارٹرز) is a residential neighborhood in Karachi East district of Karachi, Pakistan. It is administered as part of Jamshed Town,

It is one of the government colonies like Martin Quarters, Clayton Quarters or Jamshed Quarters in Karachi, where housing units are allotted to employees of federal government according to entitlement and transfer of house allowance from their monthly remuneration as rent to the Estate Office, a department in the Ministry of Housing & Works. Retired government servants may, for a specific period, continue to reside in their allotted residence on payment of standard rent in the Estate Office. It is also described that after the independence of Pakistan in 1947, millions of Muslims migrated to Pakistan and faced a housing shortage crisis. In 1953, Prime Minister Muhammad Ali Bogra had initiated housing schemes for the refugees including Pakistan Quarters.

There are several ethnic groups including Muhajirs, Punjabis, Sindhis, Kashmiris, Seraikis, Pakhtuns, Balochis, Memons, Bohras Ismailis and Christians.