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Aziz Bhatti Park

Coordinates: 24°54′50″N 67°05′42″E / 24.9138°N 67.0950°E / 24.9138; 67.0950
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Aziz Bhatti Park
باغ عزیز بهٹی
A view of Aziz Bhatti Park
Map
TypeUrban park
LocationGulshan-e-Iqbal, Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan.
Area37 acres (150,000 m2)
Created1972; 52 years ago (1972)
Administered byKarachi Metropolitan Corporation

The Aziz Bhatti Park (Urdu: باغ عزیز بهٹی) is located near Federal Urdu University on University Road in Gulshan-e-Iqbal, Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan.

The Park named after Major Aziz Bhatti of Punjab Regiment, Pakistan Army. He defended Burki sector of Lahore on 6 September 1965, against an Indian attack during the Indo-Pakistani War of 1965.

The Aziz Bhatti Park was developed in 1972 by Karachi Development Authority and handed over to Karachi Metropolitan Corporation in 1992. The park has 37 acres land but only 7 to 8 acres area is developed as park and remaining is still plain ground. There is also a natural lake in park.[1][2]

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  1. ^ "Aziz Bhatti Park to be rebuilt". The News International (newspaper). 1 September 2012. Archived from the original on 2 September 2012. Retrieved 8 November 2022.
  2. ^ Hasan, Saad (28 August 2012). "Breathing spaces: KMC plans to rebuild Aziz Bhatti Park lake". The Express Tribune. Retrieved 20 September 2022.

24°54′50″N 67°05′42″E / 24.9138°N 67.0950°E / 24.9138; 67.0950