Aziz Bhatti Park

A view of Aziz Bhatti Park

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 (KDA) and handed over to Karachi Metropolitan Corporation (KMC) 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]

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  1. Aziz Bhatti Park to be rebuilt Archived 2 September 2012 at the Wayback Machine., Publisher: The News, Published on 1 September 2012, Retrieved on 19 September 2012

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

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