Gulshan District (formerly Karachi East) (Urdu: ضلع گلشن ) is an administrative district of Karachi Division created in 1972. As of 2023 Pakistani census population of Gulshan District is 3.9 million.

In 2023, the Government of Sindh renamed Karachi East District to Gulshan District to align with its famous town name.

The district was established in 1972.

The district was abolished in 2000 as federal government formed City District Government Karachi as a result Karachi South District was divided into four towns namely:

• Gulshan Town
• Jamshed Town
• Korangi Town
• Shah Faisal Town

On 11 July 2015, the Sindh Government restored Karachi East District.

In November 2013, three eastern towns of Karachi East District separated to form a new District named Korangi also Jamshed Town of Karachi South District was added into this district. Now Karachi East comprises two towns: Jamshed and Gulshan.

In 2022, it was divided into five towns namely Sohrab Goth Town, Safoora Town, Gulshan Town, Jinnah Town and Chanesar Town with 43 union councils and 172 wards respectively.

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1961	...	—
1972	...	—
1981	...	—
1998	1,447,529	—
2017	2,875,315	+3.68%
2023	3,921,742	+5.31%
Sources:

At the time of the 2017 census, Gulshan had a gender ratio of 908 females per 1000 males and a literacy rate of 76.00%: 78.26% for males and 73.49% for females. 22.85% (657,102) were under 10 years of age. In 2023, the district had 665,452 households and a population of 3,913,656.

The majority religion is Islam, with 95.05% of the population. Christianity is practiced by 3.1% and Hinduism (including Scheduled Castes) is practiced by 1.57% of the population.

At the time of the 2023 census, 1,916,767 of the people spoke Urdu, 501,156 spoke Sindhi, 453,464 spoke Pashto, 407,425 Punjabi, 231,523 Saraiki, 91,034 Hindko, 71,312 Balochi & 240,975 others of total 3,913,656 as their first language.

Following is the list of administrative towns of Karachi East District.

Jinnah Town

Union Council
U.C. 1 Pakistan Quarters
U.C. 2 Soldier Bazar
U.C. 3 Patel Para
U.C. 4 Jamshed Quarters
U.C. 5 Martin Quarters
U.C. 6 Jamshed Quarters
U.C. 7 Bahadurabad
U.C. 8 Delhi Mercantile
U.C. 9 Tunisia Line
U.C. 10 Jacob Lines
U.C. 11 Behind Jacob Lines

Chanesar Town

Union Council
U.C. 1 P.E.C.H.S. (Pakistan Employees Co-operative Housing Society)
U.C. 2 P.E.C.H.S. II
U.C. 3 Mahmudabad
U.C. 4 Manzoor Colony
U.C. 5 Manzoor Colony-II
U.C. 6 Jamshed Quarters
U.C. 7 Akhtar Colony
U.C. 8 Chanesar Goth

Sohrab Goth Town

Union Council
U.C. 1 Al-Asif Square
U.C. 2 New Quetta Town
U.C. 3 Sukhiya Goth
U.C. 4 Ayub Goth
U.C. 5 Khadim Hussain Goth
U.C. 6 Ahsanabad
U.C. 7 Yousuf Shah Goth
U.C. 8 Sabzi Mandi

Safoora Town

Union Council
U.C. 1 Abbas Town
U.C. 2 Gulzar-e-Hijri
U.C. 3 Sachal Goth
U.C. 4 Al-Azhar Garden
U.C. 5 Johar Complex
U.C. 6 Pehlwan Goth
U.C. 7 Gulistan-e-Johar
U.C. 8 Safari Park

Gulshan-e-Iqbal Town

Union Council
U.C. 1 Essa Nagri
U.C. 2 Hassan Square
U.C. 3 Jamali Colony
U.C. 4 Zia-ull-Haq Colony
U.C. 5 New Dhoraji
U.C. 6 Metroville-III
U.C. 7 Shanti Nagar
U.C. 8 National Stadium

The following is a list of Karachi East District's dehs, organised by taluka:

• Gulshan-e-Iqbal taluka (5 dehs)
  • Dozan (P)
  • Gujero (P)
  • Okewari
  • Safooran (P)
  • Songal (P)
• Gulzar-e-Hijri taluka (5 dehs)
  • Bitti Amri
  • Dozan (P)
  • Gujro-1
  • Songal
  • Thoming

There are several healthcare facilities in the East District, such as the Aga Khan University Hospital and Liaquat National Hospital.

There are several educational institutions in district east such as NED university of Engineering and Technology, University of Karachi, Dow University of Health Sciences (Ojha Campus) and many other big and small educational facilities.

Karachi

24°53′04″N 67°08′39″E / 24.8844°N 67.1443°E / 24.8844; 67.1443