Aziz Bhatti Park | |
Native Name Lang: | ur |
Type: | Urban park |
Location: | Gulshan-e-Iqbal, Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan. |
Area: | 37acres |
Administrator: | Karachi Metropolitan Corporation |
The Aziz Bhatti Park (ur|{{Nastaliq|باغ عزیز بهٹی) is located near Federal Urdu University on University Road in Gulshan-e-Iqbal, Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan. The Park is named after the Nishan-e-Haider recipient 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]