Introduction
DHA Karachi, Defense Housing Society is a place Defending itself as a different,wealthy and smart society all over the country.Pakistan Defence Housing Society was established for the welfare of our honorable Army Officers of Pakistan.DHA proved itself as a world best Housing society provides world-class environment and It is located within the Clifton cantonment board of Karachi. Cantonment is a town, located in Karachi,Sindh Pakistan.It serves as a military base and residential establishment.It was established by British Indian army in 19th century and was taken by Pakistan army in 1947.
Phases
To make the society smart and simple, DHA is categorized into eight different phases which are further divided into different blocks and sectors.Each phase has its commercial area to give best services to the residents.
In DHA there are 6 Major streets and lanes.
- Normal street and lanes.
- Commercial street and lanes.
- Gizri street and lanes.
- Zamzama street and lanes.
- South/Central/North street.
- Sunset street and lanes
Normal street and lanes:
In the normal system, streets and lanes are parallel to each other, except 26th lane, which runs at an angle to all the other lanes. Normal streets and lanes run parallel to Khayaban-e-Hafiz.
Commercial street and lanes:
Commercial streets run parallel to Commercial Avenue, while commercial lanes run perpendicular to Commercial Avenue. 5th Commercial Lane, 4th Commercial Lane, 2nd Commercial Lane, and 1st Commercial Lane meet up with the Gizri system of streets and lanes.
Gizri street and lanes:
In the Gizri system, streets and lanes are perpendicular to each other, as would be expected. Gizri streets run parallel to Gizri Boulevard, while Gizri lanes run perpendicular to Gizri Boulevard. N lane, N Street, M Street, 1st Gizri Street, Gizri Avenue, 2nd Gizri Lane, and 1st Gizri Lane all meet up with Commercial Avenue. Gizri Avenue also meets up with Gizri and goes on to meet Zamzama as well.
Zamzama street and lanes:
Zamzama’s streets have their peculiarities: 12th Zamzama Street, 9th Zamzama Street, and 1st Zamzama Street run perpendicular to Zamzama while the other Zamzama streets run parallel to it. 4th Zamzama street meets up with Two Talwar. 3rd Zamzama Street is continuous with Khayaban-e-Shujaat.
South/Central/North streets:
The South/Central/North Streets run parallel to each other and perpendicular to Sunset Boulevard. South Streets run from Sunset Boulevard to South Circular Avenue, Central Streets run from South Circular Avenue till Sailor Street, and North Streets run from Korangi Road till the end of Phase I.
Sunset streets and lanes:
Sunset streets run perpendicular to Sunset Boulevard while Sunset lanes run parallel to it.
Conclusion
DHA Karachi, a society which covers all that you need. The housing projects are planned to cover every aspect of healthy living and contain Parks, educational institutes, and clubs. The organizational matters are attended by Secretary, Chief Engineer, Directors, and a committed and workforce to ensure the smooth running of the organization. This society is subdivided into 8 phases, each with commercial areas and visiting places. Initially, the housing society only had the allotment of mere 76.2 acres of land (which constitute current Phase-I of DHA), But now because of eight phases, DHA spread over an area of 20000 acres of land. Included facilities are fresh air environment, open areas for jogging, parks, library, clubs, salons, play areas, education domains, hospitals and highly advance accommodation. Security is well managed to protect you all from unpleasant things to be done in society. Ex-servicemen of armed forces are there to perform their duties with full zeal and enthusiasm with different weapons and wireless communication network. The defense is governed directly by the Clifton Cantonment Board. It is the best option for you all that is the reason why you all are preferred to choose society as compare to any local place to live because this is the only place which can fulfill your advance and luxury lifestyle and make you able to move on the advanced world.
