Qasimabad, Hyderabad
Qasimabad (Sindhi: قاسم آباد) is Town/City in the western side of Hyderabad City in Sindh province of Pakistan.
History
Qasimabad Town/City is named after the Arab Invader Muhammad Bin Qasim who invaded Sindh and Multan. It was formed as an extension to the city of Hyderabad after the arrival of migrants from across the border after the 1947 independence of Pakistan, along with the town of Latifabad.
The locals that lived in the town at its inception were ethnically of a mixed population but as the city experienced ethnic riots between Sindhis and Muhajir in the late 1980s. Widespread target killings and acts of ethnic cleansing were committed, the city got divided between the Sindhis and Muhajir with the former mainly settling in Qasimabad while the latter settling in Latifabad. Smaller scale hostilities still continue in the city.
Settlement
Qasimabad has main concentration of Sindhi-speaking people that make more than 99% of the population of the town/City, known as the Sindhis based . Although it was formed after the town of Latifabad, it does not follow the numbered unit system for that town, but instead based on the block system. Every year thousands of Sindhi speaking from rural settle to the Qasimabad town/City.
