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SITE سائٹ
Municipality
Union councils of SITE Town, Karachi
Country	Pakistan
Province	Sindh
City District	Karachi
Established	1963
Union Councils	9 Pak Colony Old Golimar Jahanabad Metrovil Bhawani Chali Frontier Colony Banaras Colony Qasba Colony Islamia Colony
Government
• Constituency	NA-250 (Karachi West-III)
• National Assembly Member	Attaullah Advocate (PTI)
Population
• Total	467,560

Sindh Industrial Trading Estate (SITE) is located in Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan. Designated as an industrial area in 1963, S.I.T.E is the oldest and the largest designated industrial area of Pakistan, encompassing 9,700 acres (19 km) of land. It contains approximately 2,400 factories.

History

The Sindh Industrial & Trading Estate was established in 1947 and has grown into the largest industrial area in Pakistan with more than 2,000 industrial units on 4,500 acres (18 km) of land west of the Lyari River. The estate benefits from the proximity of the Port of Karachi and various roads linking to the rest of Pakistan. The town grew up as worker colonies were established around the industrial estate.

The father of nation Quaid-e-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah came here in July 1948 and attended the opening ceremony of Valika Textile Mills, the first textile mill of Pakistan. Moreover, the Valika family also established many hospitals and schools, the most notable being Valika Hospital. Soon after, under the leadership of Fakhruddin Valika, the Valikas grew and established their empire of industries which continued to flourish during the Ayub era.

Facilities

Educational institutions

ITEC Public School, Metroville
Apex Grammar School, Elahi Colony, S.I.T.E Town
Baldia Government Secondary School (KMC) (Pathan Colony)
Pak Falcon Academy School (Old Golimar)
Rose Garden Secondary School (Islamia Colony)
Rose Garden Elementary School (Islamia Colony)
Generations School
Generations University
Naz Public Secondary School (Islamia Colony No:1)
Al-Habib Public School (Qasba Colony)
Mohammad Hamid Badayoni College
Metrovil Girls College
Teacher Training College
Karachi Polytechnique College
Lee Rosary Secondary Public School
Hashmi Public Secondary School (Pathan Colony)
Fida Muhammad College
Javed College
Sindh Government College for Technology (GCT)
Mumtaz Montessori
The Educators
Noor-ul-Huda Secondary Public School
Standard High School
New Vision Grammar Secondary School (Frontier Colony No1 Keekar Ground)
The Perfect Paradise Secondary School (Bukhari Colony, Banaras Colony)
The Rising Star Grammar Secondary School (Metroville)
Young Scholar Grammar Secondary School (Maxico Ground )
Pearl Public Grammar Secondary School (Sabri Baba Frontier Colony Karachi)
Global Choice Grammar Secondary School (Elahi Colony near Metro Cinema)
Al Nasir Public School (Pathan Colony)
Knowledge Foundation (Bawani Chali)
Students Foundation (Bawani Chali)
Habib Public School (Pathan Colony)
Hamqadam Model School
Iqra islamia Cadet School
The Language Masters (Metroville Block-01)
Islamia Public Secondary School (Block 5 Metroville)
Wisdom House Public Secondary School (Block 2 Metroville)
Al-fatah primary & secondary school ( Metroville ).

Hospitals

Faiz Rehman Hospital
Valika Hospital
7 Dispensaries
1 Maternity Home
Metro Lions Hospital
Aga Khan Community Clinic
Khyber neuro brain and spine Clinic Dr. Shamsher Ali Khan
Salam Clinic

Parks

Trans Lyari Park (Guttar Bhagicha)
Model Park Metrovil sahil
National Modren Park

Graveyards

Mewahshah Graveyard
Shahenshah Ghat
Metrovill Graveyard
Tower of Silence
Muhammad Pur Graveyard, Qasba Colony

The Mewa Shah Graveyard is the oldest graveyard of the city existing since the 16th century. Inside the Graveyard, famous Khanqah of prominent saint of Pakistan Baba Zaheen Shah Taji is also there.