Burmee Colony Explained

Burmee Colony
Native Name:برمی کالونی
Native Name Lang:ur
Settlement Type:Neighbourhood
Pushpin Map:Pakistan
Pushpin Label Position:right
Pushpin Map Caption:Location in Pakistan
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name: Pakistan
Subdivision Type1:Province
Subdivision Name1:Sindh
Subdivision Type2:City
Subdivision Name2:Karachi
Subdivision Type3:Town
Subdivision Name3:Landhi Town

The Burmee Colony (often referred to as Burmi Colony, Burma Colony[1] [2] ) (Urdu: برمی کالونی) is one of the neighbourhoods of Landhi Subdivisions in Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan.[3] [4] [5]

Burmee Colony is a Rohingya-majority neighbourhood in Karachi. Burmee Colony ("Burma Colony" locality) is one of the two main Rohingya settlements in Karachi.[6] The other one is Arkanabad in Karachi.[2] [7] [1] Arkanabad is named after Rakhine State, Myanmar (also known as Arakan, Burma)[8]

Rohingya Muslims (Urdu: {{Nastaliq|روہنگیا مسلمان), an ethnic group native to Rakhine State, Myanmar (also known as Arakan, Burma), who have fled their homeland because of the persecution of Muslims by the Burmese government and Buddhist majority.

Population

According to community leaders and social scientists, there are over 1.6 million Bengalis and up to 400,000 Rohingyas living in Karachi.[9]

Demography

There are several ethnic groups residing in this colony including Urdu-speaking people, Sindhis, Kashmiris, Seraikis, Pakhtuns, Balochis, Memons, Bohras, Ismailis and Christians.

Rohingya/Burmese Muslims

Hundreds of thousands over the past several years Rohingya Muslims (often referred to as Burmese) have made Karachi their home.[10]

This neighborhood is named after the Muslim Rohingyas refugees who hail from Myanmar (formerly Burma).

Large scale Rohingya migration to Karachi made Karachi one of the largest population centres of Rohingyas in the world after Myanmar.[11]

According to community leaders and social scientists, there are over 1.6 million Bengalis and up to 400,000 Rohingyas living in Karachi, which is the highest number after Myanmar and now Bangladesh.[9]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Agency. Anadolu. 2019-08-25. Karachi's Rohingyas strive for success instead of identity. 2021-08-27. DAWN.COM. en.
  2. Web site: 2020-08-23. Rohingya Muslims in Pakistan decry global silence. 2021-08-27. The Express Tribune. en.
  3. http://www.karachicity.gov.pk/town/index.asp?txtTown=Landhi Landhi Town - Government of Karachi
  4. Web site: Hasan. Shazia. 2017-09-16. Rohingyas of Karachi struggle to deal with identity crisis. 2021-08-24. DAWN.COM. en.
  5. https://www.ecp.gov.pk/Documents/Delimitation2013/Sindh%20Province.PDF
  6. Web site: Rohingya in Karachi: Striving for success. 2021-08-25. www.aa.com.tr.
  7. Web site: Rohingya in Karachi: Striving for success. 2021-08-27. www.aa.com.tr.
  8. News: Flood. Derek Henry. 12 May 2008. From South to South: Refugees as Migrants: The Rohingya in Pakistan. The Huffington Post. 26 December 2016.
  9. News: Rehman. Zia Ur. 9 August 2015. Bengali and Rohingya leaders gearing up for LG polls. thenews.com.pk. Karachi. https://web.archive.org/web/20150814203153/http://www.thenews.com.pk/Todays-News-4-333213-Bengali-and-Rohingya-leaders-gearing-up-for-LG-polls. 14 August 2015. 26 December 2016.
  10. Web site: Agency. Anadolu. 2019-08-25. Karachi's Rohingyas strive for success instead of identity. 2021-08-25. DAWN.COM. en.
  11. News: Rehman. Zia Ur. 23 February 2015. Identity issue haunts Karachi's Rohingya population. Dawn. 26 December 2016. Their large-scale migration had made Karachi one of the largest Rohingya population centres outside Myanmar but afterwards the situation started turning against them..