Sunday, 2 March 2014

Sind Club in Karachi

Sind Club

Sind Club

The Sind Club in the center of Karachi was built by the British in the 1860s, and the local inhabitants (of what is now Pakistan) were not allowed to become members until after Pakistan's Independence in 1947.
The Sind Club was exclusively a men's club. Women were only allowed in to attend a ladies' dinner held every two months.  The sign "Natives and dogs not allowed" was removed only a day after Quaid-i-Azam Mohammad Ali Jinnah took his oath as Governor-General of Pakistan on August 14, 1947.
Facilities at the Sind Club include a swimming pool; tennis and squash courts, a walking track; a billiards room; an outdoor barbecue, a full bakery, a sauna, guest rooms and a newly built fitness centre.

Mohsin H.Chinoy

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