Gora Qabristan — the 'white people's cemetery,' a name that persists from the British colonial period despite its jarring quality — is a historic Christian cemetery in Karachi that contains the remains of British soldiers, colonial administrators, and Pakistani Christians across several decades of history. The cemetery's most visible feature is a giant white cross said to be the largest in Asia, erected in recent years as a statement of presence by the city's Christian minority community.
The cemetery is open to visitors during daylight hours. Walking through it provides an unusual perspective on Karachi's history: the older British graves from the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, with their carved stone inscriptions and faded portraits, stand alongside simpler modern graves in a landscape that is quietly moving. The contrast between the colonial-era grandeur of some monuments and the vulnerability implied by the bulletproof cross captures something essential about the experience of Pakistan's Christian community across a turbulent century. The site is in the Garden East area, accessible by rickshaw from Saddar.