Aladdin Park Karachi: What Happened and What Is There Now

Aladdin Park Karachi, the amusement park on Rashid Minhas Road, no longer exists. Its rides, shopping mall and club were demolished from June 2021 under Supreme Court orders against encroachment, and the 72-acre site has since been turned back into a public park, opened as Bagh-e-Karachi on 12 July 2026. There are no rides and no ride tickets, so if you are looking for Aladdin's prices and timings, the short answer is that they no longer apply.

This guide explains what Aladdin Park was, why it was pulled down, what is on the site now, and which Karachi parks have taken its place for a day of rides.

Is Aladdin Park still open?

No, not as an amusement park. The rides that many Karachi families remember from the late 1990s and 2000s are gone, and so are the Aladdin Shopping Mall and the Pavilion End Club that shared the grounds. What stands there now is a green public park under a new name.

Old listings, map pins and ticket-price pages for "Aladdin Amusement Park" are still online, and some show prices and opening hours as if nothing had changed. Ignore them.

What was Aladdin Park?

The land on Rashid Minhas Road was originally meant for public recreation, and was once part of the grounds of Karachi Safari Park. In 1995 it was turned into Aladdin Amusement Park, a commercial theme park with rides and games, alongside a shopping mall and a members' club known as the Pavilion End Club.

For a generation of Karachiites it was the city's big day out: rides in the evening, food stalls, and the mall next door. It was also an example of something the courts later took aim at across Karachi, where land set aside as public open space had been handed over for commercial use.

Why was Aladdin Park demolished?

In 2021 the Supreme Court, hearing cases about encroachment on amenity land in Karachi, directed that illegal structures at the site be removed. The anti-encroachment operation began on 15 June 2021, and Geo News reported clashes between police and protesters on the first day. Within days the court was told that about 15 per cent of the demolition at Aladdin Park and the Pavilion End Club had been completed, and the work continued over the following weeks.

The site then sat largely bare for several years. The Sindh governor visited the demolished park in December 2022, and work on a new building for the Karachi Metropolitan Corporation's City Council began on part of the grounds in 2023. By February 2026 Dawn was reporting that residents were still waiting for the park they had been promised.

What is at Bagh-e-Karachi now?

The site was cleared and returned to its original use as a public park, and it opened as Bagh-e-Karachi on 12 July 2026. It is run by the city, about 5,653 trees were planted during the first phase of work, and it is laid out as a family park with recreational amenities including swings. The new KMC City Council building, with seating for 600 to 800, is being built on the same grounds.

It is a young park. Newly planted trees take years to give real shade, so expect open lawns and paths more than the leafy feel of Karachi's older gardens.

Visiting Bagh-e-Karachi

We could not confirm an entry fee or opening hours from an official source, and a park this new may still be settling its rules. Ask locally or check the KMC's own announcements before you plan a day around it.

Some practical points hold regardless:

• Go early or late. From April to October Karachi is hot and humid, and a park with young trees has little shade in the middle of the day. Mornings and the hour before sunset are far more comfortable.
• Bring water and a hat for children. Facilities in a new park can lag behind the opening.
• Expect traffic on Rashid Minhas Road at evening rush hour and on weekends.
• Don't promise children rides. Swings and play equipment, yes; roller coasters, no.

Where to go for rides instead

If the plan was a day of rides, these are the places that now fill the gap Aladdin left.

• Sindbad Wonderland in Gulshan-e-Iqbal, near NIPA Chowrangi, is the closest like-for-like swap: an evening family amusement park, a short drive from the old Aladdin site. Our Sindbad Wonderland guide covers tickets and rides.
• Bahria Adventure Land in Bahria Town Karachi off the M-9 is a full theme park, so it suits a planned day out rather than a casual evening. See our Bahria Adventure Land guide.
• The water parks on the National Highway and the Super Highway are the summer choice. Our water parks in Karachi guide compares prices and opening days.
• Karachi Safari Park in Gulshan-e-Iqbal, next to the old Aladdin land, combines animals, lawns and small rides. Our Safari Park guide has current prices.

For more ideas sorted by age, see our list of places to visit in Karachi with family, and for other outings across Pakistan, our experiences page.

Is Bagh-e-Karachi worth a visit?

For families living nearby in Gulshan-e-Iqbal, Gulistan-e-Jauhar or along Rashid Minhas Road, yes: it is a large new green space in a part of the city that badly needs one, and an easy evening walk with children.

It is not worth crossing the city for if you are expecting the old Aladdin. There are no rides, the trees are still young, and the city's older parks, such as Bagh Ibn-e-Qasim in Clifton, have more to offer for a long visit. Treat it as a neighbourhood park, not a day out.

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