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DHOBI GHAT (the laundry), is considered to be the largest place of manually cloth washing in Karachi. Once this place was on the list of Pakistan Tourism Spots and a great numbers of tourists visiting Karachi were used to pay visit to this area which has become now the thing of past...

Near Baniyas Square at Sikkat al-Khali Street which is at walking distance of Deira Bus Stand, Dubai Gold Souk can be reached by going down to creek and pick UBRA a water boat from Bur Dubai which may not take more than 10 minutes to the Dubai Gold Souk.

Trade in the gold souk grew during the 1940s due to Dubai's free trade policies that encouraged entrepreneurs from India and Iran to set up stores in the souk. Despite a general slump in the global gold market, Dubai's share of value of trade in gold and diamonds to its total non-oil direct trade increased from 18% in 2003, to 24% in 2004. In 2003, the value of trade in gold in Dubai was approximately Dh. 21 billion (US$5.8 billion), while trade in diamonds was approximately Dh. 25 billion (US$7 billion) in 2005. India is Dubai's largest buyer of gold, accounting for approximately 23% of the emirate's total gold trade in 2005. Switzerland was Dubai's largest supplier of gold ingots, wastes and scrap. Similarly, India accounted for approximately 68% of all diamond-related trade in Dubai; Belgium's share in Dubai's diamond trade was about 13% (2005).
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dubai_Gold_Souk

Dubai Gold Souk or Gold Souk (Arabic: سوق الذهب‎), is a traditional market (or souk) in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. The souk is located in the heart of Dubai's commercial business district in Deira, in the locality of Al Dhagaya. The souk consists of over 300 retailers that trade almost exclusively in jewellery. Retailers in the souk include both well established stores like Damas, ARY Jewellery, Shyam Jewellery and Joy Alukkas as well as smaller stores that operate mainly in the gold souk. By some estimates, approximately 10 tons of gold is present at any given time in the souk. It is bordered to the north by the Dubai Fish and Vegetable Market and the Deira Corniche Near Baniyas Square at Sikkat al-Khali Street which is at walking distance of Deira Bus Stand, Dubai Gold Souk can be reached by going down to creek and pick UBRA a water boat from Bur Dubai which may not take more than 10 minutes to the Dubai Gold Souk.
Trade in the gold souk grew during the 1940s due to Dubai's free trade policies that encouraged entrepreneurs from India and Iran to set up stores in the souk. Despite a general slump in the global gold market, Dubai's share of value of trade in gold and diamonds to its total non-oil direct trade increased from 18% in 2003, to 24% in 2004. In 2003, the value of trade in gold in Dubai was approximately Dh. 21 billion (US$5.8 billion), while trade in diamonds was approximately Dh. 25 billion (US$7 billion) in 2005. India is Dubai's largest buyer of gold, accounting for approximately 23% of the emirate's total gold trade in 2005. Switzerland was Dubai's largest supplier of gold ingots, wastes and scrap. Similarly, India accounted for approximately 68% of all diamond-related trade in Dubai; Belgium's share in Dubai's diamond trade was about 13% (2005).
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dubai_Gold_Souk

The set is the visionary limit to the city's western part, which insets the old and the famous buildings around and which the people living in Karachi know very well, -The Habib Bank Plaza, National Bank of Pakistan, Qamar House, Sindh Madarasat-ul-Islam, S. M. Science College, Karchi Chamber of Commerce & Industries, Laxmi Budiling, Memon Masjid, Ismaili Jamat Khana and many others...

Jebel Hafeet (Arabic: جبل حفيت‎) (variously translated Jabal, Jabel and Jebal) is a mountain primarily in the United Arab Emirates on the outskirts of Al Ain in the Emirate of Abu Dhabi.[1] The mountain actually straddles part of the border with Oman. The mountain rises 1249 meters and offers an impressive view over the city. Jebel Hafeet was a well-known landmark throughout the area's history and is a contemporary tourist attraction. An extensive natural cave system winds through Jebel Hafeet.

Jebel Hafeet Mountain Road

The Jebel Hafeet Mountain Road extends for 7.3 mi (11.7 km) up the mountain, rising 4,000 ft (1,219 m). With 21 corners and three lanes (two climbing and one descending), the immaculate road was called the greatest driving road in the world by Edmunds.com. The road scales the mountain and ends at a parking lot with only a hotel and a palace belonging to the country's rulers. Part of the climax of the Bollywood film RACE was shot on the Jabel Hafeet mountain.[citation needed]
The road was built by Strabag International of Cologne, Germany.[citation needed