Mari Abad

{{Short description|Residential town in the city of Quetta, Balochistan, Pakistan}}

{{Use Pakistani English|date=February 2024}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2024}}

{{Infobox settlement

| name =

| official_name = Mariabad

| native_name = Gulshani Hazara

| settlement_type = Town

| image_skyline =

| imagesize = 240px

| image_caption = An Image of Quetta city covering most part of Mariabad.

| image_map =

| mapsize = 100px

| map_caption = Mariabad, Alamdar Road Quetta, Pakistan

| pushpin_map = Pakistan

| coordinates = {{coord|30.181174|67.033081|region:PK|format=dms|display=inline,title}}

| subdivision_type = Country

| subdivision_name = {{flag|Pakistan}}

| subdivision_type1 = Province

| subdivision_name1 = Balochistan

| subdivision_type2 = District

| subdivision_name2 = Quetta District

| leader_title = Nazim

| leader_name = Mohammad Raza Wakil,
Mirza, Bostan Kishtmand

| leader_title1 = Wazir

| leader_name1 = From Hazara Democratic Party (Abdul Khaliq Hazara)

| leader_title2 = Political Leader

| leader_name2 = Tahir Khan Hazara

| area_total_km2 =

| elevation_m =

| population_footnotes =

| population_total = 500000

| population_as_of = 2018

| pop_est_as_of = 2018

| population_density_km2 =

| timezone1 = PST

| utc_offset1 = +5

| area_code_type = Calling code

| area_code =

}}

Mariabad is an inner eastern suburb of Quetta, capital of Pakistan's Balochistan province.{{Cite web|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-42219669|title=Quetta's Hazara: The community caged in its own city|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240206103412/https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-42219669|date=12 December 2017|archive-date=6 February 2024|author=Secunder Kermani|website=BBC.com website|access-date=8 February 2024}}{{cite web|url=http://www.nrb.gov.pk/lg_election/union.asp?district=76&dn=Quetta|url-status=dead|title=Towns & unions in the City District of Quetta (Mari Abad or 'Marriabad' listed under title Zarghoon Town)|website=National Reconstruction Bureau, Government of Pakistan website|archive-date=9 February 2012|access-date=8 February 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120209043457/http://www.nrb.gov.pk/lg_election/union.asp?district=76&dn=Quetta}}

It is the most populous area of Quetta, with a population of almost half a million. It is home to a significant population of ethnic Hazara people.{{cite news|url=http://www.thefridaytimes.com/beta2/tft/article.php?issue=20120302&page=5.1|url-status=dead|title=A brief history of Hazara persecution|newspaper=The Friday Times newspaper|archive-date=6 March 2012|access-date=8 February 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120306212125/http://www.thefridaytimes.com/beta2/tft/article.php?issue=20120302&page=5.1}}

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