Sharea Faisal is also important because it has historic buildings such as Corps Headquarters, Quaid-e-Azam Museum and Sindh Club besides Christian Cemetery. It also boasts of modern buildings such as Avari Towers, Regent Plaza, Mehran Hotel, Kashif Centre etc. Then one feels nostalgic to think about defunct Palace Cinema where the best movies were screened in the 1970s. Similarly, one also feels dejected that Hotel Metropole that used to be the best hotel in the city in yesteryears is being dismantled.

Previously called Napier Barracks, the Corps Headquarters was built by buff Gizri stone with sloping roofs, the ground floor being constructed during Charles Napier’s time, according to noted conservation architect and town planner Yasmeen Lari. “The most well-known and handsome barracks of Karachi were the Napier Barracks which are still extant,” noted Lari. “They were built for the European Infantry ‘in the time of Sir Charles Napier,’ and were capable ‘of housing with comfort an entire regiment,” says Lari.

On Sharea Faisal is also the double-storey yellow stone building called Quaid-e-Azam House Museum. Spread over 10,241 square yards and situated on Sharea Faisal and Fatima Jinnah Road, Quaid-e-Azam House Museum is rarely frequented by people for whom the founder of the nation waged a peaceful struggle and succeeded in the creation of the largest Muslim state on August 14, 1947.