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Khuda ki Basti (خدا کی بستی lit. "God's colony") is an ongoing incremental development scheme initaited by the Hydrabad Development Authority (HDA) in Hyderabad, Pakistan. The aim of the housing scheme is to help the extreme poor in urban areas to house themselves and thereby reduce the unplanned growth of slums. The housing scheme was launched in 1986. The scheme was sponsored by Pakistan Envirnomental Planning & Architectural Consultants in partnership with Saiban (NGO) under the chairmanship of Tasneem Ahmad Siddiqui. The scheme is also a recipient of Aga Khan Award for Architecture

Location
The scheme is planned in a grid-like layout within Gulshan-e-Shabbaz housing development stretching over 5,500 acres. It is located on a site near the Hyderabad toll plaza, 12 kilometres South-West from the Hyderabad city, 16 kilometres from the town of Kotri and only 1.8 kilometres from the Kotri Industrial Area.