It was previously a part of Liaquatabad Town,[1] which was disbanded in 2011.

After the independence of Pakistan in 1947, Rizvia Colony was made by a schoolteacher of Sindh Madressah, Maulana Aneesul Hasnain, along with Advocate Qazalbash in 1948.

Their concept was to provide plots exclusively to Shias, and not to people of other sects.

[2] The majority of population migrated after independence from areas of Awadh, especially Lucknow, state in UP.

The society has a board of trustees which look after the trust matters.