Administrative divisions of Karachi

Karachi Towns
Population
(1998 census)
(2006 estimate)[1]
(2023 Census)
9,339,023
11,969,284

2,03,82,881

Area 3,528 km2
City Nazim (Mayor) Murtuza Wahab
Naib Nazim Salman Murad
District Coordination Officer Fazal-ur-Rehman
Towns 25
Union Councils 246
Website karachicity.gov.pk

Karachi, which is the most populated city in Pakistan, was a federation of eighteen autonomous boroughs, called "Towns," that made up the City District of Karachi from 2001 until 2011. Under this now-defunct system, Karachi had a local government system, with a mayor empowered to make decisions in regards to city-planning and administration of local services. The system was abolished in 2011, and Karachi was divided into 5 City District Municipal Corporations, with a 6th formed in 2013. Each Municipal Corporation now has its own Chairman and Deputy Chairman. The Karachi Development Authority, which controls city-planning and administration of services in Karachi, is no longer controlled at the local level, but is instead administered by the province directly.[1]

History

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The history of the administration of Karachi begins in 1846, when a cholera epidemic threatened the 9,000 citizens of the city. The efforts to combat this infectious disease were coordinated by a Conservancy Board. In 1852, the Conservancy Board became a Municipal Commission and in 1853, it was upgraded to Municipal Committee. In 1878, the city was empowered to collect taxes at a local level.

The City of Karachi Municipal Act was promulgated in 1933, and the Municipal Committee became a multi-ethnic 57-member Municipal Corporation with a President and a Vice-President in place of the former Mayor and Deputy Mayor. The first President was Jamshed Naserwanji, who had previously served as Mayor for twenty years.

Karachi Population
1961 census 1,912,598
1972 census 3,498,634
1981 census 5,208,132
1998 census 9,339,023
2006 estimate 13,969,284
2006 estimate 17,969,284
Source World Gazetteer[dead link‍]

After independence in 1947, Karachi became the capital of the newly independent state of Pakistan and Mayor Hakim Ehsan received the Governor-General, Muhammad Ali Jinnah, at Karachi International Airport. 1948 saw the city boundaries fixed within the new Federal Capital Territory, which covered 2,103 km2 but also included several small towns and villages separate from Karachi.

During the period from 1961 to 1970 the former Federal Capital Territory was merged with the neighbouring princely state of Las Bela to form the Karachi-Bela Division of West Pakistan. During the 1970s this merger was reversed and Karachi became a division in its own right, covering 3,528 km2.

The Karachi Municipal Corporation was upgraded to a Metropolitan Corporation in 1976, followed by Zonal Municipal Committees operating from 1987 to 1994. The system of government changed again in 1996, when the Division of Karachi was subdivided into five districts, each with its own Municipal Corporation.

In 1999, President Pervez Musharraf committed itself to an overhaul of the entire administrative structure of the country. In the year 2000, the entire third tier of government (administrative divisions) was abolished in favour of the fourth tier (districts). In Karachi, the division of Karachi and the five districts were merged to form a new City-District which was subdivided in August 2001 into eighteen autonomous towns comprising 178 local union councils.

The town system was abolished in 2011, and the Karachi Development Authority is run at the provincial, rather than local, level.[1]

Karachi Districts

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Karachi is divided into 7 districts. In 2024 the Sindh Government announced plans to rename 4 districts reflecting a shift towards adopting more localized naming conventions.[2][3]

  1. Karachi District (Formerly Karachi South District)
  2. Gulshan District (Formerly Karachi East District)
  3. Orangi District (Formerly Karachi West District)
  4. Nazimabad District (Formerly Karachi Central District)
  5. Korangi District
  6. Malir District
  7. Keamari District

Karachi Towns

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Each of the eighteen towns were governed by an elected Town Council, and led by an elected Town Nazim (Mayor) assisted by a number of officials.

As of 2024, Karachi has 246 Union Councils and 25 Towns as follow:

District Korangi, Karachi:

  1. Model Colony Town
  2. Shah Faisal Town
  3. Landhi Town
  4. Korangi Town

District Karachi (Formerly Karachi South District):

  1. Saddar Town
  2. Lyari Town

District Orangi, Karachi:

  1. Orangi Town
  2. Mominabad Town
  3. Manghopir Town

District Malir, Karachi:

  1. Gadap Town
  2. Malik Town
  3. Ibrahim Hyderi Town

District Nazimabad, Karachi:

  1. New Karachi Town
  2. North Nazimabad Town
  3. Gulberg Town
  4. Liaquatabad Town
  5. Nazimabad Town

District Keamari, Karachi:

  1. Mauripur Town
  2. SITE Town
  3. Baldia Town
  4. Keamari Town

District Gulshan, Karachi:

  1. Sohrab Goth Town
  2. Safoora Town
  3. Gulshan Town
  4. Jinnah Town
  5. Chanesar Town

Karachi Union Councils

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Karachi South District

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Number of Union Committee Name of Union committee in town Municipal Corporations
No.1 Saddar Town Bhim Pura - Ghanchi Para
No.2 Saddar Town Hassan Lashkari Village
No.3 Saddar Town Garden
No.4 Saddar Town Miiiat Nagar
No.5 Saddar Town Ranchore Line - Ghazdarabad
No.6 Saddar Town Nanakwara
No.7 Saddar Town Old Town Kharadar
No.8 Saddar Town City Railway Colony
No.9 Saddar Town Saddar
No.10 Saddar Town Hijrat Colony
No.11 Saddar Town Frere Town
No.12 Saddar Town Boat Basin
No.13 Saddar Town Clifton - Kehkshan
No.1 Lyari Town Agra Taj Colony
No.2 Lyari Town Bihar Colony
No.3 Lyari Town Gulistan Colony
No.4 Lyari Town Singo Lane
No.5 Lyari Town Nawa Lane
No.6 Lyari Town Kalakot - Rexer Lane
No.7 Lyari Town Ghulam Muhammad Lane - Rangiwara
No.8 Lyari Town Kalri - Shah Baig Lane
No.9 l_yari Town Daryabad - Hingorabad
No.10 Lyari Town Khadda Memon Society
No.11 Lyari Town Nayabad
No.12 Lyari Town Baghdadi
No.13 Lyari Town Jinnahabad -Ghulam Shah Lane

Karachi East District

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Council Falling in District Number of Union Committee Name of Union committee in town Municipal Corporations
Sohrab Goth Town Union Committee No.1 Al Asif Square
Union Committee No.2 New Quetta Town
Union Committee No.3 Sukhiya Goth
Union Committee No.4  Ayub Goth
Union Committee No.5 Khadim Hussain Solangi Goth
Union Committee No.6 Ahsanabad
Union Committee No.7 Yousuf Sahab Goth
Union Committee No.8 New Sabzi Mandi
Town Municipal Corporation, Safoora Union Committee No.1 Abbas Town
Union Committee No.2 Gulzar-e-Hijri
Union Committee No.3 Sachal Goth
Union Committee No.4 Al Azhar Garden
Union Committee No.5 Johar Complex
Union Committee No.6 Pahlwan Goth
Union Committee No.7 Gulistan-e-Jauhar
Union Committee No.8 Safari Park
Town Municipal Corporation, Gulshan-e-lqbal Union Committee No.1 Essa Nagri
Union Committee No.2 Hassan Square
Union Committee No.3 Jamali Colony
Union Committee No.4 Zia ul Haq Colony
Union Committee No.5 New Dhoraji
Union Committee No.6 Metrovil-Ill
Union Committee No.7 Shanti Nagar
Union Committee No.8 National Stadium
Town Municipal Corporation, Jinnah Union Committee No.1 Pakistan Quarter
Union Committee No.2 Soldier Bazar
Union Committee No.3 Patal Para
Union Committee No.4 Jamshed Quarter
Union Committee No.5 Martian Quarter
Union Committee No.6 Fatima Jinnah
Union Committee No.7 Bahadurabad
Union Committee No.8 Dehli Mercantile Society
Union Committee No.9 Tunisia Line
Union Committee No.10 Jacobline
Union Committee No.11 Behind Jacobline
Town Municipal Corporation, Chanesar Union Committee No.1 PECHS-I
Union Committee No.2 PECHS-II
Union Committee No.3 Mehmoodabad
Union Committee No.4 Manzoor Colony-I
Union Committee No.5 Manzoor Colony-II
Union Committee No.6 Akhtar Colony
Union Committee No.7 Azam Basti
Union Committee No.8 Chanesar Goth


District Central

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Council Falling in District Number of Union Committee Name of Union committee in town Municipal Corporations
Town Municipal Corporation, New Karachi Union Committee No.1 Shahnawaz Bhutto Colony
Union Committee No.2 Gulshan-e-Saeed
Union Committee No.3 Khawaia Ajmeer Nagri
Union Committee No.4 Mustafa Colony
Union Committee No.5 Kala School
Union Committee No.6 Khamiso Goth
Union Committee No.7 Madina Colony
Union Committee No.8 Faisal
Union Committee No.9 Abuzar Ghaffari
Union Committee No.10 Godhran
Union Committee No.11 Hakeem Ahsan
Union Committee No.12 Ka!liana
Union Committee No.13 Muhammazi Shah
Town Municipal Corporation,

Liaquatabad

Union Committee No.1 Moosa Colony
Union Committee No.2 Sharifabad
Union Committee No.3 Bundhani Colony
Union Committee No.4 lbn-e-Seena
Union Committee No.5 Commercial Area
Union Committee No.6 Dakhana
Union Committee No.7 C-Area
Town Municipal Corporation,

North Nazimabad

Union Committee No.1 Sir Syed
Union Committee No.2 Farooq-e-Azam
Union Committee No.3 Siddiq-e-Akbar
Union Committee No.4 Buffer Zone
Union Committee No.5 Taimooria
Union Committee No.6 Sakhi Hassan
Union Committee No.7 Hyderi
Union Committee No.8 Al-Falha
Union Committee No.9 Pahar Gunj
Union Committee No.10 Mustafaabad
Town Municipal Corporation, Gulberg Union Committee No.1 Shafiq Colony
Union Committee No.2 Samanabad
Union Committee No.3 Water Puump
Union Committee No.4 Naseerabad
Union Committee No.5 Yaseenabad
Union Committee No.6 Azizabad
Union Committee No.7 Karimabad
Union Committee No.8 Gulberg
Town Municipal Corporation, Nazimabad Union Committee No.1 Paposh Nagar
Union Committee No.2 Abbasi Shaheed
Union Committee No.3 Hadi Market
Union Committee No.4 Nazimabad
Union Committee No.5 Razvia Society
Union Committee No.6 Firdous Colony
Union Committee No.7 Gulbahar

District Malir

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Council Falling in District Number of Union Committee Name of Union committee in town Municipal Corporations
Town Municipal Corporation, Malir Union Committee No.1 Ghareebabad
Union Committee No.2 Ghazi Dawood Brohi
Union Committee No.3 Jaffar-e-Tayyar
Union Committee No.4 Khuldabad
Union Committee No.5 Quaidabad
Union Committee No.6 Dawood Chowrangi
Union Committee No.7 Future Colony
Union Committee No.8 Sharafi Goth
Union Committee No.9 Bakhtawar
Union Committee No.10 Bhittaiabad
Town Municipal Corpolation, Gadap Union Committee No.1 Gadap
Union Committee No.2 Ghaahar
Union Committee No.3 Pipri
Union Committee No.4 Gulshan-e-Hadeed
Union Committee No.5 Steel Town
Union Committee No.6 Saleh Muhammad
Union Committee No.7 Murad Memon
Union Committee No.8 Darsano Channo
Union Committee No.9 Shah Mureed
Town Municipal Corporation, Ibrahim Hyderi Union Committee No.1 Chowkandi
Union Committee No.2 Shah Latif
Union Committee No.3 Cattle Colony
Union Committee No.4 Majeed Colony
Union Committee No.5 Muzafarabad
Union Committee No.6 Muslimabad
Union Committee No.7 Sher Pao Colony
Union Committee No.8 Ibrahim Hyderi
Union Committee No.9 Chashma
Union Committee No.10 Rehri
Union Committee No.11 Ali Akbar Shah

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b "KDA Introduction". www.kda.gos.pk. Retrieved 2020-04-04.
  2. ^ "Karachi Metropolitan Corporation". Archived from the original on 2023-09-03.
  3. ^ "Sindh govt decides to change names of 4 Karachi districts". 24NewsHD.TV. 24News. Retrieved October 30, 2024.
  • ^ World Gazetteer data[dead link‍]


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