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Liaquatabad Town لیاقت آباد ٹاؤن
Constituent Town of Karachi
A view of Liaquatabad, Karachi
Liaquatabad Town was divided into 07 Union Committees
Coordinates: 24°54′01″N 67°02′41″E / 24.9002°N 67.0446°E / 24.9002; 67.0446
Country	Pakistan
Province	Sindh
Nazimabad District	Karachi Division
Established	14 August 2001
Disbanded	2011
Union Committees	07 Moosa Colony Sharifabad Bundhani Colony Ibn-e-Sina Commercial Area Dakhana C-Area
Government
• Type	Government of Karachi
• Town Chairman	Faraz Haseeb
• Constituensy	NA-249 Karachi Central-III
• National Assembly Member	Ahmed Salim Siddiqui (Muttahida Qaumi Movement - Pakistan)
Area
• Total	6 km (2 sq mi)
Elevation	25 m (82 ft)
Highest elevation	72 m (236 ft)
Lowest elevation	9 m (30 ft)
Population
• Total	547,706
• Density	91,284.33/km (236,425.3/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+05:00 (PKT)
• Summer (DST)	DST is not observed
Area code	021
Office Location	Town Municipal Administration Liaquatabad Town, Shahrah-e-Ibne Sina, Gujar Nala, Nazimabad No.2, Karachi 74600

Liaquatabad Town (Urdu: لیا قت آباد ٹاؤن) lies in the central part of the city of Karachi, in Pakistan. Liaquatabad Town was formed in 2001 under the Local Government Ordinance 2001, and was subdivided into 11 union councils. The town system was disbanded in 2011, but later restored by the government in early 2022. Also Liaquatabad Town was re-organized as part of Karachi Central District in 2015.

History

The federal government introduced local government reforms in the year 2000, which eliminated the previous "third tier of government" (administrative divisions) and replaced it with the fourth tier (districts). The effect in Karachi was the dissolution of the former Karachi Division in 2001, and the merging of its five districts to form a new Karachi City-District with eighteen autonomous constituent towns including Liaquatabad Town. In 2011, the system was disbanded but remained in place for bureaucratic administration until 2015, when the Karachi Metropolitan Corporation system was reintroduced. In 2015, Liaquatabad Town was re-organized as part of Karachi Central district.

Demography

There are several ethnic groups in Liaquatabad sub-division. Total population of Liaquatabad Sub-Division is 547,706 consists of Males 289,338 & females 258,266 as of 2023 Pakistani census.

Languages

Languages of Liaquatabad Sub-Division (2023 census)

Religions

There are 539,707 Muslims, 6,164 Christians, 1,617 Hindus, 129 Ahmadiyya, 15 scheduled castes, 25 Sikhs, zero Parsis & 49 others of total population 547,706 of Liaquatabad sub-division.

Union Committees

07 Union Committees of Liaquatabad in Town Municipal Corporation

Neighbourhoods

• Abbasi Shaheed
• Bandhani Colony
• Commercial Area
• Dak Khana
• Firdous Colony
• Mujahid Colony
• Tughlaqabad
• Liaquatabad
• Nazimabad
• Qasimabad
• Rizvia Society (R.C.H.S.) (Rizvia Co-operative Housing Society)
• Sharifabad
• Gharibabad
• Super Market
• Khamosh Colony
• Gulbahar
• Teen Hatti
• Usmania Colony

Constituency

NA-249 Karachi Central-III

See also

• Karachi Local Government
• Karachi

References

1. Siddiqui, Tahir (8 January 2022). "Division of Karachi into 26 towns, 233 UCs notified (by the government)". Dawn (newspaper). Retrieved 2 January 2023.
2. "Table 11 – Population by Mother Tongue, Sex and Rural/Urban" (PDF). Pakistan Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 20 July 2024.
3. "District Wise Results / Tables (Census - 2023)" (PDF). www.pbscensus.gov.pk. Pakistan Bureau of Statistics.
4. ^ "Liaquatabad Town". City District Government of Karachi website. Archived from the original on 13 June 2006. Retrieved 2 January 2023.

External links

• Karachi Websites Archived
• Liaquatabad Town Archived

• Liaquatabad Town
• Karachi Central District
• Towns in Karachi