Administrative divisions of Karachi

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Karachi Towns
Population (1998 census) (2006 estimate) (2023 Census)	9,339,023 11,969,284 2,03,82,881
Area	3,528 km
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.

History

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

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 km 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 km.

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.

Karachi Districts

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.

Karachi District (Formerly Karachi South District)
Gulshan District (Formerly Karachi East District)
Orangi District (Formerly Karachi West District)
Nazimabad District (Formerly Karachi Central District)
Korangi District
Malir District
Keamari District

Karachi Towns

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:

District Karachi (Formerly Karachi South District):

District Orangi, Karachi:

District Malir, Karachi:

District Nazimabad, Karachi:

District Keamari, Karachi:

District Gulshan, Karachi:

Karachi Union Councils

Karachi South District


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


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


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


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

References

^ "KDA Introduction". www.kda.gos.pk. Retrieved 2020-04-04.
"Karachi Metropolitan Corporation". Archived from the original on 2023-09-03.
"Sindh govt decides to change names of 4 Karachi districts". 24NewsHD.TV. 24News. Retrieved October 30, 2024.

World Gazetteer data

External links

Karachi Website

v t e Subdivisions in Karachi
Karachi Division Keamari District Malir District Korangi District Karachi South District Karachi East District Karachi Central District Karachi West District
Baldia Bin Qasim Gadap Gulberg Gulshan Jamshed Kemari Korangi Landhi Liaquatabad Lyari Malir New Karachi North Nazimabad Orangi Saddar Shah Faisal SITE

v t e Neighbourhoods of Karachi
Karachi Division	Keamari District Malir District Korangi District Karachi South District Karachi East District Karachi Central District Karachi West District
Baldia	Afridi Colony Abidabad Gulshan-e-Ghazi Islam Nagar Ittehad Town Muhajir Camp Muslim Mujahid Colony Nai Abadi Naval Colony Rasheedabad Saeedabad
Bin Qasim	Abdullah Goth Cattle Colony Gaghar Gulshan-e-Hadeed Ibrahim Hyderi Landhi Colony Quaidabad Rehri Goth
Gadap	Darsano Chana Gadap Gujro Manghopir Surjani Town Maymarabad Murad Memon Goth Sohrab Goth Town Songal Yousuf Goth
Gulberg	Aisha Manzil Ancholi Azizabad Karimabad Moosa Colony Naseerabad Shafiq Mill Colony Water Pump, Karachi Yaseenabad
Gulshan	CIvic Centre Bahadurabad Hyderabad Colony Delhi Mercantile Society Eissa Nagri Gillani railway station Gulistan-e-Johar Gulshan-e-Iqbal Gulzar-e-Hijri Jamali Colony Metroville Colony Pehlwan Goth P.I.B. Colony Safooran Goth Shanti Nagar
Jamshed	Akhtar Colony Azam Basti Central Jacob Lines Chanesar Goth Garden East Garden West Jamshed Quarters Jut Line Mahmudabad Manzoor Colony Nursery Pakistan Quarters P.E.C.H.S Block 2 P.E.C.H.S Block 6 Sindh Muslim Cooperative Housing Society Soldier Bazar
Keamari	Baba Bhit Bhutta Village Gabo Pat Kakapir Keamari (locality) Keamari Subdivision Machar Colony Maripur Salehabad Shams Pir Shershah Sultanabad
Korangi	Bilal Colony Chakra Goth Gulzar Colony Hasrat Mohani Colony Hundred Quarters Korangi Sector 33 Mustafa Taj Colony Nasir Colony Zaman Town
Landhi	Awami Colony Bhutto Nagar Burmee Colony Dawood Chowrangi Khawaja Ajmeer Colony Korangi Landhi Moinabad Muslimabad Muzafarabad Sharafi Goth Sherabad
Liaquatabad	Abbasi Shaheed Bandhani Colony Commercial area Dak Khana Firdous Colony Liaquatabad Mujahid Colony Nazimabad Qasimabad Rizvia Society Sharifabad Super Market
Lyari	Agra Taj Colony Allama Iqbal Colony Baghdadi Bihar Colony Chakiwara Daryaabad Nawabad Ragiwara Shah Baig Line Singo Line
Malir	Gharibabad Ghazi Brohi Goth Jafar-e-Tayyar Kala Board Khokhra Par Model Colony Saadi Town Saadi Garden Saudabad Usmanabad Bahria Town Karachi
New Karachi	Abu Zar Ghaffari Faisal Colony Fatima Jinnah Colony Godhra Gulshan-e-Saeed Hakim Ahsan Kalyana Khamiso Goth Khawaja Ajmeer Nagri Madina Colony Shah Nawaz Bhutto Colony
North Nazimabad	Buffer Zone Buffer Zone II Farooq-e-Azam Hyderi Khandu Goth Nusrat Bhutto Colony Naya Nazimabad Pahar Ganj Paposh Nagar Sakhi Hassan Shadman
Orangi	Baloch Goth Bilal Colony Chisti Nagar Data Nagar Ghabool Town Ghaziabad Hanifabad Haryana Colony Iqbal Baloch Colony Madina Colony Mohammad Nagar Mominabad Mujahidabad
Saddar	City Railway Colony Civil Lines Clifton Kehkashan Garden Gazdarabad Ghanchi Para Islam Pura/Millat Nagar Kharadar Nanak Wara Old Haji Camp Serai Quarter Saddar
Shah Faisal	Al-Falah Society Drigh Colony Moria Khan Goth Natha Khan Goth Pak Sadat Colony Rafa-e-Aam Society Raita Plot Shah Faisal Colony
SITE	Banaras Colony Bhawani Chali Frontier Colony Islamia Colony Jahanabad Metrovil Old Golimar Golimar (new name Gulbahar) Pak Colony Qasba Colony
Cantonments	Clifton (Defence Housing Authority, Karachi) Faisal Karachi Korangi Creek Malir Manora
Industrial zones	SITE Karachi Korangi Industrial Area Landhi Industrial Area North Karachi Industrial Area Federal B Industrial Area Korangi Creek Industrial Park Bin Qasim Industrial Zone Karachi Export Processing Zone Pakistan Textile City West Wharf Industrial Area SITE Super Highway Phase-I SITE Super Highway Phase-II

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