Malir Town

Malir Town (Sindhi: ملیر ٽائون‎ Urdu: ملیر ٹاؤن ‎) was a Karachi borough in the northern part of the city that was named after the Malir River. Malir Town was formed in 2001 as part of The Local Government Ordinance 2001, and was subdivided into 8 union councils. The town system was disbanded in 2011,[2] and Malir Town was re-organized as part of Karachi Malir District in 2015.

"Malir" redirects here. For the district, see Malir District. For other uses, see Malir (disambiguation).
This article is about the defunct administrative unit that existed between 2001 and 2011. For the cantonment in eastern Karachi, see Malir Cantonment. For other uses, see Malir (disambiguation).

Malir Town

ملیر ٹاؤن
Constituent Town of Karachi
Malir Town,Gulshan Model Colony, Malir Cantonment, Karachi
Union councils of Malir Town
Coordinates: 24°53′35″N 67°11′43″E
CountryPakistan
ProvinceSindh
City DistrictKarachi
Established14 August 2001
Disbanded2011
Union Councils
Government
 • TypeTown Council
Population
 (1998)[1]
 • Total981,270
Office LocationNear Saudabad Police Station, Kalaboard, Malir Colony, Karachi. 75080
WebsiteMalir Town Page

History

The federal government under Pervez Musharraf, who seized power in a 1999 coup d'etat, 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, and the merging of its five districts to form a new Karachi City-District with eighteen autonomous constituent towns including Malir 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, Malir Town was re-organized as part of Karachi Malir district.

Location

Malir Town was bordered by the Jinnah International Airport and the Malir Cantonment to the west and north, the Malir River and Shah Faisal Town to the south and Gadap Town to the east across the Thado Nallo stream.

Neighbourhoods
  • Walidad Goth
  • Soomar Kandani Khaskheli Goth
  • Indus mehran society
  • Hashim Khaskheli Goth
  • Soomar Ismail Khaskheli Goth
  • Gharibabad
  • Ghausia Colony
  • Ghazi Brohi Goth
  • Gulistan-e-Rafi
  • Gulshan-e-harooni
  • Gulshan-e-Qadri
  • Gulshan-e-Yousaf
  • Haji Miandad Goth
  • Hussainabad
  • Jaffer-e-Tayyar
  • Jam Goth
  • Jinnah Square
  • Kala Board
  • Kausar Town
  • Khokhra Par
  • Khoso goth
  • Liquat Market
  • Aleemabad Society
  • Jinnah Square
  • Lyari Basti
  • Murad Jaffer Goth
  • Memon Goth
  • Millat Town
  • ANWER E IBRHIM
  • Model Colony
  • Moinabad
  • Mulla Essa Goth
  • Nashtar Square
  • Old Shafi Mohammed Goth
  • Pak Kausar Town
  • Raza plaza
  • Salar Goth
  • Saudabad
  • Shaban Town
  • Taiser Town
  • Urdu Nagar
  • Asu Goth
  • Soomar Kandani Village
  • Model Cololy
  • tariq bin ziaad
  • rafaay-e-aam society

See also

References
  1. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 17 November 2011. Retrieved 13 September 2016.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  2. Abbasi, Saeed (10 July 2011). "Karachi's district status restored, notification issued". The News Tribe. Retrieved 16 April 2020.
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