The Army Cantonment ( ur, آرمی چھاؤنی ) is a

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town of the city of

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, in

Sindh Sindh (; ; ur, , ; historically romanized as Sind) is one of the four provinces of Pakistan. Located in the southeastern region of the country, Sindh is the third-largest province of Pakistan by land area and the second-largest province ...

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. It serves as a

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and

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establishment.

History

Declared a cantonment by the Royal British Government as POW Camp by Muhammad Irfan Malik and Ismail Sherwani on 11 October 1941, in the exigencies of

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, this cantonment was taken over by the

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in 1947. This cantonment serves as the main cantonment of Southern areas of Sindh province. It houses civil residences like the ''Cantonment Bazar Area'', DOHS l & 2, Askari-5 and Falcon Complex, Army Cantonment is stretched over an area of 12 square kilometers.

Governance

Malir Cantonment is administratively governed through "Cantonment Board Malir", a Local Body by its charter, under the jurisdiction of Ministry of Defence, through the Military Lands and Cantonment Department (ML&C), headed by a Director General. The governance of the Cantonment Board derives authority from the Cantonment Act, 1924 and rules and regulations made there under. The cantonment maintains its own infrastructure of water supply, electricity and is outside the jurisdiction of

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Population

Roughly it is around 180,000 and includes all the ethnic and linguistic groups of Pakistan. Majority of its population consists of serving and retired armed services personnel along with notable civilian businessmen and bureaucrats.

Landmarks

*Fazaia Inter College, Malir cantt. karachi. * Army public school north * Army public school south *Bistro Tonight (Chinese, BBQ, Fast Food and Desserts) at 4 Dots Shopping Complex * Imtiaz (supermarket) * Junaid Jamshed * Chen One * Meat One *

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* Corporate Tax Consultants * Subway * KFC * Dunkin Donuts * Defence Officers Club *

Combined Military Hospital Combined Military Hospitals ( ur, , abbreviated as CMH) are Pakistan Armed Forces hospitals situated in various cantonments of Pakistan. History During the British Raj, the British Indian Army troops depended for their medical treatment enti ...

CMH Malir Cantt * Askari Star Mall *Indus project cp6 *

PAF Base Malir PAF (Pakistan Air Force) Base Malir is a non-flying Pakistan Air Force Base. The Malir base was originally built by British during the World War II as the last line of defense against the Wehrmacht. After the war, it was used as the processing ar ...

* Ordnance Center * Headquarters Mechanized Division * Headquarters Air Defence Division * SAAD (School of Army Air Defence) * Inter Services Selection Board (ISSB) * DOHS 1 & 2 * Station Headquarters * Tipu Sultan Co-operative Housing Society xists within Cantonment Limits* Gulshan-e-Roomi xists within Cantonment Limits* Air Defence Brigade * AFOHS Complex, New Malir (Falcon Housing Scheme Phase II, Chota Malir) * Saadi Town xists within Cantonment Limits* Falcon Complex (AFOHS) Phase I Scheme for PAF Officers & * Capital Cooperative Housing Society * ASKARI-V Housing Scheme. *

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* Sumaira Bungalows * Gulshan-e-Umair (Exists within Cantonment limits ) * Encroached Kachhi Aabadi * Cantt Broast (Fast Food Restaurant) * Rizwan Pakwan House. * Cantt Bazaar Area. * D. O. H. S. Phase I * D. O. H. S. Phase II * Air Defence Mart (A.D Mart) *Ahmed Hanif Rajpoot Pakwan (Restaurant) *Rehmat-e-Shireen (Bakery) *Four Dots Market * Check Post 1 to Check Post 6 * Phase one market

Colleges and schools

* Karachi Institute Of Medical Sciences, CMH Malir Cantt * Fazaia Intermediate College, Malir Cantt (Previously named as PAF Intermediate College & School, Malir Cantt) *

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* Cantonment Board Montessori, Model School & College * Government Degree Science College, Malir Cantt * F G Public School & College Malir Cantt Karachi

References

External links

* {{Military of Pakistan Cantonments in Karachi Cantonments of Pakistan