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Orangi
Orangi () is a town in the western part of Karachi, Pakistan, with a population of 596,919 as of the 2023 census. Orangi was developed as a planned settlement in 1972 by the Karachi Development Authority (KDA) to provide affordable housing for lower-income households. The town consists of 13 union councils. Orangi Town is equipped with essential infrastructure, including roads, schools, colleges, playgrounds. The Orangi Pilot Project created drainage systems and sewage pipes in over 90% of Orangi Town's streets and lanes. Water and gas pipelines are also present; however, the area frequently experiences shortages of both due to supply scarcity. It is often confused with Karachi's District West, also referred to as Orangi District, which includes several other areas of western Karachi, and has a total population of around 2.6 million. History 1950 Era Following the Partition of India and creation of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, a separate country for Muslims of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Banaras Chowk
Orangi Town () is a residential town of Orangi District located in the northwestern part of Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan. It was named after the sprawling municipality of Orangi. Town system was formed in August 2001 by dissolving Karachi District West as part of the Local Government Ordinance 2001, and was subdivided into 13 union councils. The town system was disbanded in July 2011. Orangi Town was re-organized as part of Orangi District (formerly Karachi West District) in March 2015. Orangi Town has a population of 596,919 as of the 2023 Pakistani census. History 1960s Orangi was established as a township in 1965. Orangi Township was originally planned over 1,300 acres (530 ha) by the Karachi Development Authority, and many of Karachi's squatter settlements were relocated here. The township was planned and developed with informal assistance from the city's municipal administration. 1970s Orangi population rapidly increased during & after Bangladesh Liberation War in lat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Orangi Pilot Project
The 'Orangi Pilot Project'' (; abbreviated OPP) collectively designates three Pakistani non-governmental organisations working together, having emerged from a socially innovative project carried out in 1980s in the squatter areas of Orangi, Karachi, Pakistan. It was initiated by Akhtar Hameed Khan and implemented by Perween Rahman. Innovative methods were used to provide adequate low cost sanitation, health, housing and microfinance facilities. Currently OPP designates three organisations, born out of the original OPP in 1989 OPP-RTI (Research and Training Institute), OPP-OCT (Orangi Charitable Trust, involved in microfinance) and OPP-KHASDA (Karachi Health and Social Development Association, involved in health activities). A fourth organisation, OPP-RDT (Rural Development Trust) was merged with OPP-RTI in 2012. The project also comprised a number of programmes, including a people's financed and managed low-cost sanitation programme; a housing programme; a basic health and fam ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Orangi District
Orangi District (formerly Karachi West District), () also (Karachi Gharbi کراچی غربی) is an administrative district of Karachi Division, created in 1972. It is located in the western part of Karachi in the province of Sindh, Pakistan with a population of 2.67 million. Orangi District consists of three administrative towns namely Manghopir Town, Mominabad Town & Orangi Town. History Orangi District (formerly Karachi West District) was created in 1972 as a district of Karachi Division. The District was abolished in 2000 by City District Government Karachi. 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 City District Government Karachi with eighteen autonomous constituent to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Akhtar Hameed Khan
Akhter Hameed Khan (, pronounced ; 15 July 1914 – 9 October 1999) was a Pakistani-Bangladeshi development practitioner and social scientist. He promoted participatory rural development in Pakistan, West Pakistan, Bangladesh, East Pakistan and other developing countries, and widely advocated community participation in development. His particular contribution was the establishment of a comprehensive project for rural development, the Comilla Model (1959). It earned him the Ramon Magsaysay Award from the Philippines and an honorary Doctorate of law from Michigan State University. In the 1980s he started a bottom-up community development initiative of Orangi Pilot Project, based in the outskirts of Karachi, which became a model of participatory development initiatives. He also directed many programmes, from microcredit to self-finance and from housing provision to family planning, for rural communities and urban slums. It earned him international recognition and Civil decorations o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Karachi
Karachi is the capital city of the Administrative units of Pakistan, province of Sindh, Pakistan. It is the List of cities in Pakistan by population, largest city in Pakistan and 12th List of largest cities, largest in the world, with a population of over 20 million. It is situated at the Geography of Pakistan, southern tip of the country along the Arabian Sea coast and formerly served as the Federal Capital Territory (Karachi), country's capital from 1947 to 1959. Ranked as a Global city, beta-global city, it is Pakistan's premier industrial and financial centre, with an estimated GDP of over $200 billion (Purchasing power parity, PPP) . Karachi is a metropolitan city and is considered Pakistan's most cosmopolitan city, and among the country's most linguistically, ethnically, and religiously diverse regions, as well as one of the country's most progressive and socially liberal cities. The region has been inhabited for millennia, but the city was formally founded as the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Qasba Aligarh Massacre
The Qasba–Aligarh massacre was an ethnic massacre that took place when recently settled armed tribals attacked densely populated locals in Qasba Colony, Aligarh Colony, Sajidabad and Sector 1-D of Orangi in Karachi in the early hours of the morning on 14 December 1986. According to official reports, around 49 people (400+ according to unofficial reports) were killed and several hundred were injured in what was perceived as a "revenge killing" following an unsuccessful raid on an Afghan heroin processing and distribution center in Sohrab Goth by the security forces who were met with violent retaliation. As part of the operation, the security forces surrounded the area with bulldozers destroying illegally encroached houses and removing the residents. Most of the residents of the two colonies who were attacked as a result happened to be Muhajirs like Biharis who had been freshly repatriated from Bangladesh. Background Afghan Refugees influx and the Kalashnikov culture During t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Towns In Karachi
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. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
NA-246 Karachi West-III
NA-246 Karachi West-III () is a constituency for the National Assembly of Pakistan that encompasses Orangi. Areas Mominabad sub-divisions * Gulshan-e-Bahar (Sectors 4, 5, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16) * Ansari Mohalla * Azizabad Orangi * Chishti Nagar * Dawood Goth * Faqeer Colony * Fareed Colony * German School * Ghaziabad Orangi * Gulshan-e-Zia * Hanifabad * Islam Chowk * Johar Chowk * Khairabad Orangi * Mansoor Nagar * Mominabad * Muhajir Chowk * Qaimkhani Colony * Raees Amrohi Colony * Rahim Shah Colony * Sabri Chowk * Yaqoob Abad Assembly Segments Members of Parliament 2018–2023: NA-251 Karachi West-IV 2024–present: NA-246 Karachi West-III Election 2002 General elections were held on 10 October 2002. Rauf Siddiqui of Muttahida Qaumi Movement won by 62,690 votes. By-election 2003 Election 2008 General elections were held on 18 February 2008. Dr Abdul Qadir Khanzada of Muttahida Qaumi Movement won by 1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
NA-245 Karachi West-II
NA-245 Karachi West-II () is a constituency for the National Assembly of Pakistan. Area The constituency includes Orangi Town area of Karachi West District. Data Nagar, Qatar Mor, Sector 1,6,7,8, Kati Pahari, Iqbal Goth Baloch Goth, Pakhtun Abad, New Mianwali Colony, Manghopir (partly) Assembly Segments Members of Parliament 2018–2023: NA-250 Karachi West-III 2024–present: NA-245 Karachi West-II Election 2002 General elections were held on 10 October 2002. Sarkaruddin Advocate of Muttahida Qaumi Movement won by 30,408 votes. Election 2008 General elections were held on 18 February 2008. Khuwaja Sohail Mansoor of Muttahida Qaumi Movement won by 67,799 votes. Election 2013 General elections were held on 11 May 2013. Khuwaja Sohail Mansoor of Muttahida Qaumi Movement won by 87,805 votes and became the member of National Assembly. Election 2018 General elections were held on 25 July 2018. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bihari Muslims
Bihari Muslims are adherents of Islam who identify linguistically, culturally, and genealogically as Biharis. They are geographically native to the region comprising the Bihar state of India, although there are significantly large communities of Bihari Muslims living elsewhere in the Indian subcontinent due to the partition of India in 1947, which prompted the community to migrate en masse from Bihar to the dominion of Pakistan (both West Pakistan and East Pakistan). Bihari Muslims make up a significant minority in Pakistan under the diverse community of Muhajirs (), and largely began arriving in the country following the Bangladesh Liberation War of 1971, which led to the secession of East Pakistan from the Pakistani union as the independent state of Bangladesh. The majority of Bihari Muslims adhere to the Sunni branch of Islam and the adoption of the religion by Biharis traces back to the 14th century, when Afghan traders and Sufi missionaries began to arrive in the region ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mumbai
Mumbai ( ; ), also known as Bombay ( ; its official name until 1995), is the capital city of the Indian state of Maharashtra. Mumbai is the financial capital and the most populous city proper of India with an estimated population of 12.5 million (1.25 crore). Mumbai is the centre of the Mumbai Metropolitan Region, the seventh-most populous metropolitan area in the world with a population of over 23 million (2.3 crore). Mumbai lies on the Konkan coast on the west coast of India and has a deep natural harbour. In 2008, Mumbai was named an alpha world city. Mumbai has the highest number of billionaires out of any city in Asia. The seven islands that constitute Mumbai were earlier home to communities of Marathi language-speaking Koli people. For centuries, the seven islands of Bombay were under the control of successive indigenous rulers before being ceded to the Portuguese Empire, and subsequently to the East India Company in 1661, as part of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Karachi Development Authority
Karachi Development Authority (KDA) was established as the city-planning authority of Karachi in 1957, and replaced the earlier Karachi Improvement Trust (KIT). KDA, along with the Lyari Development Authority and Malir Development Authority, is responsible for the development of undeveloped lands around Karachi. KDA came under the control of Karachi's local government and mayor in 2001, but was later placed under direct control of the Government of Sindh in 2011. City-planning in Karachi, therefore, is devised at the provincial rather than local level. History A municipal commission was established in 1852 to provide city-planning services in Karachi's residential zones - cantonment areas came under control of military administration rather can civic administration. In 1934, the city of Karachi Municipal Act was passed, which lead to the formation of the Karachi Municipal Corporation (KMC) that was responsible for development and maintenance of the city. After independence in 1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
