NA-237 Karachi East-III () is a constituency for the
National Assembly
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of
Pakistan
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.
Area
The constituency primarily consists of
Faisal Cantonment
The Faisal Cantonment () previously known as Drigh Road Cantonment is a cantonment town of the city of Karachi, in Sindh, Pakistan. It serves as a Pakistan Air Force base and residential establishment.
History
The PAF Base, a critical British ...
Akhtar Colony
Akhtar Colony () is a neighborhood in Karachi East District in Karachi, Pakistan. It was previously administered as part of Jamshed Town. It was named after Akhter Paganwala.
There are several ethnic groups in Akhter colony and they include: ...
,
Manzoor Colony
Manzoor Colony () is a neighborhood in Karachi East district of Karachi, Pakistan. It was previously administered as part of Jamshed Town,Azam Basti,
Chanesar Goth
Chanesar Town () is a neighborhood in Karachi East district of Karachi, Pakistan. It is represented in the provincial legislature by Saeed Ghani. The neighbourhood was previously administered as part of Jamshed Town, which was disbanded in 2011. ...
,
Mehmoodabad
Mehmoodabad or Mahmudabad () is a residential neighborhood in Karachi East district of Karachi, Pakistan. It is administered as part of Jamshed Town,
See also
* Akhtar Colony
* Azam Basti
* Central Jacob Lines
* Chanesar Goth
* Defence ...
Gulistan-e-Johar
Gulistan-e-Jauhar or Gulistan-e-Johar () is a prominent neighborhood in the Karachi East district of Karachi, Pakistan. Famous for its vibrant culture, Gulistan-e-Jauhar ("Garden of Jauhar") is named after Maulana Mohammad Ali Jauhar, a promi ...
and
Pehlwan Goth
Pehlwan Goth () is a neighborhood in the Karachi East district of Karachi, Pakistan. It was previously administered as part of the Gulshan Town borough,Muttahida Qaumi Movement won by 23,856 votes.
Election 2008
General elections were held on 18 February 2008.
Waseem Akhtar
Waseem Akhtar (Urdu: ; born 25 November 1955) is a Pakistani politician of the Muttahida Quami Movement (P). He served as the Mayor of Karachi, Pakistan's largest city, from 2016 to 2020. Shortly after his nomination as Mayor, he was controver ...
Syed Ali Raza Abidi
Syed Ali Raza Abidi (; 6 July 1972 – 25 December 2018) was a Pakistani politician who was a member of the National Assembly of Pakistan from June 2013 until his assassination in May 2018.
Early life
He was born on 6 July 1972 in Karachi ...
National Assembly
In politics, a national assembly is either a unicameral legislature, the lower house of a bicameral legislature, or both houses of a bicameral legislature together. In the English language it generally means "an assembly composed of the repr ...
.
Election 2018
General elections were held on 25 July 2018.
Election 2024
General elections were held on 8 February 2024. Asad Alam Niazi won the election with 40,840 votes.
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 popul ...