Malir Town () is the Constituent Town of Karachi Malir District and lies in the northern part of the city that was named after the Malir River.

History

Administrative status

2000

The federal government introduced local government reforms in the year 2000, which eliminated the previous "third tier of government" (

administrative divisions Administrative divisions (also administrative units, administrative regions, subnational entities, or constituent states, as well as many similar generic terms) are geographical areas into which a particular independent sovereign state is divi ...

) and replaced it with the fourth tier (

districts A district is a type of administrative division that in some countries is managed by the local government. Across the world, areas known as "districts" vary greatly in size, spanning regions or counties, several municipalities, subdivisions ...

). The effect in Karachi was the dissolution of the former

Karachi Division Karachi Division () is an administrative division of the Sindh Province of Pakistan created in December 1960. There are seven districts in Karachi Division. CNIC code of Karachi Division is 42. According to 2023 Pakistani census population of ...

, and the merging of its five districts to form a new Karachi City-District with eighteen autonomous constituent towns including Malir Town.

2001

Malir District was abolished as part of The Local Government Ordinance 2001 and divided into three towns namely: * Malir Town, * Bin Qasim Town * and

Gadap Town Gadap Town () is an administrative subdivision of Malir District in the northwestern part of Karachi with the Hub River on its western limits also forming the provincial border between Sindh and Balochistan, Pakistan, Balochistan, while to the n ...

. Malir Town was formed and was subdivided into 8 union councils.

2011

In 2011, the system was disbanded but remained in place for bureaucratic administration until 2015, when the

Karachi Metropolitan Corporation Karachi Metropolitan Corporation () is a public corporation and governing body to provide municipal services in most of Karachi, the capital of Sindh. History 1846 Karachi Conservancy Board was established to control cholera epidemics in ...

system was reintroduced. On 11 July 2011, Sindh Government restored Malir District again. The town system was disbanded in 2011.

2015

In 2015, Malir Town was re-organized as part of Karachi Malir District.

2022

In 2012, Malir Town remained as one of the three towns of Karachi Malir District.

Location

Malir Town was bordered by the

Jinnah International Airport Jinnah International Airport () , formerly Drigh Road Airport or Karachi International Airport, is Pakistan's busiest international and domestic airport, and handled 7,267,582 passengers in 2017–2018. Located in Karachi, the largest city a ...

and the

Malir Cantonment The Malir Cantonment () is a cantonment town of the city of Karachi, in Sindh, Pakistan. It serves as a military base and residential establishment. History Declared a cantonment by the British Army, Royal British Government as POW Camp by M ...

to the west and north, the Malir River and Shah Faisal Town to the south and

to the east across the Thado Nallo stream.

Neighborhoods

References

External links

Karachi website (Archived)

Malir Town (Archived)
{{Karachi Malir District Towns in Karachi Coastal cities and towns in Pakistan sv:Malir