The Faisal Cantonment ( ur, )is a

cantonment A cantonment (, , or ) is a military quarters. In Bangladesh, India and other parts of South Asia, a ''cantonment'' refers to a permanent military station (a term from the British India, colonial-era). In military of the United States, United Stat ...

town of the city of Karachi, 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 ...

, Pakistan. It serves as an Airforce base and

residential A residential area is a land used in which housing predominates, as opposed to industrial and commercial areas. Housing may vary significantly between, and through, residential areas. These include single-family housing, multi-family residen ...

establishment. PAF Base established in 1925, as a strategically important British Royal Air force Base. Drigh Road Cantonment was established in 1925 for the civilian population near the British Royal Air force Base, vide Government of Bombay Revenue Department Notification No.4840/24 dated 04-11-1925. In 1947 it was renamed as Faisal Cantonment. The municipal limits of the Cantonment Board were altered twice: in 1988 and 1995. The Board was classified as Class I in 2002, and has a population of 292,196 (census 2017).It is not only home to the first airfield established by the Royal Air Force in the sub-Continent but can be considered as a mini Pakistan as well . The population is a vibrant mix of all provinces and the active generations of the initial mohajirs (settlers) after the independence in 1947. Karachi admin

Working Departments

* CEO Office * PA TO CEO * Assistant Secretary * Office Superintendent * Engineering Branch * Building Control Cell * Electric Branch * Water Supply Branch * Revenue Branch * Workshop Branch * Legal Branch * Land Branch * Account Branch * Establishment Branch * CB Care Center * Sanitation Branch * Horticulture Branch * Sponsorship Branch * IT Branch * Store Branch

Neighborhoods

Haidri Goth The Faisal Cantonment ( ur, )is a cantonment town of the city of Karachi, in Sindh, Pakistan. It serves as an Airforce base and residential establishment. PAF Base established in 1925, as a strategically important British Royal Air force Bas ...

* Malir Halt * Massan Ghat *

Millat Colony The Faisal Cantonment ( ur, )is a cantonment town of the city of Karachi, in Sindh, Pakistan. It serves as an Airforce base and residential establishment. PAF Base established in 1925, as a strategically important British Royal Air force Bas ...

* Pak Sadat Colony * Rehmanabad Housing Project * Sindh Baloch Society

Areas

* Defence Officers Housing Authority * Gulshan-e-Amna * Gulshan-e-Jamal * Askari-IV * KDA Officers Co-operative Housing Society * KDA Scheme-1/A(Extension) * Khosa Goth * Old Iqbalabad * T and T Colony

Gulistan-e-Johar

* Block-15 * Block-16-A * Block-17 * Block-18 * Block-19 * Block-20 * Gulshan-e-Iqbal Block-10-AKARACHI: Faisal Cantonment, Gulshan Town agree on road repairs
Dawn (newspaper), Published 13 June 2006, Retrieved 20 August 2020 * Gulistan-e-Jauhar Block 19KARACHI: Sindh High Court (SHC) issues notice to Faisal Cantonment on property tax issue
Dawn (newspaper), Published 23 September 2004, Retrieved 20 August 2020

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