Malir Town ( sd, ملير ٽائون, ur, ) lies in the northern part of the city that was named after the

Malir River Malir River ( ur, دریائے ملیر) is a seasonal river located in Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan. It passes through the city of Karachi from the northeast, through the center, and drains into the Arabian Sea. It is one of the two rivers passing thro ...

History

Administrative status

2000

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

administrative divisions Administrative division, administrative unit,Article 3(1). country subdivision, administrative region, subnational entity, constituent state, as well as many similar terms, are generic names for geographical areas into which a particular, ind ...

) 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 o ...

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

Karachi Division Karachi Division ( ur, ) is an administrative division of the Sindh Province of Pakistan. There are seven districts of Karachi. History In December 1960 Lasbela became a separate district and was placed to form Karachi-Bela division. In 19 ...

, 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 Bin Qasim Town ( sd, بن قاسم ٽائون, ur, ) is a Constituent Town of Karachi, lying on the eastern part of the city, north of Port Qasim. Bin Qasim Town was formed in 2001 as part of The Local Government Ordinance 2001, and was subd ...

* and

Gadap Town Gadap Town ( sd, گڏاپ ٽائون , ur, ) is a town in the northwestern part of Karachi with the Hub River on its western limits also forming the provincial border between Sindh and Balochistan, while to the north and east are Jamshoro Dist ...

. 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 Karachi, the largest city of Pakistan. History 1852 Karachi Conservancy Board was established to control cholera epidemics in Kara ...

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.

Location

Malir Town was bordered by the

Jinnah International Airport Jinnah International Airport ( ur, جناح بین الاقوامی ہوائی اڈا) , formerly Drigh Road Airport or Karachi Civil Airport, is Pakistan's busiest international and domestic airport, and handled 7,267,582 passengers in 2017 ...

and the

Malir Cantonment The Army Cantonment ( ur, آرمی چھاؤنی ) 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 Royal British Government a ...

to the west and north, the

and

Shah Faisal Town Shah Faisal Town ( sd, شاہ فیصل ٽائون ur, ), lies in the eastern part of the city that took its name from Shah Faisal Colony. History Shah Faisal Town was formed in 2001 as part of The Local Government Ordinance 2001, and was subdi ...

to the south and

to the east across the

Thado Nallo Thado Nalo is a stream that passes through the city of Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan from northeast to the south and drains into the Malir River which empties into Arabian Sea. See also * Malir Town * Malir River Malir River ( ur, دریائے ملیر ...

stream.

Neighborhoods

References

External links

Karachi website (Archived)

Malir Town (Archived)
{{Karachi Malir District Towns in Karachi sv:Malir