The Faisal Cantonment ( ur, )is a
cantonment town of the city of
Karachi
Karachi (; ur, ; ; ) is the most populous city in Pakistan and 12th most populous city in the world, with a population of over 20 million. It is situated at the southern tip of the country along the Arabian Sea coast. It is the former c ...
, in
Sindh,
Pakistan
Pakistan ( ur, ), officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan ( ur, , label=none), is a country in South Asia. It is the world's fifth-most populous country, with a population of almost 243 million people, and has the world's second-lar ...
. It serves as an
Airforce base and
residential 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.
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
* Malir Halt
* Massan Ghat
*
Millat Colony
*
Pak Sadat Colony
* Rehmanabad Housing Project
*
Sindh Baloch Society
Sindh Baloch Cooperative Housing Society (SBCHS; ur, ) most commonly known as Sindh Baloch Society is a residential neighbourhood or a housing society located in the southeastern area within Block 12 of Gulistan-e-Johar in Karachi, Sindh, Pak ...
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
Gulistan-e-Johar or Gulistan-e-Jauhar ( ur, ) is a neighborhood in the Karachi East district of Karachi, Pakistan.
Administration
It was previously administered as part of the Gulshan Subdivision borough, which was disbanded in 2011. Some b ...
* Block-15
* Block-16-A
* Block-17
* Block-18
* Block-19
* Block-20
* Gulshan-e-Iqbal Block-10-A
[KARACHI: Faisal Cantonment, Gulshan Town agree on road repairs]
Dawn (newspaper), Published 13 June 2006, Retrieved 20 August 2020
* Gulistan-e-Jauhar Block 19
[KARACHI: Sindh High Court (SHC) issues notice to Faisal Cantonment on property tax issue]
Dawn (newspaper), Published 23 September 2004, Retrieved 20 August 2020
See also
*
Army Cantonment Board, Pakistan
*
Cantonment
References
External links
{{DEFAULTSORT:Faisal Cantonment
Cantonments in Karachi
Cantonments of Pakistan
1925 establishments in India