Union Councils of Karachi are local governments in
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 ...
.
Union Council is the primary governmental institution in
Pakistan
Pakistan, officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, is a country in South Asia. It is the List of countries and dependencies by population, fifth-most populous country, with a population of over 241.5 million, having the Islam by country# ...
. Headed by a Union Nazim, each union council has 10 elected members or
councilors
A councillor, alternatively councilman, councilwoman, councilperson, or council member, is someone who sits on, votes in, or is a member of, a council. This is typically an elected representative of an electoral district in a municipal or regio ...
. In addition to four male and two female members elected directly, there are two male and two female representatives of the labor, a minority member, a Union Nazim and his deputy known as Union Naib Nazim. Beside elected members, there are several government employees and functionaries in every union council, who report to the Secretary of the Union Council. The latter is a
civil servant
The civil service is a collective term for a sector of government composed mainly of career civil service personnel hired rather than elected, whose institutional tenure typically survives transitions of political leadership. A civil service offic ...
appointed by the state. The territory of a
Union Council Union council may refer to:
*Union Council of Ministers
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or
Village Council
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is usually part of a
Tehsil
A tehsil (, also known as tahsil, taluk, or taluka () is a local unit of administrative division in India and Pakistan. It is a subdistrict of the area within a Zila (country subdivision), district including the designated populated place that ser ...
(county). Less commonly, a Union Council may be part of a
City District
A city district, also known as an urban district or neighbourhood, is a designated administrative division that is generally managed by a local government. It is used to divide a city into several administrative units.
City districts are used ...
.
Union Councils of Karachi
The following is a list of the union councils of Karachi, and their respective neighbourhoods and suburban localities. Karachi has a total of 25 Towns, and 246 Union councils.
Baldia Town
Baldia Town () is an administrative sub-division within Keamari District of Karachi Division in Sindh Province of Pakistan. Baldia Town lies in the western part of the city with a population of 948,399 as of the 2023 Pakistani census.
In 20 ...
Bin Qasim Town
Bin Qasim () is one of the six administrative subdivision of Malir District in Karachi, Pakistan, lying in the eastern part of the city, north of Port Qasim. It is headed by an Assistant Commissioner.
Location
Bin Qasim was located in the ...
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 ...
Gulberg Town
Gulshan-e-Iqbal
Gulshan-e-Iqbal () is a large middle-class to upper middle class (Block 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12,13,14,15,16,17,18,19) residential and commercial neighborhood in the Karachi East district of Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan. It was previously adminis ...
Jinnah Town
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Kemari Town
Keamari Town (), () lies in the southern part of Karachi, Pakistan, and was named after the historic seaside municipality of Keamari. Keamari Town was formed in 2001 as part of the Local Government Ordinance 2001, and was subdivided into 11 un ...
Korangi Town
Korangi Town () is an administrative subdivision or town within Karachi, Pakistan. It lies in the eastern part of the city that was named after the locality of Korangi. Korangi Town was re-organized as part of Karachi East District, before Koran ...
Landhi Town
Landhi Town () is a Karachi borough in eastern Karachi that was named after the locality of Landhi. Landhi Town was formed in 2001, and subdivided into 9 union councils. The town system was disbanded in 2011 but restored in 2022 and Korangi T ...
Liaquatabad Town
Liaquatabad Town () lies in the central part of the city of Karachi, in Pakistan. Liaquatabad Town was formed in 2001 under the Local Government Ordinance 2001, and was subdivided into 11 union councils. The town system was disbanded in 2011, ...
Lyari Town
Lyari Town (, ) is named after the historic locality of Lyari. Lyari Town was the smallest borough (called "town" in Karachi) by area, but also the most densely populated. Lyari Town was formed in 2001 as part of the Local Government Ordinance ...
Malir Town
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 ref ...
New Karachi Town
New Karachi Town or North Karachi Town () lies in the northern-eastern part of Nazimabad District, Sindh province of Pakistan. It was formed when katchi abadis were resettled following the 1958 coup d'état. Town system was established by C ...
North Nazimabad Town
North Nazimabad Town () lies in the northern part of the city of Karachi, Pakistan, and was named after the suburb of North Nazimabad. North Nazimabad Town was formed in 2001 as part of the Local Government Ordinance 2001, and was subdivided i ...
Orangi Town
Orangi Town () is a residential town of Orangi District located in the northwestern part of Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan. It was named after the sprawling municipality of Orangi. Town system was formed in August 2001 by dissolving Karachi Distri ...
Saddar Town
Saddar Town (صدر ٹاؤن) lies in the Karachi District (South), Karachi District South that forms much of the historic colonial core of Karachi, in the Sindh province of Pakistan. According to the 2023 Pakistani census, Saddar Subdivision ...
Shah Faisal Town
Shah Faisal Town (), 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 subdivided into 11 union councils and ...
S.I.T.E. Town (Sindh Industrial & Trading Estate)
See also
* North Karachi, Khuda ki Basti, Taiser Town
External links
Karachi City-District GovernmentTown Municipal Administration, SindhUnderstanding Karachi and the 2015 local elections
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