Malir Town

Malir Town (Sindhi: ملیر ٽائون‎ Urdu: ملیر ٹاؤن ‎) lies in the northern part of the city that was named after the Malir River.

Malir Town

ملیر ٹاؤن
Constituent Town of Karachi
Malir Town,Gulshan Model Colony, Malir Cantonment, Karachi
Union councils of Malir Town
Coordinates: 24°53′35″N 67°11′43″E
CountryPakistan
ProvinceSindh
City DistrictKarachi
Established14 August 2001
Disbanded2011
Union Councils
Government
 • TypeTown Council
Population
 (1998)[1]
 • Total981,270
Office LocationNear Saudabad Police Station, Kalaboard, Malir Colony, Karachi. 75080

History

Alexander the Great

Alexander the Great (356 BC – 323 BC) visited Sindh. By the time that Alexander the Great of Macedonia reached Malir District, a mosquito that causes malaria bitten him.[2]

2000

The federal government under introduced local government reforms in the year 2000, which eliminated the previous "third tier of government" (administrative divisions) and replaced it with the fourth tier (districts). The effect in Karachi was the dissolution of the former Karachi Division, 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 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 system was reintroduced.

On 11 July 2011, Sindh Government restored again Malir District.[3]

The town system was disbanded in 2011,[4]

2015

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

Location

Malir Town was bordered by the Jinnah International Airport and the Malir Cantonment to the west and north, the Malir River and Shah Faisal Town to the south and Gadap Town to the east across the Thado Nallo stream.

Neighborhoods

See also

References
  1. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 17 November 2011. Retrieved 13 September 2016.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  2. Daur, Naya (15 April 2020). "Allama Zameer Akhtar Says Karachi's Malir Area Is Named After Malaria". Naya Daur. Retrieved 18 October 2020.
  3. Karachi’s district status restored, notification issued, Published in The News Tribe on 11 July 2011, Retrieved on 7 August 2012
  4. Abbasi, Saeed (10 July 2011). "Karachi's district status restored, notification issued". The News Tribe. Retrieved 16 April 2020.
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