Karachi Towns Population (1998 census) (2006 estimate)(2023 Census) 9,339,023 11,969,284 2,03,82,881 Area 3,528 km2 Mayor Murtuza Wahab Deputy Mayor Salman Murad District Coordination Officer Fazal-ur-Rehman Towns 25 Union Councils 226 Website karachicity.gov.pk
Karachi, which is the most populated city in Pakistan, was a federation of eighteen autonomous boroughs, called "Towns," that made up the City District of Karachi from 2001 until 2011. Under this now-defunct system, Karachi had a local government system, with a mayor empowered to make decisions in regards to city-planning and administration of local services. The system was abolished in 2011, and Karachi was divided into 5 City District Municipal Corporations, with a 6th formed in 2013. Each Municipal Corporation now has its own Chairman and Deputy Chairman. The Karachi Development Authority, which controls city-planning and administration of services in Karachi, is no longer controlled at the local level, but is instead administered by the province directly.
History The history of the administration of Karachi begins in 1846, when a cholera epidemic threatened the 9,000 citizens of the city. The efforts to combat this infectious disease were coordinated by a Conservancy Board. In 1852, the Conservancy Board became a Municipal Commission and in 1853, it was upgraded to Municipal Committee. In 1878, the city was empowered to collect taxes at a local level.
The City of Karachi Municipal Act was promulgated in 1933, and the Municipal Committee became a multi-ethnic 57-member Municipal Corporation with a President and a Vice-President in place of the former Mayor and Deputy Mayor. The first President was Jamshed Naserwanji, who had previously served as Mayor for twenty years.
Karachi Population 1961 census 1,912,598 1972 census 3,498,634 1981 census 5,208,132 1998 census 9,339,023 2006 estimate 13,969,284 2006 estimate 17,969,284 Source World Gazetteer
After independence in 1947, Karachi became the capital of the newly independent state of Pakistan and Mayor Hakim Ehsan received the Governor-General, Muhammad Ali Jinnah, at Karachi International Airport. 1948 saw the city boundaries fixed within the new Federal Capital Territory, which covered 2,103 km2 but also included several small towns and villages separate from Karachi.
During the period from 1961 to 1970 the former Federal Capital Territory was merged with the neighbouring princely state of Las Bela to form the Karachi-Bela Division of West Pakistan. During the 1970s this merger was reversed and Karachi became a division in its own right, covering 3,528 km2.
The Karachi Municipal Corporation was upgraded to a Metropolitan Corporation in 1976, followed by Zonal Municipal Committees operating from 1987 to 1994. The system of government changed again in 1996, when the Division of Karachi was subdivided into five districts, each with its own Municipal Corporation.
In 1999, President Pervez Musharraf committed itself to an overhaul of the entire administrative structure of the country. In the year 2000, the entire third tier of government (administrative divisions) was abolished in favour of the fourth tier (districts). In Karachi, the division of Karachi and the five districts were merged to form a new City-District which was subdivided in August 2001 into eighteen autonomous towns comprising 178 local union councils.
The town system was abolished in 2011, and the Karachi Development Authority is run at the provincial, rather than local, level.
Karachi Districts Karachi is divided into 7 districts. In 2024 the Sindh Government announced plans to rename 4 districts reflecting a shift towards adopting more localized naming conventions.
Karachi District — (Formerly Karachi South District) Gulshan District — (Formerly Karachi East District) Orangi District — (Formerly Karachi West District) Nazimabad District — (Formerly Karachi Central District) Korangi District Malir District Keamari District
Karachi Towns As of 2024, Karachi has 226 Union Councils and 25 Towns as follow:
District Karachi, Karachi: Saddar Town Lyari Town
District Gulshan, Karachi: Gulshan Town Jinnah Town Jamshed Town Safoora Goth Town Sohrab Goth Town
District Nazimabad, Karachi: Nazimabad Town North Nazimabad Town Gulberg Town Liaquatabad Town New Karachi Town
District Malir, Karachi: Malir Town Gadap Town Ibrahim Hyderi Town
District Korangi, Karachi: Model Colony Town Shah Faisal Town Korangi Town Landhi Town
District Orangi, Karachi: Orangi Town Mominabad Town Manghopir Town
District Keamari, Karachi: Keamari Town Baldia Town Moriro Mirbahar Town
Karachi Union Councils
Karachi District +Number of Union CommitteeName of Union committee in town Municipal CorporationsNo.1 Saddar TownBhim Pura - Ghanchi ParaNo.2 Saddar TownHassan Lashkari VillageNo.3 Saddar TownGarden WestNo.4 Saddar TownMillat NagarNo.5 Saddar TownGazdarabad - Ranchore LineNo.6 Saddar TownNanak WaraNo.7 Saddar TownKharadar - Old City Area (Mithadar/Sarafa/Jodia Bazar)No.8 Saddar TownCity Railway ColonyNo.9 Saddar TownSaddarNo.10 Saddar TownHijrat ColonyNo.11 Saddar TownCivil Lines - Frere TownNo.12 Saddar TownBoat BasinNo.13 Saddar TownClifton - KehkashanNo.1 Lyari TownAgra Taj ColonyNo.2 Lyari TownBihar ColonyNo.3 Lyari TownGulshan ColonyNo.4 Lyari TownSingo LaneNo.5 Lyari TownNawa LaneNo.6 Lyari TownKalakot - Rexer LaneNo.7 Lyari TownGhulam Muhammad Lane - RagiwaraNo.8 Lyari TownKalri - Shah Baig LaneNo.9 Lyari TownDaryaabad - HingorabadNo.10 Lyari TownKhadda Memon SocietyNo.11 Lyari TownNayaabadNo.12 Lyari TownBaghdadiNo.13 Lyari TownJinnahabad - Ghulam Shah Lane
Gulshan District +Council Falling in DistrictNumber of Union CommitteeName of Union committee in town Municipal CorporationsGulshan TownUnion Committee No.1Essa NagriUnion Committee No.2Hassan SquareUnion Committee No.3Jamali ColonyUnion Committee No.4Zia-ul-Haq ColonyUnion Committee No.5New DhorajiUnion Committee No.6Metroville-IIIUnion Committee No.7Shanti NagarUnion Committee No.8National StadiumJinnah TownUnion Committee No.1Pakistan QuartersUnion Committee No.2Soldier BazarUnion Committee No.3Patel ParaUnion Committee No.4Jamshed QuartersUnion Committee No.5Martin QuartersUnion Committee No.6Garden EastUnion Committee No.7BahadurabadUnion Committee No.8Delhi Mercantile SocietyUnion Committee No.9Jacob LinesUnion Committee No.10Jutland Lines - Lines AreaChanesar TownUnion Committee No.1P.E.C.H.S. 2Union Committee No.2P.E.C.H.S. 6Union Committee No.3MehmoodabadUnion Committee No.4Manzoor ColonyUnion Committee No.5Manzoor Colony-IIUnion Committee No.6Akhtar ColonyUnion Committee No.7Akhtar Colony-IIUnion Committee No.8Chanesar GothSafoora TownUnion Committee No.1 Abbas TownUnion Committee No.2Gulzar-e-Hijri / Scheme 33Union Committee No.3Sachal GothUnion Committee No.4Al-Azhar GardenUnion Committee No.5Johar ComplexUnion Committee No.6Pehlwan GothUnion Committee No.7Gulistan-e-JoharUnion Committee No.8Safari ParkSohrab TownUnion Committee No.1Al-Asif SquareUnion Committee No.2New Quetta TownUnion Committee No.3Sukhiya GothUnion Committee No.4Ayub GothUnion Committee No.5Khadim Hussain GothUnion Committee No.6AhsanabadUnion Committee No.7Yousuf Shah GothUnion Committee No.8Sabzi Mandi
Nazimabad District +Council Falling in DistrictNumber of Union CommitteeName of Union committee in town Municipal CorporationsNazimabad TownUnion Committee No.1Paposh NagarUnion Committee No.2Abbasi ShaheedUnion Committee No.3Hadi MarketUnion Committee No.4NazimabadUnion Committee No.5Rizvia SocietyUnion Committee No.6Firdous ColonyUnion Committee No.7GulbaharNorth Nazimabad TownUnion Committee No.1Farooq-e-AzamUnion Committee No.2Siddiq-e-AkbarUnion Committee No.3Buffer ZoneUnion Committee No.4TaimooriaUnion Committee No.5Sakhi HassanUnion Committee No.6HyderiUnion Committee No.7ShadmanUnion Committee No.8Pahar GunjUnion Committee No.9MustafaabadGulberg TownUnion Committee No.1AzizabadUnion Committee No.2KarimabadUnion Committee No.3Aisha ManzilUnion Committee No.4SamanabadUnion Committee No.5NaseerabadUnion Committee No.6YaseenabadUnion Committee No.7Water PumpUnion Committee No.8Shafiq Mill ColonyLiaquatabad TownUnion Committee No.1Moosa ColonyUnion Committee No.2SharifabadUnion Committee No.3Ibn-e-SeenaUnion Committee No.4Bandhani ColonyUnion Committee No.5Commercial AreaUnion Committee No.6Dak KhanaUnion Committee No.7C-AreaNew Karachi TownUnion Committee No.1Shah Nawaz Bhutto Colony Union Committee No.2Gulshan-e-SaeedUnion Committee No.3Khawaja Ajmer NagriUnion Committee No.4GodhraUnion Committee No.5Abu Zar GhaffariUnion Committee No.6Khamiso GothUnion Committee No.7Madina ColonyUnion Committee No.8Faisal ColonyUnion Committee No.9Hakeem AhsanUnion Committee No.10KalianaUnion Committee No.11Fatima Jinnah ColonyUnion Committee No.12Sir Syed Colony
Malir District +Council Falling in DistrictNumber of Union CommitteeName of Union committee in town Municipal CorporationsMalir TownUnion Committee No.1KhokhraparUnion Committee No.2Ghazi Dawood Brohi GothUnion Committee No.3Jafar-e-TayyarUnion Committee No.4Kala BoardUnion Committee No.5QuaidabadUnion Committee No.6Dawood ChowrangiUnion Committee No.7Future ColonyUnion Committee No.8Sharafi GothUnion Committee No.9Bakhtawar GothUnion Committee No.10SaudabadUnion Committee No.11Malir ExtensionGadap TownUnion Committee No.1SurjaniUnion Committee No.2GagharUnion Committee No.3TaiserUnion Committee No.4Gulshan-e-HadeedUnion Committee No.5Steel TownUnion Committee No.6Saleh Muhammad GothUnion Committee No.7Murad Memon GothUnion Committee No.8Darsano ChanoUnion Committee No.9Shah MureedUnion Committee No.10GadapIbrahim Hyderi TownUnion Committee No.1ChaukhandiUnion Committee No.2Shah Latif TownUnion Committee No.3Cattle ColonyUnion Committee No.4Majeed ColonyUnion Committee No.5MuzzaffarabadUnion Committee No.6MuslimabadUnion Committee No.7Sher Pao ColonyUnion Committee No.8Ibrahim HyderiUnion Committee No.9ChashmaUnion Committee No.10RehriUnion Committee No.11Bin Qasim
Korangi District +Council Falling in DistrictNumber of Union CommitteeName of Union committee in town Municipal CorporationsModel Colony TownUnion Committee No.1Model ColonyUnion Committee No.2KazimabadUnion Committee No.3Indus MehranUnion Committee No.4Jinnah AvenueUnion Committee No.5MoinabadShah Faisal TownUnion Committee No.1Natha Khan GothUnion Committee No.2Pak Sadat ColonyUnion Committee No.3Drigh ColonyUnion Committee No.4Reta PlotUnion Committee No.5Moria Khan GothUnion Committee No.6AlbadarUnion Committee No.7Al-Falah Society - Rafah-e-AamUnion Committee No.8Azeem PuraKorangi TownUnion Committee No.1Bilal ColonyUnion Committee No.2Nasir ColonyUnion Committee No.3Chakra GothUnion Committee No.4Mustafa Taj ColonyUnion Committee No.5Hundred QuartersUnion Committee No.6Gulzar ColonyUnion Committee No.7Zaman TownUnion Committee No.8Hasrat Mohani ColonyUnion Committee No.9Korangi Sector 33Union Committee No.10Korangi Sector 34Landhi TownUnion Committee No.1KhurramabadUnion Committee No.2Bhutto NagarUnion Committee No.3Khawaja Ajmer ColonyUnion Committee No.4LandhiUnion Committee No.5Awami ColonyUnion Committee No.6Barmi ColonyUnion Committee No.7Sherabad ColonyUnion Committee No.8Bagh-e-KorangiUnion Committee No.9Zafar Town
Orangi District