Clifton Cantonment Explained
| Clifton Cantonment |
| Settlement Type: | Cantonment |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: | Pakistan |
| Subdivision Type1: | Province |
| Subdivision Name1: | Sindh |
| Subdivision Type2: | City District |
| Subdivision Name2: | Karachi |
| Government Footnotes: | [1] |
| Governing Body: | Cantonment Board Clifton |
| Leader Title: | Chief Executive Officer |
| Leader Name: | Muhammad Saleem Hassan Wattoo |
| Leader Title1: | Additional C.E.O. |
| Established Title: | Established |
| Established Date: | 9 August 1980 |
| Population As Of: | 1998 |
| Population Total: | 225,000 |
| Coordinates: | 24.8039°N 67.0631°W |
| Postal Code: | 75600 |
The Clifton Cantonment (ur|{{nq|کلفٹن چھاؤنی) is a cantonment town within the city of Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan.[2] [3]
It serves as a military base and residential establishment. It was established by the British Indian Army during 19th century British India, and was taken over by the Pakistan Army in 1947. The cantonment maintains its own infrastructure of water supply and electricity, and is outside of the jurisdiction of the Karachi Metropolitan Corporation. Cantonment Board Clifton provides municipal services.
Neighbourhoods
- PNT Colony (Samieya Town)
- Bukhshan Village
- Chandio Village
- Chaudhry Khaliquz Zaman Colony
- Clifton (Karachi)
- Clifton Block-7
- Clifton Block-8
- Clifton Block-9
- DHA, Karachi or (Defence Housing Authority, Karachi)[4]
- DHA City, Karachi
- DHA Suffa University
- DHA Phase I[4]
- DHA Phase II[4]
- DHA Phase III
- DHA Phase IV[4]
- DHA Phase V
- DHA Phase VI
- DHA Phase VII[4]
- Delhi Colony[5]
- Gizri Creek
- Gizri
- Madinabad
- Pak Jamhuria Colony
- Punjab Colony[5]
Important roads
- Korangi Road
- Sunset Boulevard
- Khayaban-e-Jami
- Khayaban-e-Ittehad
- Khayaban-e-Bahria
- Khayaban-e-Badban
- Khayaban-e-Hilal
- Khayaban-e-Shahbaz
- Khayaban-e-Sehar
- Khayaban-e-Rahat
- Khayaban-e-Muhafiz
- Khayaban-e-Bukhari
- Khayaban-e-Nishat
- Commercial Avenue
- Khayaban-e-Hafiz
- Khayaban-e-Muslim
- Khayaban-e-Shaheen
- Khayaban-e-Shujaat
- 26th Street
- Saba Avenue
- Beach Avenue
- Khayaban-e-Mujahid
- Khayaban-e-Janbaz
- Khayaban-e-Shamsheer
- Khayaban-e-Tanzeem
- Khayaban-e-Tauheed
- Khayabane-e-Amir Khusro
- Khayaban-e-Tariq
- Khaliq-uz-Zaman
- Gizri Road[5]
See also
External links
Notes and References
- News: DHA residents discuss civic issues with CBC executive officer. 3 January 2022. 22 January 2022. The News International (newspaper).
- News: The Clifton of yore . Akhtar Balouch. Dawn (newspaper). 16 September 2015. 19 August 2020.
- News: Cantonment Board Clifton, CAA directed to provide information to complainant. Dawn (newspaper). Ikram Junaidi. 20 November 2019. 19 August 2020.
- https://www.dawn.com/news/364802/karachi-rain-emergency-plan-for-dha-clifton-finalized KARACHI: Rain emergency plan for DHA, Clifton finalized
- News: SC (Supreme Court) directs cantonment officials to raze illegally constructed buildings in Karachi. Shafi Baloch and Ishaq Tanoli . 7 February 2020. Dawn (newspaper). 19 August 2020.
