Landhi Town Explained

Landhi Town
Native Name:
Settlement Type:Constituent Town of Karachi
Coordinates:24.8504°N 67.1999°W
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name:Pakistan
Subdivision Type1:Province
Subdivision Name1:Sindh
Subdivision Type2:City District
Subdivision Name2:Karachi
Parts Type:Union Councils
Parts Style:para
P1:Awami Colony
P2:Bhutto Nagar
P3:Burmee Colony
P4:Dawood Chowrangi
P5:Khawaja Ajmeer Colony
P6:Korangi
P7:Landhi
P8:Moinabad
P9:Muslimabad
P10:Muzafarabad
P11:Sharafi Goth
P12:Sherabad
Government Type:Town Council
Leader Title:Town Nazim
Leader Name:Syed Asif Husnain
Leader Title1:Naib Nazim
Leader Name1:Dr. Irshad Ahmed
Leader Title2:Municipal Officer
Leader Name2:Noman Arshad
Established Title:Established
Established Date:14 August 2001
Population As Of:2017 Census of Pakistan
Population Footnotes:[1]
Population Total:553,665

Landhi Town (Urdu: {{Nastaliq|لانڈھی ٹاؤن) is a Karachi borough in the eastern part of the city that was named after the locality of Landhi. Landhi Town was formed in 2001, and was subdivided into 9 union councils. The town system was disbanded in 2011 but later restored in 2022.[2] [3] and Korangi Town was re-organized as part of Karachi East District, before Korangi District was formed.

Location

It is bordered by the Faisal Cantonment and Shah Faisal Town to the north across the Malir River, Bin Qasim Town to the south and east, and Korangi Town to the west. The population of Landhi Town was estimated to be over 660,000 at the 1998 census, of which 99% are Muslim. Muhajirs constitute an overwhelming majority of the population, followed by Pashtuns, Sindhi and Baloch.

History

Landhi Town contained much of the oldest parts of Karachi. The federal government under Pervez Musharraf, who seized power in a 1999 coup d'état, 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 Landhi Town. In 2011,Despite being abolished, the system was nevertheless used for administrative purposes up to 2015, when the Karachi Metropolitan Corporation system was reintroduced. In 2015, Landhi Town was re-organized as part of Karachi East, before it was made part of Korangi District.

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Landhi Town population per 2017 Census of Pakistan. dead. 29 June 2020. 8 June 2023. Citypopulation.de website. https://web.archive.org/web/20200629022932/http://www.citypopulation.de/php/pakistan-karachi.php.
  2. https://www.dawn.com/news/191821/karachi-rs402m-landhi-town-budget KARACHI: Rs402m Landhi Town budget
  3. Web site: Division of Karachi into 26 towns, 233 UCs notified (by the government). Tahir. Siddiqui. 2022-08-01. Dawn (newspaper). en-US. 2022-12-31.