New Karachi Town Explained

New Karachi
Native Name:
Settlement Type:Constituent Town of Karachi
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
Parts:13
P1:Abu Zar Ghaffari
P2:Faisal Colony
P3:Fatima Jinnah Colony
P4:Godhra
P5:Gulshan-e-Saeed
P6:Hakim Ahsan
P7:Kalyana
P8:Khamiso Goth
P9:Khawaja Ajmeer Nagri
P10:Madina Colony
P11:Mustufa Colony
P12:Shah Nawaz Bhutto Colony
P13:Sir Syed Colony
Government Type:Town Council
Leader Title:Town Nazim (Mayor)
Leader Title2:Municipal Officer
Established Title:Established
Established Date:14 August 2001
Population As Of:1998
Population Total:684,183
Coordinates:24.9936°N 67.0653°W
Website:Karachi Metropolitan Corporation
Blank Name:Office Location
Blank Info:ST-1, Sec 11-I, opp; New Karachi Telephone Exchange, New Karachi
Extinct Title:Disbanded
Extinct Date:2011

New Karachi Town (Urdu: {{Nastaliq|نیو کراچی ٹاؤن) lies in the northern part of the city Gulberg Town. It was formed when katchi abadis were resettled following the 1958 coup d'état. In 2001 it was subdivided into 13 union councils. The town system was disbanded in 2011,[1] and New Karachi Town was re-organized as part of Karachi Central District in 2015.

Location

New Karachi is in the northern part of Karachi, Pakistan, located between the Lyari River, the Manghopir Hills and two major roads – Surjani Road to the north and Shahrah-e-Zahid Hussain to the south. To the north and west is Gadap Town, and to the south lie the towns of Gulberg Town and North Nazimabad Town. The population of New Karachi Town was estimated to be more than 680,000 at the 1998 census.

History

After the 1958 Pakistani coup d'état, the military decided to forcibly resettle the katchi abadis of Karachi into freshly created townships such as New Karachi.[2] The federal government under the ruling of Pervez Musharraf, who seized power in a 1999 coup d'etat, 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 in 2001, and the merging of its five districts to form a new Karachi City-District with eighteen autonomous constituent towns including New Karachi Town. In 2011, the system was disbanded but remained in place for bureaucratic administration until 2015, when the Karachi Metropolitan Corporation system was re-introduced. In 2015, New Karachi Town was re-organized as part of Karachi Central district.

Neighbourhoods

Fatima Jinnah Colony is named after Fatima Jinnah, the sister of the founder of Pakistan, Muhammad Ali Jinnah. The neighbourhood of Hakim Ahsan is named after the mayor of Karachi who met Muhammad Ali Jinnah at Karachi airport in 1947. Shah Nawaz Bhutto Colony is named after the father of the former Prime Minister of Pakistan Zulfikar Ali Bhutto and grandfather of the later Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto. Shah Nawaz Bhutto was the last Prime Minister of the princely state of Junagadh and was instrumental in the accession of the state to Pakistan in 1947. Sir Syed Colony is named after Sir Syed Ahmad Khan who promoted education amongst the Muslims of British India and founded the Aligarh Muslim University in 1875.

Educational institutions

MA Tutor Academy (Shadman Town, North Karachi)SK Grammar School (Muslim Town, North Karachi)Pak Horizon Grammar School (Sector 11-F North Karachi)Madina Tul Ilm High School North KarachiHigh Star Public School (North Karachi)Dawn Public School, North KarachiLycos Grammar School (11/C/1, North Karachi)Wonderland Grammar School (B-41, 11/C/1, North Karachi)Saeeda Academy (11/C/1, North Karachi)Asra Public School (U.P More North Karachi)Karachi Generation School (11-B, near Saleem Centre, North Karachi)Dawn Public School, North KarachiSK Grammar School, North KarachiLittle Flower Children Secondary School (Muslim Town North Karachi)Al Rahman Grammar School, North KarachiDawn Public School, North KarachiS.M.B. Academy School Boys & Girls, North KarachiWoodland Secondary School, North KarachiLittle Orchard Academy Shadman Town No 2, North KarachiGreen Land Public School, North KarachiThe Metropolitan AcademyUsman Public School, North Karachi

Hospitals

Aiwan-e-Sanat-o-Tijarat Hospital: Address: St.1/1, Sec.11, C-2, Sir Syed Town, North Karachi SHED Hospital North Karachi. Contact. Plot No. ST 1/2-A Sector 11-C-2 North Karachi, Government Urban Hospital : Address: Sector 5C-3, North Karachi

Places of worship

Some famous mosques are:

Parks

Sports grounds

Major streets

Police stations

Industrial area

Commercial areas and markets

External links

Notes and References

  1. Book: Gayer, Laurent. Karachi: Ordered Disorder and the Struggle for the City. 2014. Oxford University Press. 978-0-19-935444-3. en.
  2. Gayer . Laurent . Guns, Slums, and "Yellow Devils": A Genealogy of Urban Conflicts in Karachi, Pakistan . Modern Asian Studies . 2007 . 41 . 3 . 515–544 . 10.1017/S0026749X06002599.