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Karachi's urban area also includes six cantonments, which are administered directly by the Pakistani military, and include some of Karachi's most desirable real-estate. Key civic bodies, such as the Karachi Water and Sewerage Board and KBCA (Karachi Building Control Authority), among others, are under the direct control of the Government of ...
The City District Karachi was divided in 18 towns and 178 union councils. [3] Commissioner Karachi division was made DCO City District government Karachi. On 11 July 2011, the Sindh Government restored five districts of Karachi division. [4] In November 2013, a new district (sixth), Korangi was formed by splitting District Karachi East. [5] [6]
Whereas most megacities in the developing world have grown out of rural-urban migration from the countryside not too distant from them, Karachi's demographics are the largely contributed by long-distance immigration. [4] Before the independence of Pakistan, Karachi already had a diverse mix of religions and ethnic groups.
Tehsil Area (km²) [1] Population (2023) Density (ppl/km²) (2023) Literacy rate (2023) Districts Division Badin Tehsil: 1,816 490,386 270.04 37.70%
In 1998, 32.52% of Pakistani lived in Urban areas and has risen to 36.38% in 2017. In the 2017 census , the Urbanization trend has increased in all administrative divisions of Pakistan except Islamabad Capital Territory, where it witnessed a sharp decline in Islamabad Capital Territory.In 1998, 65.72% of the population in Islamabad lived in urban areas and this dropped to 50.58% in 2017.
In the Rural Areas the system provided a three tier system: Union Councils, Tehsil or Taluka Councils and District Councils. [6] This system upheld urban-rural divide but provided Local councils considerable power to launch schemes, review and implement development programs, and perform functions of other government Departments.
Malir District (Urdu: ضلع ملير) is an administrative district of Karachi Division in Sindh, Pakistan created in 1996 by bifurcation of District Karachi East. According to the 2023 Pakistani census, District Malir had a population of 2,419,736 (2.4 million).
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 km 2 but also included several small towns and villages separate from Karachi.