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The Clifton Cantonment (Urdu: 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 total population of Clifton Cantonment, including Defense Housing Authority, is 305,938, per 2017 Census of Pakistan. [3] DHA has a majority population of Muhajirs . It was originally established as a residential town for retired military personnel by the Armed Forces of Pakistan Welfare Department in the mid-1950s, however, currently, the ...
Gizri, a 250-year-old fishing village under the Cantonment Board Clifton (CBC), has faced disruption of traditional fishing activities due to the development of creek clubs by DHA and CBC. These changes were highlighted by visual artist Sohail Zuberi during the Karachi Literature Festival in 2020.” (The News International, 2 March 2020) [3]
The Cantonment Executive Officer Faisal Masood is the principal executive at the local level. The board normally decides and lays down policies, while the executive officer executes these policies. He is the chief exponent of the board’s policies. He acts as an adviser and is a permanent officer specially trained in local administration.
Containment happens when barriers, known as firebreaks, get in the way of a fire’s forward momentum. Sometimes those barriers are natural, like rivers or terrain without burnable fuel.
Karachi Cantonment Board: Area • Total. 993.916 km 2 (383.753 sq mi) Population
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Fire containment is usually given as a percentage that indicates the extent to which a fire has been hemmed in, according to the Western Fire Chiefs Association, a nonprofit group made up of ...