Lyari Town
لیاری ٹاؤن
لياري ٽائون‎
Constituent Town of Karachi
Kiran Foundation located at Moosa Lane, Lyari.
Kiran Foundation located at Moosa Lane, Lyari.
Lyari Town is located in Pakistan
Lyari Town
Lyari Town
Coordinates: 24°52′20″N 66°59′32″E / 24.87222°N 66.99222°E / 24.87222; 66.99222
CountryPakistan
ProvinceSindh
City DistrictKarachi
EstablishedAugust 2001
Disbanded2011
Union Councils
11
Government
 • TypeTown Council
 • Town Nazimwalo niazi
Population
 • Total186,494
DemonymLyariite[1]
Postal code
75660
Office LocationMain Lyari Town Off. (Old KMC Zonal Office) Shahrah-e-Abdul Rahim Baloch (Chakiwara Road) Lyari Town, Karachi.

Lyari Town (Sindhi: لیاري ٽائون, Urdu: لیاری ٹاؤن ) is named after the historic locality of Lyari.[2][3][4] Lyari Town was the smallest borough (called "town" in Karachi) by area, but also the most densely populated one.[1] Lyari Town was formed in 2001 as part of The Local Government Ordinance 2001, and was subdivided into 11 Union councils. The town system was disbanded in 2011, and Lyari Town was re-organized as part of Karachi South in 2015.

Location

It was bordered by the boroughs of SITE Town to the north across the Lyari River, Jamshed Town and Saddar Town to the east, and Kemari Town to the west across Karachi Harbour. It was made 11 smaller localities, called union councils, which were in turn divided into several neighborhoods.[5]

History

2000

The federal government 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 Lyari Town.

2011

In 2011, the system was disbanded but remained in place for bureaucratic administration until 2015, when the Karachi Metropolitan Corporation system was reintroduced.

2015

In 2015, Lyari Town was re-organized as part of Karachi South district.

See also

References

  1. ^ a b Yamini Narayanan (19 November 2015), Religion and Urbanism: Reconceptualising Sustainable Cities for South Asia, Routledge, p. 165, ISBN 978-1-317-75542-5
  2. ^ "Lyari Town". City Government of Karachi website. Archived from the original on 19 February 2006. Retrieved 27 May 2022.
  3. ^ Latif Baloch (2 August 2005). "KARACHI: Lyari: Karachi's oldest settlement". Dawn (newspaper). Retrieved 27 May 2022.
  4. ^ Sarwat Viqar (2014). "Constructing Lyari: place, governance and identity in a Karachi neighbourhood". South Asian History and Culture. 5 (3): 365–383. doi:10.1080/19472498.2014.905335.
  5. ^ "Location Map of Lyari Town". Karachi Municipal Corporation, Government of Sindh website. Archived from the original on 31 March 2014. Retrieved 27 May 2022.

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