New Karachi
نیو کراچی ٹاؤن نيو ڪراچي ٽائون | |
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 New Karachi Town was divided into 13 Union Councils | |
| Coordinates: 24°59′37″N 67°03′55″E / 24.99361°N 67.06528°E | |
| Country | Pakistan |
| Province | Sindh |
| City District | Karachi |
| Established | 14 August 2001 |
| Disbanded | 2011 |
| Union Councils | 13: Abu Zar Ghaffari, Faisal Colony, Fatima Jinnah Colony, Godhra, Gulshan-e-Saeed, Hakim Ahsan, Kalyana, Khamiso Goth, Khawaja Ajmeer Nagri, Madina Colony, Mustufa Colony, Shah Nawaz Bhutto Colony, Sir Syed Colony |
| Government | |
| • Type | Town Council |
| Population (1998) | |
| • Total | 684,183 |
| Office Location | ST-1, Sec 11-I, opp; New Karachi Telephone Exchange, New Karachi |
| Website | Karachi Metropolitan Corporation |
New Karachi Town (Urdu: 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.
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.[citation needed]
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.
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.
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 Karachi High Star Public School (North Karachi) Dawn Public School, North Karachi Lycos 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 Karachi SK Grammar School, North Karachi Little Flower Children Secondary School (Muslim Town North Karachi) Al Rahman Grammar School, North Karachi Dawn Public School, North Karachi S.M.B. Academy School Boys & Girls, North Karachi Woodland Secondary School, North Karachi Little Orchard Academy Shadman Town No 2, North Karachi Green Land Public School, North Karachi The Metropolitan Academy Usman Public School, North Karachi
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
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