Saddar Town
صدر ٹاؤن
صدر ٽائون‎
Constituent Town of Karachi
TMC Saddar Town
Saddar Town was divided into 13 Union Councils
Saddar Town was divided into 13 Union Councils
CountryPakistan
ProvinceSindh
City DistrictKarachi
Established2001
Union Councils
13
Government
[2]
 • TypeTown Council
 • ChairmanMansoor Sheikh[1] (PTI)
 • Vice ChairmanMuhammad Rehman[1]

Saddar Town (Urdu: صدر ٹاؤن), lies in the south part of the city that formed much of the historic colonial core of Karachi.

Etymology

The word Saddar generally means the "center" (of a settlement) and also the "head" (of a group of people or an organisation). The word Saddar may loosely be translated into "Downtown" as it shares common characteristics with a Downtown of any particular city located in United States. This includes historic areas, attractions, being in the center etc.

Location

Saddar Town is located in the colonial heart of Karachi. It is bordered by Jamshed Town and Clifton Cantonment to the east, Kiamari Town and the Arabian Sea to the south and Lyari Town to the west. The majority of the population are Muhajirs of Gujarati origin. Among the Gujarati-speaking people are trading communities such as Memons and Marwaris.[3]

History

Saddar Town contained much of the oldest parts of Karachi. The federal government under Pervez Musharraf, 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 Saddar Town as part of The Local Government Ordinance 2001, and was subdivided into 13 union councils. In 2011, the system was disbanded but remained in place for bureaucratic administration until 2015, when the Karachi Metropolitan Corporation system was reintroduced.[4]

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

In January 2022, the town system was restored by a Government of Sindh notification dividing Karachi South District into 2 towns including Saddar Town having 13 union councils.[5]

Neighbourhoods

Aerial view of Sadar with Mazar-e-Quaid Tomb visible.

Saddar Town was made up of the following:

See also

References

  1. ^ a b "Results of Heads of Councils (Non UCs)" (PDF). ecp.gov.pk. Election Commission of Pakistan. 16 June 2023. Retrieved 29 December 2023.
  2. ^ "Division of UCs in Karachi - Notification" (PDF). lgdsindh.gov.pk. Local Government & Housing Town Planning Department - Government of Sindh. 27 April 2023. Retrieved 29 December 2023.
  3. ^ a b c d e f g h i j "KARACHI: Saddar: the VIP town". Dawn. Pakistan. 5 August 2005. Retrieved 21 May 2022.
  4. ^ "Saddar Town". City District Government of Karachi website. Archived from the original on 13 June 2006. Retrieved 21 May 2022.
  5. ^ Tahir Siddiqui (8 January 2022). "Division of Karachi South into 26 towns, 233 UCs notified (by the government)". Dawn (newspaper). Retrieved 31 December 2022.
  6. ^ a b c d Faizah Malik (28 March 2018). "Heritage Foundation calls for restoration of Calcutta House in Karachi". The Express Tribune (newspaper). Retrieved 21 May 2022.

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