North Nazimabad Town

North Nazimabad Town (Urdu: نارتھ ناظم آباد ٹاؤن) lies in the northern part of the city that was named after the suburb of North Nazimabad. North Nazimabad Town was formed in 2001 as part of The Local Government Ordinance 2001, and was subdivided into 10 union councils and North Nazimabad Town was re-organized as part of Karachi Central District in 2015.

North Nazimabad Town
نارتھ ناظم آباد ٹاؤن
نارٿ ناظم آباد ٽائون‎
Constituent Town of Karachi
North Nazimabad Town was divided into 10 Union Councils
North Nazimabad Town was divided into 10 Union Councils
CountryPakistan
ProvinceSindh
City DistrictKarachi
Union Councils
10

In January 2022, the town system was restored by a Government of Sindh notification dividing Karachi into 26 towns and 233 union councils.[1][2]

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 North Nazimabad 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, North Nazimabad Town was re-organized as part of Karachi Central district.

Demography

Muhajirs form the majority of north nazimabad's population.[3] There are several minority ethnic groups in North Nazimabad including:Bohras, Ismailis, Kutchis, Punjabis, and Pakhtuns.

See also

References
  1. Tahir Siddiqui (8 January 2022). "Division of Karachi into 26 towns, 233 UCs notified (by the government)". Dawn (newspaper). Retrieved 31 December 2022.
  2. "North Nazimabad Town". City District Government of Karachi website. Archived from the original on 13 June 2006. Retrieved 31 December 2022.
  3. Cheema, FK. "My Experience of Free, Fair and Transparent General Elections 2018". Hilal. 55 (8): 58–59 – via MasterFILE.

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