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Shah Faisal Town

Coordinates: 24°52′50″N 67°09′45″E / 24.8806°N 67.1625°E / 24.8806; 67.1625
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This article is about the defunct administrative unit. For the neighbourhood in eastern Karachi, see Shah Faisal Colony.
Shah Faisal Town

شاہ فیصل ٹاؤن
Constituent Town of Karachi
Shah Faisal Town was divided into 7 Union Councils
Shah Faisal Town was divided into 7 Union Councils
Coordinates: 24°52′50″N 67°09′45″E / 24.8806°N 67.1625°E / 24.8806; 67.1625
CountryPakistan
ProvinceSindh
City DistrictKarachi
Established2001
Disbanded2011
Union Councils
7
Government
 • TypeTown Council
 • Town Nazim (Mayor)Karim-ud-Din
 • Municipal OfficerSyed Fuzail Ahmed Bukhari
Population
 (1998)
 • Total335,823
Office locationTown Municipal Administration, Shah Faisal Town, Extension elementary College Block-2, Shah Faisal Colony, near Superior Science College Karachi
Websiteshahfaisaltown.com

Shah Faisal Town (Sindhi: شاہ فیصل ٽائون Urdu: شاہ فیصل ٹاؤن ), was a Karachi borough in the eastern part of the city that took its name from Shah Faisal Colony. Shah Faisal 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,[1] and Shah Faisal Town was re-organized as part of Karachi East District, before being amalgamated into the new Korangi District.

Location

The town was bordered by Malir Town to the northeast, Bin Qasim Town to the east, Korangi Town and Landhi Town to the south, and Faisal Cantonment and Malir Cantonment to the west and northwest. The Malir River formed the southern boundary of the town and the Shahrah-e-Faisal highway formed much of the northern boundary with the Jinnah International Airport at the northern end of the town.

History

The federal government under 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 Shah Faisal Town. In 2011, the system was disbanded but remained in place for bureaucratic administration until 2015, when the Karachi Metropolitan Corporation system was reintroduced. In 2015, Shah Faisal Town was re-organized as part of Karachi East district, before being amalgamated into the new Korangi District.

Neighbourhoods

Shah Faisal Town had twenty-one densely populated neighborhoods:

Wireless Gate

The Wireless Gate serves as a major entrance way to Shah Faisal Town. The name is derived from the abundance of telecommunication installations (PTA) and offices in the area. The area hosted a radio station until the early 1980s.

See also

References

  1. ^ Abbasi, Saeed (10 July 2011). "Karachi's district status restored, notification issued". The News Tribe. Retrieved 16 April 2020.
  2. ^ Shah Faisal Colony no.3


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