Faisal Cantonment
Faisal | |
|---|---|
Cantonment | |
| Country | Pakistan |
| Province | Sindh |
| City District | Karachi |
| Established | 4 November 1925 |
| Government | |
| • Type | Cantonment Board |
| • President | Air Commodore Choudary Fazal Mahmud |
| • Executive Officer | Rana Kashif Shahzad |
| • Nominated Air Force Member | Ashghar Awan |
| • Nominated Civil Member | Haji Nazim |
| Population (1998) | |
| • Total | 225,000 |
| Website | www.cbf.com.pk |
The Faisal Cantonment (Urdu: فیصل چھاؤنی)is a cantonment town of the city of Karachi, in Sindh, Pakistan. It serves as a Airforce base and residential establishment. It was established by the British Indian Army in 1925, and handed over to the Pakistan Army in 1947. The cantonment maintains its own infrastructure of water supply, electricity and is outside the jurisdiction of City District Government of Karachi.
There are several ethnic groups including Muhajirs, Punjabis, Sindhis, Kashmiris, Seraikis, Pakhtuns, Balochis, Memons, Bohras and Ismailis.
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Working Departments
- CEO Office
- PA TO CEO
- Office Superintendent Office
- Engineering Branch
- Revenue Branch
- Sanitation Branch
- Garden Branch
- IT Branch
- Legal Branch
- Land Branch
Neighborhoods
- PIA Township
- Sindh Baloch Cooperative Housing Society
- Pakistan Civil Aviation Authority
- Haidri Goth
- Malir Halt
- Massan Ghat
- Millat Colony
- Pak Sadat Colony
- Rehmanabad Housing Project
- Tandoor Colony
Areas
- Defence Officers Housing Society
- Gulshan-e-Amna
- Gulshan-e-Jamal
- Askari-IV
- KDA Officer Co-operative Housing Society
- KDA Scheme-1/A(Extension)
- Khosa Goth
- Old Iqbalabad
- T and T Colony
- Tariq Bin Ziyad Society
- Block-12
- Block-13
- Block-14 Partially
- Block-15 Partially
- Block-16-A
- Block-17
- Block-18
- Block-19
- Block-20
- Gulshan-e-Iqbal Block-10-A
- Gulistan-e-Jauhar Block 19
See also
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