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Union Councils of Karachi are local governments in Karachi. Union Council is the primary governmental institution in Pakistan. Headed by a Union Nazim, each union council has 10 elected members or councilors. In addition to four male and two female members elected directly, there are two male and two female representatives of the labor, a ...
In Karachi, the division of Karachi and the five districts were merged to form a new City-District which was subdivided in August 2001 into eighteen autonomous towns comprising 178 local union councils. The town system was abolished in 2011, and the Karachi Development Authority is run at the provincial, rather than local, level. [1]
The Boat Basin Park, officially known as Shaheed Benazir Bhutto Park, is situated at Boat Basin, Clifton, Karachi. In the 1960s, the Karachi Development Authority built the 240 acre park. It was then owned by the Karachi Metropolitan Corporation and the Government of Karachi. [1] [2]
The Boat Basin, extending westward from Chinna Creek, has experienced gradual degradation, attributed to human interventions dating back to the 19th century. [1] Driven by economic motives to optimise harbour utilisation, alterations were made to reduce tidal differences, thereby affecting the natural flow of sea water into the Basin. [1]
Top: Keamari Boat Terminal Bottom: Paradise Point. Etymology: District Karachi West: Country ... Union Council Map 1 Keamari Town: 50 451,801 9,036.02 83.55%
The Chairmen of all the Union Committees form the City Council (and oversee the Karachi Metropolitan Corporation) and elect the mayor and deputy mayor, while the vice-chairmen of all the Union Committee elect the chairman and vice-chairman of the District Municipal Corporation and works in District Municipal Corporation office.
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.
Karachi South District is the economic backbone of the country. It has the Head Offices of many Corporations, Companies and Banks. The Chief Secretary House, Governor House, Chief Minister House, Commissioner House, Commissioner Office, Sindh Assembly, High Court, Embassies and Consulates of different countries and other government offices are also located there.