Karachi Division

Karachi Division کراچی ڈویژن
Division
Coordinates: 24°54′21″N 67°04′50″E / 24.9059°N 67.0805°ECoordinates: 24°54′21″N 67°04′50″E / 24.9059°N 67.0805°E
Country	Pakistan
Province	Sindh
Established	2011
Districts	6
Government
• Type	Metropolitan City
• City Administrator	Rauf Akhtar Farooqui
• Metropolitan Commissioner	Sajjad Hussain Abbasi
Time zone	PST (UTC+5)
Postal code	74XXX - 75XXX
Dialling code	021

Karachi Division (Urdu: کراچی ڈویژن ‎) is an administrative division of the Sindh Province of Pakistan.

The Karachi Division was abolished in 2000 and five districts of Karachi were merged in City District Karachi. The City District Karachi was divided in 18 Towns and 178 union councils.^[1]

On 11 July 2011 Sindh Government restored again 5 districts of Karachi division.^[2]

In November 2013, a new district (6th), Korangi was formed by splitting District Karachi East.^[3][4]

Administration

Division	Districts	Towns
Karachi
	South	Lyari Town
		Saddar Town
	East	Jamshed Town
		Gulshan Town
	West	Baldia Town
		Kiamari Town
		Orangi Town
		S.I.T.E. Town
	Central	Gulberg Town
		Liaquatabad Town
		New Karachi Town
		North Nazimabad Town
	Malir	Malir Town
		Bin Qasim Town
		Gadap Town
	Korangi	Korangi Town
		Landhi Town
		Shah Faisal Town

References

1. City District Government Karachi Official Website
2. Five districts of Karachi restored, Published in The News International on 11 July 2011, Retrieved on 5 August 2012
3. dawn.com, Korangi notified as sixth district of Karachi
4. The News, Korangi made sixth district of Karachi