North Nazimabad Town
North Nazimabad Town
شمالی ناظم آباد ٹاؤن | |
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AO Clock Tower in North Nazimabad before its dismantling in 2017[1] | |
Interactive map of North Nazimabad Town | |
| Country | Pakistan |
| Province | Sindh |
| District | Nazimabad District |
| Division | Karachi Division |
| Constituency | NA-250 Karachi Central-IV |
| Town Established | 1972 |
| Town status | 14 August 2001 |
| Disbanded | 11 July 2011 |
| Reorganized | March 2015 |
| Union Committees in Town Municipal Corporation | 10
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| Government | |
| • Type | Government of Karachi |
| • Body | Town Muncipal Corporation (TMC) |
| • Town Chairman | Atif Ali Khan[2] (JI) |
| Area | |
• Total | 23 km2 (8.9 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 47 m (154 ft) |
| Highest elevation | 123 m (404 ft) |
| Lowest elevation | 23 m (75 ft) |
| Population | |
• Total | 920,476 |
| • Density | 40,104.91/km2 (103,871.2/sq mi) |
| Demonym | Karachiite |
| Time zone | UTC+05:00 (PKT) |
| • Summer (DST) | DST is not observed |
| ZIP Code | 74700 |
| NWD (area) code | 021 |
| ISO 3166 code | PK-SD |
| Website | tmcnorthnazimabad |
North Nazimabad Town (Urdu: شمالی ناظم آباد ٹاؤن) lies in the northern part of the city of Karachi, Pakistan, and 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. According to the 2023 Pakistani census, the population of North Nazimabad Subdivision is 920,476.
In January 2022, the town system was restored by a Government of Sindh notification dividing Karachi into 26 towns and 233 union councils.[3][4]
Town Municipal Committee
As per the Sindh Local Government Act, 2021, Sindh government replaced the previous seven District Municipal Corporations (DMCs) with 26 towns, each with its own municipal committee. Karachi Central District has five towns.[5][6][7][8][9][10]
- New Karachi Town
- North Nazimabad Town
- Gulberg Town
- Liaquatabad Town
- Nazimabad Town
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.
Demographics
There are in total 920,476 people in North Nazimabad sub-division of which 663,698 spoke Urdu, 73,595 Pashto, 65,767 Saraiki, 52,139 Punjabi, 16,785 Sindhi, 11,155 Balochi, 9,851 Hindko and 27,486 others.
| Language | Rank | 2023 census[11] | Speakers |
|---|---|---|---|
| Urdu | 1 | 72.10% | 663,698 |
| Pashto | 2 | 7.99% | 73,595 |
| Saraiki | 3 | 7.14% | 65,767 |
| Punjabi | 4 | 5.66% | 52,139 |
| Others | 6 | 7.09% | 65,277 |
| All | 7 | 100% | 920,476 |
Religions
There are 903,985 Muslims, 14,220 Christians, 1,571 Hindus, 472 Ahmadiyya, 30 scheduled castes, 21 Sikhs, 7 Parsis and 220 others of total population 920,476 of North Nazimabad sub-division.
Union Committees
10 Union Committees of North Nazimabad in Town Municipal Corporation
| Sub Sr Number | Councils Falling in District (Nazimabad) | Number of Union Committee | Name of UC in Town Municipal Corporation |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | TMC North Nazimabad | UC#01 | Sir Syed |
| 2 | UC#02 | Farooq-e-Azam | |
| 3 | UC#03 | Siddiq-e-Akbar | |
| 4 | UC#04 | Buffer Zone | |
| 5 | UC#05 | Taimooria | |
| 6 | UC#06 | Sakhi Hassan | |
| 7 | UC#07 | Hyderi | |
| 8 | UC#08 | Al-Falah | |
| 9 | UC#09 | Pahar Gunj | |
| 10 | UC#10 | Mustafaabad |
Constituency
See also
References
- ^ "Board Office Interchange likely to be inaugurated around May 15". The Express Tribune. 7 May 2017. Retrieved 16 December 2025.
...the sundial would be in replacement of the AO Clock Tower at the place, which had been dismantled for the construction of the Green Line BRT.....
- ^ "Once-beautiful North Nazimabad now facing rapid deterioration". Dawn (newspaper). 3 April 2025.
- ^ Tahir Siddiqui (8 January 2022). "Division of Karachi into 26 towns, 233 UCs notified (by the government)". Dawn (newspaper). Retrieved 31 December 2022.
- ^ "North Nazimabad Town". City District Government of Karachi website. Archived from the original on 13 June 2006. Retrieved 31 December 2022.
- ^ Maher, Mahim (20 July 2022). "All of Karachi's local government UC maps in one place". Aaj English TV. Retrieved 1 September 2025.
- ^ Rizwan (18 June 2023). "PPP to rule TMCs of rural, underprivileged areas while JI, PTI to govern most urban TMCs". www.thenews.com.pk. Retrieved 1 September 2025.
- ^ Mirbahar, TMC Moriro. "Welcome to TMC Moriro Mirbahar". tmcmirbahar.gos.pk. Retrieved 1 September 2025.
- ^ Siddiqui, Tahir (17 January 2023). "Three-tier municipal set-up of Karachi". Dawn. Retrieved 20 September 2025.
- ^ Mehdi, Sajjad (15 June 2023). "Who controls Karachi 25 towns". Aaj English TV. Retrieved 20 September 2025.
- ^ Maher, Mahim (20 July 2022). "All of Karachi's local government UC maps in one place". Aaj English TV. Retrieved 20 September 2025.
- ^ "TABLE 11 – POPULATION BY MOTHER TONGUE, SEX AND RURAL/ URBAN" (PDF). Pakistan Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 20 July 2024.
- ^ "District Wise Results / Tables (Census - 2023)" (PDF). www.pbscensus.gov.pk. Pakistan Bureau of Statistics.
External links
Media related to North Nazimabad Town at Wikimedia Commons