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{{Short description|Area in Karachi}}
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{{Infobox settlement
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| name = New Karachi Town
| native_name = <br/>{{nqNastaliq|نیو کراچی ٹاؤن}}
| settlement_type = [[Towns in Karachi|Constituent Town of Karachi]]
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<!-- Location ------------------>| subdivision_type = Town Chairman
| map_caption = New Karachi Town was divided into 13 Union Councils
| subdivision_name = Muhammad Yousuf
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| subdivision_name = [[Pakistan]]
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| subdivision_type1 = Province
| subdivision_type2 = District
| subdivision_name1 = [[Sindh]]
| subdivision_type2 subdivision_name2 = City[[Nazimabad District]]
| subdivision_type3 = Division
| subdivision_name2 = [[Karachi]]
| subdivision_name3 = [[Karachi Division]]
| parts_type = Union Councils
| subdivision_type4 = Province
| parts_style = para
| subdivision_name4 = {{flag|Sindh}}
| parts = 13
| subdivision_type5 = Country
| p1 = [[Abu Zar Ghaffari]]
| subdivision_name5 = {{flag|Pakistan}}
| p2 = [[Faisal Colony]]
| parts_type = Union Committees in Town Municipal Corporation
| p3 = [[Fatima Jinnah Colony]]
| parts_style = coll,para
| p4 = [[Godhra (Karachi)|Godhra]]
| p5 parts = [[Gulshan-e-Saeed]]13
| p1 = '''Shahnawaz Bhutto Colony'''<br />'''Gulshan-e-Saeed'''<br />'''Khawaja Ajmeer Nagri'''<br />'''Mustafa Colony'''<br />'''KalaSchool'''<br />
| p6 = [[Hakim Ahsan]]
'''Khameso Goth'''<br />'''Madina Colony'''<br />'''Faisal'''<br />'''Abuzar Ghaffari'''<br />'''Godhran'''<br />'''Hakeem Ahsan'''<br />'''Kalliana'''<br />'''Muhammad Shah'''
| p7 = [[Kalyana]]
<!-- Politics ----------------->| government_footnotes =
| p8 = [[Khamiso Goth]]
| p9 government_type = [[KhawajaGovernment Ajmeerof NagriKarachi]]
| leader_title1 = Constituency
| p10 = [[Madina Colony (New Karachi Town)|Madina Colony]]
| leader_name1 = [[NA-247 Karachi Central-I]]
| p11 = Mustufa Colony
| leader_title2 =
| p12 = [[Shah Nawaz Bhutto Colony]]
| p13 leader_name2 = Sir Syed Colony
| established_title = Established
<!-- Politics ----------------->| government_footnotes =
| established_date = {{Start date and age|1972}}
| government_type = Town Council
| established_title1 = Town status
| leader_title = Town Nazim (Mayor)
| established_date1 = {{Start date and age|14 August 2001}}
| leader_name = M. Zulfiqar
| established_title2 = Disbanded
| leader_title2 = Municipal Officer
| established_date2 = {{Start date and age|11 July 2011}}
| leader_name2 = Afaq Saeed
| established_title3 = Reorganized
| established_title = Established
| established_date3 = {{Start date and age|March 2015}}
| established_date = 14 August 2001
<!-- Area --------------------->| area_footnotes =
| area_total_km2 = 18
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| elevation_footnotes elevation_max_m = 113
| elevation_min_m = 32
| elevation_m = <!-- Population ----------------------->
| population_as_of elevation_m = 199854
| elevation_ft = <!-- Population ----------------------->
| population_footnotes =
| population_as_of = [[2023 Pakistani census]]
| population_note =
| population_footnotes =
| population_total = 684,183
| population_note =
<!-- General information --------------->| timezone =
| population_total = 1,165,742
| utc_offset =
| population_density_km2 = 64763.44
| timezone_DST =
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| population_rural =
| coordinates = {{coord|24|59|37|N|67|03|55|E|region:PK_source:kolossus-ruwiki|display=inline,title}}
| population_demonym = [[Karachiite]]
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| postal_code =
| area_code utc_offset = +05:00
| timezone_DST = [[DST]] ''is not observed''
| website = [http://www.nktown.tk New Karachi Town website]
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| blank_name = Office Location
| latd =
| blank_info = ST-1, Sec 11-I, opp; New Karachi Telephone Exchange, New Karachi
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| extinct_date longd = 2011
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| area_code_type = [[List of dialing codes in Pakistan|NWD]] (area) code
| area_code = 021
| footnotes =
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| postal_code_type = ZIP Code
| postal_code = 75850
| iso_code = [[ISO 3166-2:PK|PK-SD]]
}}
 
'''New Karachi Town''' or '''North Karachi Town''' ({{lang-langx|ur|{{Nastaliq|نیو کراچی ٹاؤن}}}}) lies in the northern-eastern part of the city [[GulbergNazimabad TownDistrict]], Karachi|GulbergSindh Town]]province of Pakistan. It was formed when [[Squatting in Pakistan|katchi abadis]] were resettled following the 1958 [[1958 Pakistani coup d'état|coup d'état]]. InTown 2001 itsystem was subdividedestablished into 13by [[UnionCity councilsDistrict ofGovernment Pakistan|union councilsKarachi]]. Thein town2001. Town system was disbanded in 2011,<ref>{{Cite book|last=Gayer|first=Laurent|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=BklRBAAAQBAJ&q=karachi+towns+disbanded+2011&pg=PA156|title=Karachi: Ordered Disorder and the Struggle for the City|date=2014|publisher=Oxford University Press|isbn=978-0-19-935444-3|language=en}}</ref> and New Karachi Town was re-organized as part of [[Karachi Central|Karachi Central District]] in 2015. New Karachi Town has a population 1,166,742 as of [[2023 Pakistani census]].
 
== Location ==
New Karachi is in the northern part of [[Karachi]], [[Pakistan]], located between the [[Lyari River]], the [[Manghopir Hills]] and two major roads – Surjani Road to the north and ''Shahrah-e-Zahid Hussain'' to the south. To the north and west is [[Gadap Town]], and to the south lie the towns of [[Gulberg Town, Karachi|Gulberg Town]] and [[North Nazimabad Town]]. The population of New Karachi Town was estimated to be more than 680,000 at the 1998 census.{{cn|date=March 2021}}
 
==History==
 
After the [[1958 Pakistani coup d'état]], the military decided to forcibly resettle the katchi abadis of Karachi into freshly created townships such as New Karachi.<ref name="MAS">{{cite journal |last1=Gayer |first1=Laurent |title=Guns, Slums, and "Yellow Devils": A Genealogy of Urban Conflicts in Karachi, Pakistan |journal=Modern Asian Studies |date=2007 |volume=41 |issue=3 |pages=515–544 |doi=10.1017/S0026749X06002599}}</ref> The federal government under the ruling of [[Pervez Musharraf]], who seized power in a [[1999 Pakistani coup d'état|1999 coup d'etat]], introduced local government reforms in the year 2000, which eliminated the previous "third tier of government" ([[Divisions of Pakistan|administrative divisions]]) and replaced it with the fourth tier ([[Districts of Pakistan|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 New Karachi Town. In 2011, the system was disbanded but remained in place for bureaucratic administration until 2015, when the [[Karachi Metropolitan Corporation]] system was re-introduced. In 2015, New Karachi Town was re-organized as part of [[District of Central Karachi|Karachi Central]] district.
 
== Demographics ==
 
{{Pie chart
|caption = Languages of '''New Karachi sub-division''' ([[2023 Pakistani census]])
|label1 = [[Urdu]] |value1 = 84.41 |color1 = darkgreen
|label2 = [[Saraiki language|Saraiki]] |value2 = 3.88 |color2 = pink
|label3 = [[Punjabi language|Punjabi]] |value3 = 2.63 |color3 = red
|label4 = [[Sindhi language|Sindhi]] |value4 = 2.24 |color4 = gold
|label5 = [[Pashto]] |value5 = 2.01 |color5 = aqua
|label6 = [[Hindko]] |value6 = 0.63 |color6 = orange
|label7 = [[Balochi language|Balochi]] |value7 = 0.50 |color7 = darkblue
|label8 = Others |value8 = 3.64 |color8 = grey
}}
 
There are total 1,165,742 people in New Karachi sub-division of which 984,105 spoke Urdu, 45,343 Saraiki, 30,667 Punjabi, 26,148 Sindhi, 23,441 Pashto, 7,360 Hindko 5,919 Balochi & 42,759 others.
 
== Town Municipal Corporation ==
 
''' 13 Union Committees of New Karachi in Town Municipal Corporation'''
 
{| class="wikitable"
!Sub Sr Number
!Councils Falling in District (Nazimabad)
!Number of Union Committee
!Name of UC in Town Municipal Corporation
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!1
|TMC New Karachi
|UC#01
|Shahnawaz Bhutto Colony
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!2
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|UC#02
|Gulshan-e-Saeed
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!3
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|UC#03
|Khawaja Ajmeer Nagri
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!4
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|UC#04
|Mustafa Colony
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!5
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|UC#05
|Kala School
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!6
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|UC#06
|Khamiso Goth
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!7
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|UC#07
|Madina Colony
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!8
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|UC#08
|Faisal
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!9
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|UC#09
|Abuzar Ghaffari
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!10
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|UC#10
|Godhra
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!11
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|UC#11
|Hakeem Ahsan
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!12
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|UC#12
|Kalliana
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!13
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|UC#13
|Muhammad Shah
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== Location ==
 
North Karachi is located between the Lyari River, the Manghopir Hills and two major roads - Surjani Road to the north and Shahrah-e-Zahid Hussain to the south. To the north and west lies Gadap Town, and to the south lie the towns of Gulberg and North Nazimabad.
 
==Neighbourhoods==
[[Fatima Jinnah Colony]], is named after [[Fatima Jinnah]], the sister of the founder of [[Pakistan]], [[Muhammad Ali Jinnah]]. The neighbourhood of Hakim Ahsan is named after the mayor of Karachi who met [[Muhammad Ali Jinnah]] at Karachi airport in 1947. Shah Nawaz Bhutto Colony is named after the father of the former [[Prime Minister of Pakistan]] [[Zulfikar Ali Bhutto]] and grandfather of the later Prime Minister [[Benazir Bhutto]]. [[Shah Nawaz Bhutto]] was the last Prime Minister of the [[princely state]] of [[Junagadh]] and was instrumental in the accession of the state to Pakistan in 1947. Sir Syed Colony is named after Sir [[Sir Syed|Syed Ahmad Khan]] who promoted education amongst the Muslims of [[British India]] and founded the [[Aligarh Muslim University]] in 1875.
 
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* [[Zarina Colony]]
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== Constituensy ==
 
[[NA-247 Karachi Central-I]]
 
==Educational institutions==
* Madina-Tur-Rehan Progressive Academy, 48/14 5-F New Karachi
* MIDasia Foundation Academy, North Karachi
* public schools
* MA Tutor Academy (Shadman Town, North Karachi)
* public colleges, including one public technical college
* SK Grammar School (Muslim Town, North Karachi)
* private schools, including:
** MIDasiaPak FoundationHorizon Academy,Grammar School (Sector 11-F North Karachi)
MA* TutorMadina AcademyTul (ShadmanIlm Town,High School North Karachi)
SK* GrammarHigh SchoolStar (MuslimPublic Town,School (North Karachi)
Pak* HorizonDawn GrammarPublic School (Sector 11-F, North Karachi)
Madina* TulLycos Ilm HighGrammar School (11/C/1, North Karachi)
High* StarWonderland PublicGrammar School (B-41, 11/C/1, North Karachi)
Dawn* PublicSaeeda SchoolAcademy ( 11/C/1, North Karachi)
Lycos* GrammarAsra Public School (11/C/1,U.P More North Karachi)
Wonderland* GrammarKarachi Generation School (B11-41B, 11/C/1near Saleem Centre, North Karachi)
Saeeda* AcademyLittle Flower Children Secondary School (Muslim 11/C/1,Town North Karachi)
Asra* PublicAl SchoolRahman (U.PGrammar MoreSchool, North Karachi)
Karachi* GenerationS.M.B. Academy School (11-B, nearBoys Saleem& CentreGirls, North Karachi)
Dawn* PublicWoodland Secondary School, North Karachi
SK* GrammarLittle SchoolOrchard Academy Shadman Town No 2, North Karachi
Little* FlowerGreen ChildrenLand SecondaryPublic School (Muslim Town, North Karachi)
* The Metropolitan Academy
Al Rahman Grammar School, North Karachi
Dawn* Usman Public School, North Karachi
S.M.B. Academy School Boys & Girls, North Karachi
Woodland Secondary School, North Karachi
Little Orchard Academy Shadman Town No 2, North Karachi
Green Land Public School, North Karachi
The Metropolitan Academy
Usman Public School, North Karachi
 
==Hospitals==
* 16 private hospitals: a good hospital is Godhra Shaikh Muslim Medical Center in Sector 11-G
* Qadri Medical Center (5-B/1)
* 3 public hospitals
* New Karachi Medical Centre (11-F)
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* Pasha Maternity Emergency Hospital in Sector 11-D, with Front Sector 5-E (near 5 Number Bus Stop)
* Godhra Muslim Khatri 24-Hours Emergency Hospital (Sector 11-G near W-11 Bus Stop) Main Hospital after Sindh Government
* Aiwan-e-Sanat-o-Tijarat Hospital: St.1/1, Sec.11, C-2, Sir Syed Town, North Karachi
 
* SHED Hospital North Karachi: Plot No. ST 1/2-A Sector 11-C-2 North Karachi
* Government Urban Hospital: Sector 5C-3, North Karachi
 
==Places of worship==
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Some famous mosques are:
 
*Jama Masjid Hanfia (Near Government School 11-F)
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*Markazi Islamia Masjid
*Masjid Ibrahim khalilullah 5c-4
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*Jama Masjid Ghosia 11-D
*Jama Masjid Bukhari, near Jamat Khana 11-D
*Jama Masjid akbariAkbari 11-D
*Masjid Furqania
*Masjid Bilal
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* Nazir Hussain (Late) Model Park (11-B, North Karachi)
* Abu Nasar Park (Late) Model Park (Kalyana Town, North Karachi)
* AfzaRashid Mehnaz Family Park (5.c./1, North Karachi) (formerly known as afza family park)
* Bi Ammaan Park (11.C, North Karachi, near Nagan Interchange)
 
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* Chaandni Chowk Market (11-F)
* Kids Garments Wholesale Market (11-G)
* Nala [[Watercourse]]
* Godhra Timber Market
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* Khatri Bazaar
* Jumeraat Bazar
* 5-c-4 North Karachi Bara Market.
* W9 bazar between 5c/1 and 5c/3
 
==References==
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[[Category:New Karachi Town| ]]
[[Category:Karachi Central District]]
[[Category:Towns in Karachi]]
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