Liaquatabad Town () lies in the central part of the city of Karachi, in Pakistan. Liaquatabad Town was formed in 2001 under the Local Government Ordinance 2001, and was subdivided into 11 union councils. The town system was disbanded in 2011, but later restored by the government in early 2022. Also Liaquatabad Town was re-organized as part of Karachi Central District in 2015.

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.

New Karachi Town North Nazimabad Town Gulberg Town Liaquatabad Town Nazimabad Town

History 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 in 2001, and the merging of its five districts to form a new Karachi City-District with eighteen autonomous constituent towns including Liaquatabad Town. In 2011, the system was disbanded but remained in place for bureaucratic administration until 2015, when the Karachi Metropolitan Corporation system was reintroduced. In 2015, Liaquatabad Town was re-organized as part of Karachi Central district.

Demography

There are several ethnic groups in Liaquatabad sub-division. The total population of Liaquatabad Sub-Division is 547,706, consisting of 289,338 males and 258,266 females as of the 2023 Pakistani census.

Languages

LanguageRank2023 censusSpeakersUrdu189.10%488,031Punjabi23.17%17,412Saraiki31.72%9,447Balochi41.37%7,542Sindhi51.02%5,599Pashto60.43%2,409Others73.15%17,266All8100%547,706

Religions

There are 539,707 Muslims, 6,164 Christians, 1,617 Hindus, 129 Ahmadiyya, 15 scheduled castes, 25 Sikhs, zero Parsis and 49 others of total population 547,706 of Liaquatabad sub-division.

Union Committees

07 Union Committees of Liaquatabad in Town Municipal Corporation

Sub Sr NumberCouncils Falling in District (Nazimabad)Number of Union CommitteeName of UC in Town Municipal Corporation 1TMC Liaquatabad UC#01Moosa Colony 2UC#02Sharifabad 3UC#03Bundhani Colony4UC#04Ibn-e-Sina5UC#05Commercial Area6UC#06Dak khana7UC#07C-Area

Neighbourhoods

Constituency

NA-249 Karachi Central-III

See also Karachi Local Government Karachi

References

External links Karachi Websites Archived Liaquatabad Town Archived