Liaquatabad_Town Knowpia

Liaquatabad Town

لیاقت آباد ٹاؤن
لياقت آباد ٽائون‎
Liaquatabad Town لیاقت آباد ٹاؤن; لياقت آباد ٽائون‎
Constituent Town of Karachi
	A view of Liaquatabad, Karachi
	Liaquatabad Town was divided into 11 Union Councils
	Coordinates: 24°54′01″N 67°02′41″E / 24.9002°N 67.0446°E
Country	Pakistan
Province	Sindh
City District	Karachi
Established	14 August 2001
Disbanded	2011
Union Councils	11 Abbasi Shaheed; Bandhani Colony; Commercial Area; Dak Khana; Firdous Colony; Mujahid Colony; Nazimabad; Qasimabad; Rizvia Society; Sharifabad; Super Market;
Government
• Type	Town Council
• Town Nazim	Osama Qadri
• Naib Nazim	Tasnimul Hassan Farooqui
• Municipal Officer	Ghufran Ahmed
Population (1998)
• Total	649,091
Office Location	Town Municipal Administration Liaquatabad Town, Shahrah-e-Ibne Sina, Gujar Nala, Nazimabad No.2, Karachi 74600

Liaquatabad Town (Urdu: لیا قت آباد ٹاؤن) lies in the central part of the city. Liaquatabad Town was formed in 2001 as part of The Local Government Ordinance 2001, and was subdivided into 11 union councils. The town system was disbanded in 2011, but later was restored by the government in early 2022.^[1] Also Liaquatabad Town was re-organized as part of Karachi Central District in 2015.

History edit

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.

Neighbourhoods edit

Abbasi Shaheed^[2]
Bandhani Colony
Commercial Area^[2]
Dak Khana
Firdous Colony^[2]
Mujahid Colony
Tughlaqabad
Liaquatabad
Nazimabad^[2]
Qasimabad^[2]
Rizvia Society (R.C.H.S.) (Rizvia Co-operative Housing Society)^[2]
Sharifabad
Gharibabad
Super Market
Khamosh Colony
Gulbahar
Teen Hatti
Usmania Colony

Important information edit

Hospitals and dispensaries edit

26 Public/Private Hospitals
Abbasi Shaheed Hospital
Sindh Government Hospital
10 Dispensaries
Imam Zainul Abedin Hospital

Libraries edit

Super Market Library
Hasrat Mohani Library
Usmania Library
Al-Hudda Library
Nadir Library
Ghalid Library
Zain library

Post offices edit

5 Post Offices

Police stations edit

7 Police Stations

PS Liaqatabad PS shareefabad PS Super Market PS Nazimabad PS Gulbahar PS Rizvia

Religious places edit

6 Imam Bargah
6 Mandir
3 Churches
3 Jamatkhanas
Sultanabad Jamatkhana
Amynabad Jamatkhana
Nazimabad Jamatkhana
Aurangabad Junagadh State Sindhi Jamat

Graveyards edit

C 1 Area Graveyard
Liaquatabad Graveyard
Khamosh Colony Graveyard
Khaji Ground Graveyard

Railway station edit

Liaquatabad Railway Station

References edit

^ Siddiqui, Tahir (8 January 2022). "Division of Karachi into 26 towns, 233 UCs notified (by the government)". Dawn (newspaper). Retrieved 2 January 2023.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f "Liaquatabad Town". City District Government of Karachi website. Archived from the original on 13 June 2006. Retrieved 2 January 2023.