| Federal Capital Territory | |||||||||
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| Former Federal Territory of Pakistan | |||||||||
| 1948–1959 | |||||||||
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| Capital | Karachi | ||||||||
| Area | |||||||||
• | 2,103 km2 (812 sq mi) | ||||||||
| History | |||||||||
• Karachi established as capital of Dominion of Pakistan | 1948 | ||||||||
• Capital moved to Rawalpindi. Federal Capital Territory merged into West Pakistan | 1959 | ||||||||
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| Today part of | • Sindh Pakistan | ||||||||
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The Federal Capital Territory (FCT) around Karachi was the original capital territory of Pakistan. The FCT was created in 1948 from the city of Karachi and surrounding areas as the location for Pakistan's capital following its creation.[1] This move, however, was controversial as the territory was created despite resistance from the local groups in Sindh.[2] The FCT was bordered by the province of Sindh to the northeast and the princely state of Las Bela to the northwest with the Arabian Sea to the south.
- ^ "About Karachi". www.kmc.gos.pk. Archived from the original on 2016-06-23. Retrieved 2023-01-15.
- ^ Suhail, Adeem; Lutfi, Ameem (October 2016). "Our City, Your Crisis: The Baloch of Karachi and the Partition of British India". South Asia: Journal of South Asian Studies. 39 (4): 895. doi:10.1080/00856401.2016.1230966. ISSN 0085-6401.
Most significantly, the government of Pakistan declared Karachi a federally administered zone despite resistance from the local political classes in Sindh.