Lyari Town

Lyari Town
لیاری ٹاؤن
Constituent Town of Karachi
Official seal of Lyari Town
Seal
Lyari Town Map
Lyari Town Map
Town ChairmanNasir Karim Baloch
DistrictDistrict Karachi South
DivisionKarachi Division
Province Sindh
Country Pakistan
Established1972; 52 years ago (1972)
Town status14 August 2001; 23 years ago (14 August 2001)
Disbanded11 July 2011; 13 years ago (11 July 2011)
Part of District Karachi West(1972-2015)
Union Committees in Town Municipal Corporation
13
  • Agra Taj Colony
    Bihar Colony
    Gulistan Colony
    Singo Lane
    Nawa Lane
    Kalakot-Rexer Lane
    Ghulam Muhammad Lane-Rangiwara
    Kalri-Shah Baig Lane
    Daryabad-Hingorabad
    Khada Memon Society
    Nayabad
    Baghdadi
    Jinnahabad-Ghulam Shah Lane
Government
 • TypeGovernment of Karachi
 • ConstituencyNA-239 Karachi South-I
 • National Assembly MemberNabil Gabol
Area
 • Total6 km2 (2 sq mi)
Elevation
2 m (7 ft)
Highest elevation
19 m (62 ft)
Lowest elevation
−2 m (−7 ft)
Population
 (2023 Pakistani census)
 • Total949,878
 • Density158,313/km2 (410,030/sq mi)
DemonymKarachiite
Time zoneUTC+05:00 (PKT)
 • Summer (DST)DST is not observed
ZIP Code
75660
NWD (area) code021
ISO 3166 codePK-SD

Lyari Town (Sindhi: لیاري ٽائون, Urdu: لیاری ٹاؤن ) is named after the historic locality of Lyari.[1][2][3] Lyari Town was the smallest borough (called "town" in Karachi) by area, but also the most densely populated one.[4] Lyari 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, and Lyari Town was re-organized and merged into Karachi South in 2015 before it was part of District Karachi West. According to 2023 Pakistani census population of Lyari Subdivision is 949,878.

  1. ^ "Lyari Town". City Government of Karachi website. Archived from the original on 19 February 2006. Retrieved 27 May 2022.
  2. ^ Latif Baloch (2 August 2005). "KARACHI: Lyari: Karachi's oldest settlement". Dawn (newspaper). Retrieved 27 May 2022.
  3. ^ Sarwat Viqar (2014). "Constructing Lyari: place, governance and identity in a Karachi neighbourhood". South Asian History and Culture. 5 (3): 365–383. doi:10.1080/19472498.2014.905335.
  4. ^ Yamini Narayanan (19 November 2015), Religion and Urbanism: Reconceptualising Sustainable Cities for South Asia, Routledge, p. 165, ISBN 978-1-317-75542-5