North Nazimabad Town
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| North Nazimabad Town | |
| Population (1998) | 496,194 |
| Town Nazim (Mayor) | Mumtaz Hameed |
| Naib Nazim | Ahsanullah Khan |
| Municipal Officer | Mahmood-ul-Hussan |
| Union Councils | 10 |
| Website | [Official website] |
North Nazimabad Town is a small densely populated town in the northern part of Karachi, named as such in reference to it being north of the suburb of Nazimabad. The town is bordered by New Karachi Town to the north across the Shahrah-e-Zahid Hussain, Gulberg Town to the east across the Gujar Nala stream, Liaquatabad Town to the south, and SITE Town to the west. The population of North Nazimabad Town was estimated to be about 500,000 at the 1998 census, of which 99% are Muslim. There are several ethnic groups including Urdu speakers, Punjabis, Sindhis, Kashmiris, Seraikis, Pakhtuns, Balochis, Memons, Bohras and Ismailis.
History
The suburb of Nazimabad (Urdu: ناظم آباد) in Liaquatabad Town was developed in the early 1950's for settlement by Muslim refugees from India. The suburb was named after Khawaja Nazimuddin who was the second Governor-General of Pakistan, and later the second Prime Minister of Pakistan as well. From the late 1950's, a northern extension of Nazimabad was developed as a residential area for federal government employees and came to be known as North Nazimabad. However, the capital of Pakistan was transferred from Karachi to Islamabad in the 1960's.The federal government introduced local government reforms in the year 2000, which eliminated the previous third tier of government (administrative divisions) and raised the fourth tier (districts) to become the new third tier. The effect in Karachi was the dissolution of the former Karachi Division and the merger of it's five districts to form a new Karachi City-District with eighteen autonomous constituent towns including North Nazimabad Town.
Neighbourhoods of North Nazimabad Town
The most densely populated neighbourhood is Paposh Nagar in the southwest of the town and the least densely populated neighbourhood is Farooq-e-Azam in the centre of the town.
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