Karachi Metropolitan Corporation

Karachi Metropolitan Corporation (Urdu: بلدیہَِ عظمیٰ کراچی) is a public corporation and governing body to provide municipal services in most of Karachi, the capital of Sindh.^[1]

Karachi Metropolitan Corporation بلدیہ عظمی کراچی
2023-2027 term
Type
Type	Metropolitan Corporation of Karachi
Term limits	5 years
History
Founded	1933; 92 years ago (1933)
Preceded by	Karachi Municipal Corporation
Leadership
Mayor	Murtaza Wahab, PPP (since 15 June 2023)
Deputy Mayor	Salman Abdullah Murad, PPP (since 15 June 2023)
Structure
Seats	367
Political groups	Government (169)   PPP (151)   PML(N) (14)   JUI(F) (4) Opposition (194)   JI (130)   PTI (62)   TLP (1)   MQM–H (1)
Elections
Voting system	Mixed member majoritarian: 246 members elected by FPTP 81 seats for women, 12 seats for labourers, 12 seats for youth, 12 seats for non-Muslims, 2 seats for disabled, 2 seats for transgenders through PR
Last election	15 January 2023
Meeting place
City Council Hall
Website
www.kmc.gos.pk
Constitution
Sindh Local Government Act 2013

History

1846

Karachi Conservancy Board was established to control cholera epidemics in Karachi during British rule in 1846.^[2] The board was upgraded into the Municipal Commission in 1852.

1853

In 1853 the Municipal Commission was turned into Karachi Municipal Committee. The foundation stone of the Karachi Municipal Corporation Building was laid on Bandar Road in 1927.

1933

The Karachi Municipal Corporation Building has evolved an iconic status as one of the landmark structures of Karachi

In 1933 the Karachi Municipal Committee was upgraded to the Karachi Municipal Corporation by the Karachi Municipal Act.

1976

The Karachi Municipal Corporation was turned into the Karachi Metropolitan Corporation in 1976.

1987

Zonal Municipal Committees were established in 1987. The zonal committees were merged again into the Karachi Metropolitan Corporation. Five district municipal corporations were established in 1987.

2000

The Karachi Metropolitan Corporation was abolished in 2000 and five district municipal corporations were merged into City District Karachi. The City District Karachi was divided into 18 town and 178 union councils.

2011

In 2011 Sindh Government restored again Karachi Metropolitan Corporation and five district municipal corporations.

2015

In 2015, the Karachi Metropolitan Corporation consisted of 305 members, including 209 general members and chairmen of union committees, and 96 reserved members.^[3]

The numbers of KMC council members since 1979 is as follows:^[4]

KMC counsel members (1884-2016)

SN	Tenure	Counsel head and post	Members
1	1884		32
2	1910		36
3	1933	Jamshed Nusserwanji Mehta	57
4	1979-1983	Abdul Sattar Afghani (Mayor)	166
5	1983-1987	Abdul Sattar Afghani (Mayor)	232
6	1988-1992	Dr. Farooq Sattar (Mayor)	77
7	2001-2005	Naimatullah Khan (Mayor)	255
8	2005-2010	Syed Mustafa Kamal (Nazim Karachi)	255
9	2016-2020	Waseem Akhter (Mayor)	308
10	2023-2027	Murtaza Wahab (Mayor)	367

Budget

KMC and Karachi budget formulated by its mayors and administrators during their tenure.^{[5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12]}

Fiscal Year	Amount (Rs. Billion)	Amount ($. Million)	Mayor	Administrator	Notes
1970-71	0.1008		-		[11]
1971-72	0.103		-
1972-73	0.113		-
1973-74	0.162		-
1974-75	0.191		-
1975-76	0.243		-
1976-77	0.253		-
1977-78	0.324		-
1978-79	0.388		-
1979-80	0.459		Abdul Sattar Afghani
1980-81	0.549		sic
1981-82	0.628		sic
1982-83	0.891		sic
1983-84	0.940	70	sic	-
1984-85	1.127	83.4	sic	-
1985-86			sic
1986-87			sic
1987-88			sic
1988-89	1.936	105	Farooq Sattar		revenues grew at an average rate of 11 per year from 1988 to 1992, well below the nominal growth of Karachi (ADB study).[9]
1989-90	2.482	118	sic
1990-91			sic
1991-92	2.841	115	sic
1994-95	4.5	151	-	Faheem Zaman Khan
2001-02	5.7	102	Naimatullah Khan	-
2002-03	20.5	320	sic	-
2003-04	27.7	470	sic	-
2004-05	32.6	560	sic	-
2005-06	43.8	740
2006-07	44.2	730	Mustafa Kamal	-
2007-08	45.695	750	sic	-
2008-09	37.1	460	sic	-
2009-10	52.36	610	sic	-
2010-11	53.9	630	-	Fazl-ur-Rehman
2011-12	44.5	510	-	M. Hussain Sayed
2012-13	31.6	330	-	sic
2013-14	35.5	330	-	Hashim Raza Zaidi
2014-15	33.1	320	-	Rauf Akhter
2015-16	33.8	320	-	Roshan Ali Sheikh
2016-17	26.7	250	-	Laiq Ahmed
2017-18	27.1	251	Waseem Akhter	-
2018-19	27.1	220	sic	-
2019-20	26.4	170	sic	-
2020-21	24.8	150	sic	-

KMC legal counsels

Muhammad Umar Lakhani
Hassan Abidi
Barrister Asad Ahmed
Maria Tahir Chaudhry
Malik Altaf Hussain
Mohsen Khan
Khurram Gayas
Chaudhry Arif
Muhammad Yameen Soomro

KMC-operated hospitals

• Sobhraj Maternity Hospital^[13][14]
• Karachi Medical & Dental College^[15]
• Karachi Institute of Heart Diseases
• Abbasi Shaheed Hospital
• Sarfaraz Shaheed Hospital
• Spencer’s Ey Hospital
• Leprosy Hospital

See also

• Karachi Development Authority
• Administrator Karachi
• Commissioner Karachi
• Mayor of Karachi
• Karachi Conservancy Board
• Karachi Municipal Commission
• Karachi Municipal Committee
• City District Government of Karachi
• Government of Karachi