Liaquatabad Town

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

Liaquatabad Town لیاقت آباد ٹاؤن
Constituent Town of Karachi
A view of Liaquatabad, Karachi
Liaquatabad Town was divided into 07 Union Committees
Coordinates: 24.9002°N 67.0446°E / 24.9002; 67.0446
Country	Pakistan
Province	Sindh
Nazimabad District	Karachi Division
Established	14 August 2001
Disbanded	2011
Union Committees	07 Moosa Colony Sharifabad Bundhani Colony Ibn-e-Sina Commercial Area Dakhana C-Area
Government
• Type	Government of Karachi
• Town Chairman	Faraz Haseeb
• Constituensy	NA-249 Karachi Central-III
• National Assembly Member	Ahmed Salim Siddiqui (Muttahida Qaumi Movement - Pakistan)
Area
• Total	6 km2 (2.3 sq mi)
Elevation	25 m (82 ft)
Highest elevation	72 m (236 ft)
Lowest elevation	9 m (30 ft)
Population  (2023 Pakistani census)
• Total	547,706
• Density	91,284.33/km2 (236,425.3/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+05:00 (PKT)
• Summer (DST)	DST is not observed
Area code	021
Office Location	Town Municipal Administration Liaquatabad Town, Shahrah-e-Ibne Sina, Gujar Nala, Nazimabad No.2, Karachi 74600

Town Municipal Committee

As per the Sindh Local Government Act, 2021, Sindh government replaced the previous seven District Municipal Corporations (DMCs) with 26 towns, each with its own municipal committee. Karachi Central District has five towns.^{[2][3][4][5][6][7]}

• New Karachi Town
• North Nazimabad Town
• Gulberg Town
• Liaquatabad Town
• Nazimabad Town

History

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.

Demography

There are several ethnic groups in Liaquatabad sub-division. Total population of Liaquatabad Sub-Division is 547,706 consists of Males 289,338 & females 258,266 as of 2023 Pakistani census.

Languages

Languages of Liaquatabad Sub-Division (2023 census)

1. Urdu (89.1%)
2. Punjabi (3.17%)
3. Saraiki (1.72%)
4. Balochi (1.37%)
5. Sindhi (1.02%)
6. Pashto (0.43%)
7. others (3.15%)

Language	Rank	2023 census[8]	Speakers
Urdu	1	89.10%	488,031
Punjabi	2	3.17%	17,412
Saraiki	3	1.72%	9,447
Balochi	4	1.37%	7,542
Sindhi	5	1.02%	5,599
Pashto	6	0.43%	2,409
Others	7	3.15%	17,266
All	8	100%	547,706

Religions

There are 539,707 Muslims, 6,164 Christians, 1,617 Hindus, 129 Ahmadiyya, 15 scheduled castes, 25 Sikhs, zero Parsis and 49 others of total population 547,706 of Liaquatabad sub-division.

Religions in Liaquatabad sub-division (2023)[9]
Religion			Percent
Islam			98.53%
Hinduism			0.29%
Christianity			1.12%
Other			0.03%

Union Committees

07 Union Committees of Liaquatabad in Town Municipal Corporation

Sub Sr Number	Councils Falling in District (Nazimabad)	Number of Union Committee	Name of UC in Town Municipal Corporation
1	TMC Liaquatabad	UC#01	Moosa Colony
2		UC#02	Sharifabad
3		UC#03	Bundhani Colony
4		UC#04	Ibn-e-Sina
5		UC#05	Commercial Area
6		UC#06	Dak khana
7		UC#07	C-Area

Neighbourhoods

• Abbasi Shaheed^[10]
• Bandhani Colony
• Commercial Area^[10]
• Dak Khana
• Firdous Colony^[10]
• Mujahid Colony
• Tughlaqabad
• Liaquatabad
• Nazimabad^[10]
• Qasimabad^[10]
• Rizvia Society (R.C.H.S.) (Rizvia Co-operative Housing Society)^[10]
• Sharifabad
• Gharibabad
• Super Market
• Khamosh Colony
• Gulbahar
• Teen Hatti
• Usmania Colony

Constituency

NA-249 Karachi Central-III

See also

• Karachi Local Government
• Karachi