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Karachi Division (Urdu: کراچی ڈویژن ) is an administrative division of the Sindh Province of Pakistan. There are seven districts of Karachi.[3][4]

Karachi Division کراچی ڈویژن
Division
Coordinates: 24°54′21″N 67°04′50″E
Country	Pakistan
Province	Sindh
Capital	Karachi
Established	1960
Districts	7
Government
• Type	Divisional Administration
• Commissioner	Iqbal Memon[1]
• Regional Police Officer	N/A
Population  (2017)[2]
• Total	16,051,521
	combined population of all districts
Time zone	UTC+5 (PST)
Postal code	74XXX - 75XXX
Dialling code	021

History

In December 1960 Lasbela became a separate district and was placed to form Karachi-Bela division.

In 1972, Lasbela district transferred to Kalat division and Karachi district divided into three (03) districts; East, West and South.

In 1996, Two (02) more districts Central and Malir was created in Karachi division.

The Karachi Division was abolished in 2001 and five districts of Karachi were merged in City District Karachi. The City District Karachi was divided in 18 Towns and 178 union councils.[5] Commissioner Karachi division was made DCO City District government Karachi.

On 11 July 2011, Sindh Government restored 5 districts of Karachi division.[6]

In November 2013, a new district (sixth), Korangi was formed by splitting District Karachi East.[7][8]

In August 2020, Sindh cabinet approved formation of the seventh district in Karachi (Keamari District), Keamari District was formed by splitting District West.[3][4]

Currently, Sindh government is planning to create Bin Qasim district after bifurcating Malir district.

Districts of Karachi Division

There are seven districts of Karachi, namely:

• Karachi Central District
• Karachi East District
• Karachi South District
• Karachi West District
• Korangi District
• Malir District
• Keamari District

References

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