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Saddar Town (Sindhi: صدر ٽائون; Urdu: صدر ٹاؤن), lies in the central part of the city that formed much of the historic colonial core of Karachi. Saddar 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,[1] and Saddar Town was re-organized as part of Karachi South District in 2015.

Saddar Town صدر ٹاؤن
Constituent Town of Karachi
Saddar Town was divided into 11 Union Councils
Country	Pakistan
Province	Sindh
City District	Karachi
Established	2001
Disbanded	2011
Union Councils	11 City Railway Colony Civil Line Clifton Garden Gazdarabad Islam Pura/Millat Nagar Kharadar Khehkashan Nanak Wara Old Haji Camp Cantt
Government
• Type	Town Council
• Town Nazim	Muhammad Dilawar
Population  (1998)
• Total	616,151

Etymology

The word Saddar generally means the "center" (of a settlement) and also the "head" (of a group of people or an organisation). The word Saddar may loosely be translated into "Downtown" as it shares common characteristics with a Downtown of any particular city located in United States. This includes historic areas, attractions, being in the center etc.

Location

Saddar Town is located in the colonial heart of Karachi. It is bordered by Jamshed Town and Clifton Cantonment to the east, Kiamari Town and the Arabian Sea to the south and Lyari Town to the west. The majority of the population were Gujarati and Sindhi Muslims. Among the Gujarati-speaking people were trading communities such as Memons and Marwaris.[2]

History

Saddar Town contained much of the oldest parts of Karachi. The federal government under Pervez Musharraf, 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, and the merging of its five districts to form a new Karachi City-District with eighteen autonomous constituent towns including Saddar 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, Saddar Town was re-organized as part of Karachi South.

Neighbourhoods

Saddar Town was made up of the following:

Bohri Bazaar[2] Bath Island Clifton City Railway Colony[2] Civil Lines[3] Garden[2][3] Gazdarabad[3] Islam Pura Kalakot Kehkashan[2] Kharadar[2]

Ghanchi Para[2] Millat Nagar[2] Nanak Wara[2][3] Narayan Pura Old Haji Camp[2] Ranchore Line Saddar Staff Lines Cantt Iqbal Lines Cantt Army Officers Mess Jinnah Lines Cantt Umerkot Lines Cantt Askari-I Cantt Askari-II Cantt Askari-III Cantt Com Kar Cantt Abdul Sattar Edhi Hockey Stadium Cantt. Shah Rasool Colony Sikanderabad Shireen Jinnah Colony

See also

• Saddar
• Karachi
• Darya Lal Mandir

References

External links

• Karachi Website
• Saddar Town

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