Malir Cantonment From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Malir Cantonment Country Pakistan Province Sindh City District Karachi Established 11 October 1941 GovernmentPakistan Army • Type Cantonment Board • President Brigadier Nusrat • Nominated Military Member Major Hamid Khan • Nominated Civil Member Dr. Farooq Khan Jadoon Area • Total 42 km2 (16 sq mi) Population (1998) • Total 3 Lac Time zone Pakistan Standard Time • Summer (DST) GMT +05:00 (UTC) Area code(s) 02199247077 Website www.cbm.com.pk The Malir Cantonment (Urdu: ملیر چھاؤنی ) is a cantonment town of the city of Karachi, in Sindh, Pakistan. It serves as a military base and residential establishment. Contents [hide] 1 History 2 Governance 3 Population 4 Important landmarks 5 Colleges and schools 6 See also 7 References 8 External links History[edit] Declared a cantonment by the Royal British Government as POW Camp on 11 October 1941, in the exigencies of World War II, this cantonment was taken over by the Pakistan Army in 1947. Malir Cantonment has evolved into one of the coveted posh localities of Karachi. Housing the Cantonment Bazar Area, Defence Officers’ Housing Schemes l & ll, Askari-5 (army officers housing scheme), PAF Falcon Complex and approximately seventy Private Housing Schemes, Malir Cantonment is stretched over an area of 42sq km. it is the end of Malir Nadi Governance[edit] Malir Cantonment is administratively governed through "Cantonment Board Malir", a Local Body by its charter, under the jurisdiction of Ministry of Defence, through the Military Lands and Cantonment Department (ML&C), headed by a Director General. The governance of the Cantonment Board derives authority from the Cantonment Act, 1924 and rules and regulations made there under. The cantonment maintains its own infrastructure of water supply, electricity and is outside the jurisdiction of City District Government Karachi. Population[edit] Roughly it is around 400,000 and includes all the ethnic and linguistic groups of Pakistan. Majority of its population consists of serving and retired armed services personnel along with civilians, bureaucrats and Individuals working for ministry of Defence and other Govt. organizations. Important landmarks[edit] Combined Military Hospital CMH Malir Cantt PAF Base Malir Ordnance Center Headquarters Mechanized Division Headquarters Air Defence Division SAAD (School of Army Air Defence) Inter Services Selection Board (ISSB) Defense officers housing scheme (DOHS 1 & 2) Station Headquarters Tipu Sultan Co-operative Housing Society [Exists within Cantonment Limits] Gulshan-e-Roomi [Exists within Cantonment Limits] Air Defence Brigade Falcon Housing Scheme Phase II (Chota Malir) [Exists within Cantonment limits] Saadi Town [Exists within Cantonment Limits] Falcon Complex (AFOHS) Phase I Scheme for PAF Officers & Capital Cooperative Housing Society ASKARI-V Housing Scheme. KESC Society Gulshan-e-Umair (Exists within Cantonment limits ) Encroached Kachhi Aabadi Khan Computer Solutions.(Cantt Bazar) Rizwan Pakwan House. Cantt. Bazaar D. O. H. S. Phase I D. O. H. S. Phase III Air Defence Mart (A.D Mart) Rehmat-e-Shireen (Mithai Shop) Interwood (Furniture Shop) Coke Factory Petal Avenue House 19 dohs 1 [1] Colleges and schools[edit] Karachi Institute Of Medical Sciences, CMH Malir Cantt Fazaia Intermediate College, Malir Cantt (Previously named as PAF Intermediate College & School, Malir Cantt) Army Public School and College System Cantonment Board Montessori & Model School Government Degree Science College, Malir Cantt F G Public School Malir Cantt Karachi See also[edit] Army Cantonment Board, Pakistan Cantonment References[edit] Jump up ^ http://wikimapia.org/#lang=ur&lat=24.917236&lon=67.167079&z=16&m=b&search=petal%20avenue External links[edit] -Mohammad Aliં Official ID Coordinates: 24°57′N 67°13′E [show] v t e Flag of the Pakistani Army.svg Army Cantonments of Pakistan [show] v t e Pakistan Pakistan Armed Forces Categories: Cantonments in KarachiCantonments of Pakistan Navigation menu Not logged inTalkContributionsCreate accountLog inArticleTalkReadEditView historySearch Search Wikipedia Go Main page Contents Featured content Current events Random article Donate to Wikipedia Wikipedia store Interaction Help About Wikipedia Community portal Recent changes Contact page Tools What links here Related changes Upload file Special pages Permanent link Page information Wikidata item Cite this page Print/export Create a book Download as PDF Printable version Languages Cebuano Edit links This page was last edited on 21 January 2018, at 18:29. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License; additional terms may apply. By using this site, you agree to the Terms of Use and Privacy Policy. Wikipedia® is a registered trademark of the Wikimedia Foundation, Inc., a non-profit organization.
Malir Cantonment
Malir | |
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Cantonment | |
Country | Pakistan |
Province | Sindh |
City District | Karachi |
Established | 11 October 1941 |
GovernmentPakistan Army | |
• Type | Cantonment Board |
• President | Brigadier Nusrat |
• Nominated Military Member | Major Hamid Khan |
• Nominated Civil Member | Dr. Farooq Khan Jadoon |
Area | |
• Total | 42 km2 (16 sq mi) |
Population (1998) | |
• Total | 3 Lac |
Time zone | Pakistan Standard Time |
• Summer (DST) | GMT +05:00 (UTC) |
Area code(s) | 02199247077 |
Website | www.cbm.com.pk |
The Malir Cantonment (Urdu: ملیر چھاؤنی ) is a cantonment town of the city of Karachi, in Sindh, Pakistan. It serves as a military base and residentialMalir Cantonment From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Malir Cantonment Country Pakistan Province Sindh City District Karachi Established 11 October 1941 GovernmentPakistan Army • Type Cantonment Board • President Brigadier Nusrat • Nominated Military Member Major Hamid Khan • Nominated Civil Member Dr. Farooq Khan Jadoon Area • Total 42 km2 (16 sq mi) Population (1998) • Total 3 Lac Time zone Pakistan Standard Time • Summer (DST) GMT +05:00 (UTC) Area code(s) 02199247077 Website www.cbm.com.pk The Malir Cantonment (Urdu: ملیر چھاؤنی ) is a cantonment town of the city of Karachi, in Sindh, Pakistan. It serves as a military base and residential establishment. Contents [hide] 1 History 2 Governance 3 Population 4 Important landmarks 5 Colleges and schools 6 See also 7 References 8 External links History[edit] Declared a cantonment by the Royal British Government as POW Camp on 11 October 1941, in the exigencies of World War II, this cantonment was taken over by the Pakistan Army in 1947. Malir Cantonment has evolved into one of the coveted posh localities of Karachi. Housing the Cantonment Bazar Area, Defence Officers’ Housing Schemes l & ll, Askari-5 (army officers housing scheme), PAF Falcon Complex and approximately seventy Private Housing Schemes, Malir Cantonment is stretched over an area of 42sq km. it is the end of Malir Nadi Governance[edit] Malir Cantonment is administratively governed through "Cantonment Board Malir", a Local Body by its charter, under the jurisdiction of Ministry of Defence, through the Military Lands and Cantonment Department (ML&C), headed by a Director General. The governance of the Cantonment Board derives authority from the Cantonment Act, 1924 and rules and regulations made there under. The cantonment maintains its own infrastructure of water supply, electricity and is outside the jurisdiction of City District Government Karachi. Population[edit] Roughly it is around 400,000 and includes all the ethnic and linguistic groups of Pakistan. Majority of its population consists of serving and retired armed services personnel along with civilians, bureaucrats and Individuals working for ministry of Defence and other Govt. organizations. Important landmarks[edit] Combined Military Hospital CMH Malir Cantt PAF Base Malir Ordnance Center Headquarters Mechanized Division Headquarters Air Defence Division SAAD (School of Army Air Defence) Inter Services Selection Board (ISSB) Defense officers housing scheme (DOHS 1 & 2) Station Headquarters Tipu Sultan Co-operative Housing Society [Exists within Cantonment Limits] Gulshan-e-Roomi [Exists within Cantonment Limits] Air Defence Brigade Falcon Housing Scheme Phase II (Chota Malir) [Exists within Cantonment limits] Saadi Town [Exists within Cantonment Limits] Falcon Complex (AFOHS) Phase I Scheme for PAF Officers & Capital Cooperative Housing Society ASKARI-V Housing Scheme. KESC Society Gulshan-e-Umair (Exists within Cantonment limits ) Encroached Kachhi Aabadi Khan Computer Solutions.(Cantt Bazar) Rizwan Pakwan House. Cantt. Bazaar D. O. H. S. Phase I D. O. H. S. Phase III Air Defence Mart (A.D Mart) Rehmat-e-Shireen (Mithai Shop) Interwood (Furniture Shop) Coke Factory Petal Avenue House 19 dohs 1 [1] Colleges and schools[edit] Karachi Institute Of Medical Sciences, CMH Malir Cantt Fazaia Intermediate College, Malir Cantt (Previously named as PAF Intermediate College & School, Malir Cantt) Army Public School and College System Cantonment Board Montessori & Model School Government Degree Science College, Malir Cantt F G Public School Malir Cantt Karachi See also[edit] Army Cantonment Board, Pakistan Cantonment References[edit] Jump up ^ http://wikimapia.org/#lang=ur&lat=24.917236&lon=67.167079&z=16&m=b&search=petal%20avenue External links[edit] -Mohammad Aliં Official ID Coordinates: 24°57′N 67°13′E [show] v t e Flag of the Pakistani Army.svg Army Cantonments of Pakistan [show] v t e Pakistan Pakistan Armed Forces Categories: Cantonments in KarachiCantonments of Pakistan Navigation menu Not logged inTalkContributionsCreate accountLog inArticleTalkReadEditView historySearch Search Wikipedia Go Main page Contents Featured content Current events Random article Donate to Wikipedia Wikipedia store Interaction Help About Wikipedia Community portal Recent changes Contact page Tools What links here Related changes Upload file Special pages Permanent link Page information Wikidata item Cite this page Print/export Create a book Download as PDF Printable version Languages Cebuano Edit links This page was last edited on 21 January 2018, at 18:29. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License; additional terms may apply. By using this site, you agree to the Terms of Use and Privacy Policy. Wikipedia® is a registered trademark of the Wikimedia Foundation, Inc., a non-profit organization. establishment.
Contents
[hide]History[edit]
Declared a cantonment by the Royal British Government as POW Camp on 11 October 1941, in the exigencies of World War II, this cantonment was taken over by the Pakistan Army in 1947. Malir Cantonment has evolved into one of the coveted posh localities of Karachi. Housing the Cantonment Bazar Area, Defence Officers’ Housing Schemes l & ll, Askari-5 (army officers housing scheme), PAF Falcon Complex and approximately seventy Private Housing Schemes, Malir Cantonment is stretched over an area of 42sq km. it is the end of Malir Nadi
Governance[edit]
Malir Cantonment is administratively governed through "Cantonment Board Malir", a Local Body by its charter, under the jurisdiction of Ministry of Defence, through the Military Lands and Cantonment Department (ML&C), headed by a Director General. The governance of the Cantonment Board derives authority from the Cantonment Act, 1924 and rules and regulations made there under. The cantonment maintains its own infrastructure of water supply, electricity and is outside the jurisdiction of City District Government Karachi.
Population[edit]
Roughly it is around 400,000 and includes all the ethnic and linguistic groups of Pakistan. Majority of its population consists of serving and retired armed services personnel along with civilians, bureaucrats and Individuals working for ministry of Defence and other Govt. organizations.
Important landmarks[edit]
- Combined Military Hospital CMH Malir Cantt
- PAF Base Malir
- Ordnance Center
- Headquarters Mechanized Division
- Headquarters Air Defence Division
- SAAD (School of Army Air Defence)
- Inter Services Selection Board (ISSB)
- Defense officers housing scheme (DOHS 1 & 2)
- Station Headquarters
- Tipu Sultan Co-operative Housing Society [Exists within Cantonment Limits]
- Gulshan-e-Roomi [Exists within Cantonment Limits]
- Air Defence Brigade
- Falcon Housing Scheme Phase II (Chota Malir) [Exists within Cantonment limits]
- Saadi Town [Exists within Cantonment Limits]
- Falcon Complex (AFOHS) Phase I Scheme for PAF Officers &
- Capital Cooperative Housing Society
- ASKARI-V Housing Scheme.
- KESC Society
- Gulshan-e-Umair (Exists within Cantonment limits )
- Encroached Kachhi Aabadi
- Khan Computer Solutions.(Cantt Bazar)
- Rizwan Pakwan House.
- Cantt. Bazaar
- D. O. H. S. Phase I
- D. O. H. S. Phase III
- Air Defence Mart (A.D Mart)
- Rehmat-e-Shireen (Mithai Shop)
- Interwood (Furniture Shop)
- Coke Factory
- Petal Avenue
- House 19 dohs 1
Colleges and schools[edit]
- Karachi Institute Of Medical Sciences, CMH Malir Cantt
- Fazaia Intermediate College, Malir Cantt (Previously named as PAF Intermediate College & School, Malir Cantt)
- Army Public School and College System
- Cantonment Board Montessori & Model School
- Government Degree Science College, Malir Cantt
- F G Public School Malir Cantt Karachi
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