Saddar Town (original) (raw)
Residential town within the city of Karachi, Pakistan
Constituent Town of Karachi in Karachi District, Mansoor Ahmed Sheikh
| Saddar Town صدر ٹاؤن | |
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| Constituent Town of Karachi | |
 Saddar |
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 Saddar Town Map |
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| Town Chairman | Mansoor Ahmed Sheikh |
| District | Karachi District (South) |
| Division | Karachi Division |
| Province |  Sindh |
| Country |  Pakistan |
| Established | 1972; 52 years ago (1972) |
| Town status | 14 August 2001; 23 years ago (14 August 2001) |
| Disbanded | 11 July 2011; 13 years ago (11 July 2011) |
| Union Committees in Town Municipal Corporation | 13 Bhim Pura-Ghanchi Para Hassan Lashkari Village Garden Millat Nagar Ranchor Line-Ghazdarabad Nanakwara Old Town Kharadar City Railway Colony Saddar Hijrat Colony Frere Town Boat Basin Clifton-Kehkshan |
| Government | |
| • Type | Government of Karachi |
| • Constituency | NA-241 Karachi South-III |
| Area | |
| • Total | 35 km2 (14 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 14 m (46 ft) |
| Highest elevation | 62 m (203 ft) |
| Lowest elevation | −6 m (−20 ft) |
| Population (2023 Pakistani census) | |
| • Total | 159,363 |
| • Density | 4,553.23/km2 (11,792.8/sq mi) |
| Demonym | Karachiite |
| Time zone | UTC+05:00 (PKT) |
| • Summer (DST) | DST is not observed |
| ZIP Code | 74400 |
| NWD (area) code | 021 |
| ISO 3166 code | PK-SD |
Saddar Town (صدر ٹاؤن), lies in the District Karachi South of the city that formed much of the historic colonial core of Karachi, Sindh province of Pakistan. According to 2023 Pakistani census Saddar Subdivision had a population 159,363.
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.
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.
Languages
There are 159,363 people of which 75,605 spoke Urdu, 24,427 Punjabi, 18,280 Sindhi, 12,848 Pashto, 12,435 Hindko, 3,304 Saraiki, 1,291 Balochi, 760 Kashmiri & 10,413 others.
Religions
There are 139,240 Muslims, 11,407 Christians, 7,877 Hindus, 103 Ahmadiyya, 29 scheduled castes, 78 Sikhs, 501 Parsis & 128 others of total population 159,363 of Saddar sub-division.
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 as part of The Local Government Ordinance 2001, and was subdivided into 13 union councils. In 2011, the system was disbanded but remained in place for bureaucratic administration until 2015, when the Karachi Metropolitan Corporation system was reintroduced.[2]
In 2015, Saddar Town was re-organized as part of Karachi South.
In January 2022, the town system was restored by a Government of Sindh notification dividing Karachi South District into 2 towns including Saddar Town having 13 union councils.[3]
Aerial view of Sadar with Mazar-e-Quaid Tomb visible.
Saddar Town was made up of the following:
| Bohri Bazaar[4] Bath Island Clifton City Railway Colony[4] Civil Lines[5] Garden[4][5] Gazdarabad[5] Islam Pura Kalakot Kehkashan[4] Kharadar[4] | Ghanchi Para[4] Millat Nagar[4] Nanak Wara[4][5] Narayan Pura Old Haji Camp[4] 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 |
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- ^ "District Wise Results / Tables (Census - 2023)" (PDF). www.pbscensus.gov.pk. Pakistan Bureau of Statistics.
- ^ "Saddar Town". City District Government of Karachi website. Archived from the original on 13 June 2006. Retrieved 21 May 2022.
- ^ Tahir Siddiqui (8 January 2022). "Division of Karachi South into 26 towns, 233 UCs notified (by the government)". Dawn (newspaper). Retrieved 31 December 2022.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i "KARACHI: Saddar: the VIP town". Dawn. Pakistan. 5 August 2005. Retrieved 21 May 2022.
- ^ a b c d Faizah Malik (28 March 2018). "Heritage Foundation calls for restoration of Calcutta House in Karachi". The Express Tribune (newspaper). Retrieved 21 May 2022.
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