Malir Town
Malir Town was a Karachi borough in the northern part of the city that was named after the Malir River. Malir Town was formed in 2001 as part of , and was subdivided into 8 union councils. The town system was disbanded in 2011, and Malir Town was re-organized as part of Karachi Malir District in 2015.History
The federal government under Pervez Musharraf, who seized power in a 1999 coup d'etat, introduced local government reforms in the year 2000, which eliminated the previous "third tier of government" and replaced it with the fourth tier. 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 Malir 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, Malir Town was re-organized as part of Karachi Malir district.Location
Malir Town was bordered by the Jinnah International Airport and the Malir Cantonment to the west and north, the Malir River and Shah Faisal Town to the south and Gadap Town to the east across the Thado Nallo stream.Neighbourhoods
