Saddar Town صدر ٹاؤن | |
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 Saddar | |
 Saddar Town Map | |
| Country |  Pakistan |
| Province |  Sindh |
| District | Karachi District |
| Division | Karachi Division |
| Town Chairman | Mansoor Ahmed Sheikh |
| Established | 1972; 53 years ago (1972) |
| Town status | 14 August 2001; 24 years ago (14 August 2001) |
| Disbanded | 11 July 2011; 14 years ago (11 July 2011) |
| Union Committees in Town Municipal Corporation | 13
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| 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 | |
• Total | 159,363 |
| • Density | 4,553.23/km2 (11,792.8/sq mi) |
| Demonym | Karachiite |
| Time zone | UTC+05:00 (PKT) |
| • Summer (DST) | DSTis not observed |
| ZIP Code | 74400 |
| NWD (area) code | 021 |
| ISO 3166 code | PK-SD |
Saddar Town (صدر ٹاؤن) lies in theKarachi District South that forms much of the historic colonial core ofKarachi, in theSindh province ofPakistan. According to the2023 Pakistani census, Saddar Subdivision has a population 159,363.
TheTown Municipal CommitteeSaddar (TMC Saddar) is a local government body in Karachi, Pakistan, responsible for providing municipal services within its designated jurisdiction. It is one of the 26 Town Municipal Corporations established in Karachi under the Sindh Local Government Act, 2021.[1][2]
The creation of the Town Municipal Committee Lyari is part of a restructuring of Karachi's local government system. The Sindh government replaced the previous seven District Municipal Corporations (DMCs) with 26 towns, each with its own municipal committee. Saddar Town is one of two towns located within theKarachi South District, alongsideLyari Town.[3][4]
The wordSaddar 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 byJamshed Town andClifton Cantonment to the east,Kiamari Town and theArabian Sea to the south andLyari 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 and 10,413 others.
Religions
| Religion | Percent | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Islam | 87.37% | |||
| Christianity | 7.15% | |||
| Hinduism | 4.94% | |||
| Parsi | 0.31% | |||
| Other | 0.21% | |||
There are 139,240Muslims, 11,407Christians, 7,877Hindus, 103Ahmadiyya, 29 scheduled castes, 78Sikhs, 501Parsis and 128 others of total population 159,363 of Saddar sub-division.
Saddar Town contained much of the oldest parts of Karachi. The federal government underPervez 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 formerKarachi 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 13union councils. In 2011, the system was disbanded but remained in place for bureaucratic administration until 2015, when theKarachi Metropolitan Corporation system was reintroduced.[6]
In 2015, Saddar Town was re-organized as part ofKarachi South.
In January 2022, the town system was restored by aGovernment of Sindh notification dividingKarachi South District into 2 towns including Saddar Town having 13 union councils.[7]
Saddar Town was made up of the following:
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