Bin Qasim Town

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name = Bin Qasim
settlement_type = Town


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subdivision_type = Country
subdivision_name = Pakistan
subdivision_type1 = Province
subdivision_name1 = Sindh
subdivision_type2 = City District
subdivision_name2 = Karachi
parts_type = Union Councils
parts_style = para
parts = 7
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government_type = Town Council
leader_title = Town Nazim
leader_name = Muhammad Umar Jat
leader_title1 = Naib Nazim
leader_name1 = Yousuf Shah
leader_title2 = Municipal Officer
leader_name2 = Manzoor Ahmed Abbassi
established_title = Established
established_date = 14th August 2001
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population_as_of = 1998
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population_total = 315,684
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website = [http://125.209.91.254/CDGK/LinkClick.aspx?link=202&tabid=72 Bin Qasim Town Page]
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Bin Qasim Town is a town located in the southeastern part of Karachi along the Arabian Sea and the Indus River delta. The town and the adjacent Port Qasim are named after Muhammad bin Qasim who conquered large parts of Pakistan in the eighth century CE. Bin Qasim is bordered by Gadap Town to the north, Thatta District and the Indus River to the east, the Arabian Sea to the south and the Malir River and the towns of Landhi, Malir, and Korangi Cantonment to the west. The town had a population of about 315,000 at the 1998 census, of which 97% are Muslim and include several ethnic groups - Muhajirs, Punjabis, Sindhis, Kashmiris, Seraikis, Pakhtuns, Balochs, Memons, Bohras and Ismailis.

History

The federal government introduced local government reforms in the year 2000, which eliminated the previous third tier of government (administrative divisions) and raised the fourth tier (districts) to become the new third tier. The effect in Karachi was the dissolution of the former Karachi Division and the merger of its five districts to form a new Karachi City-District with eighteen autonomous constituent towns including Bin Qasim Town.

Neighbourhoods of Bin Qasim

Trade and industry

The port of Bin Qasim was built in the 1970s to relieve pressure on the Port of Karachi and is today the second largest port of Pakistan. The port is surrounded by a large industrial area which includes the Pakistan Steel Mills complex in Gulshan-e-Hadeed and the Zulfiqarabad Oil Terminal as well as the nearby industrial estate in Landhi Town. The two neighbourhoods of Ibrahim Hyderi and Rehri are focussed on the fishing industry, complemented by the nearby Korangi Fish Harbour.

See also

* City District Government
* Karachi
* Lahore

External links

* [http://www.karachicity.gov.pk Official Karachi Website]
* [http://www.karachicity.gov.pk/town/index.asp?txtTown=Bin%20Qasim Official Bin Qasim Webpage]