Malir Cantonment

Malir
—  Cantonment  —
Country	Pakistan
Province	Sindh
City District	Karachi
Established	11th October 1941
Government
- Type	Cantonment Board
- President	Brigadier Nusrat
- Nominated Military Member	Major Hamid Khan
- Nominated Civil Member	Dr. Farooq Khan Jadoon
Area
- Total	42 km2 (16.2 sq mi)
Population (1998)
- Total	300,000
Time zone	Pakistan Standard Time
- Summer (DST)	GMT +05:00 (UTC)
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.

History

Declared a cantonment by the Royal British Government as POW Camp on October 11, 1941, in the exigencies of World War ll, This cantonment 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, PAF Falcon Complex and approximately seventy Private Housing Schemes, Malir Cantonment is stretched over an area of 42sq km.

Governance

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

Roughly it is around 300,000 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 etc. Malir Cantt is considered as a posh, serene and peaceful not to mention the safest locality of Greater Karachi.

Important land marks

• Combined Military Hospital Malir

• PAF Base

• 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)

• Station Headquarters

• Air Defence Brigade

• Falcon Housing Scheme Phase II

• Air Force officers housing scheme (AFOHS), Falcon Complex

• ARMY OFFICERS HOUSING SCHEME (AOHS), ASKARI -V,MALIR CANTT

This very posh hosing scheme has bungalows for retired Brigadiers and colonels, and apartments for junior officers. It has its own perimeter security, so is considered one of the most secure residential locations in karachi

• Gulshan-e-Umair

• Encroched Kachhi Aabadi

College and Schools

• Roshan Public School

• PAF Intermediate College & School

• Army Public School and College

• Cantonment Board Montessori & Model School

• Government Degree Science College, Malir Cantt

 F G Public School Malir Cantt Karachi

See also

• Army Cantonment Board, Pakistan
• Cantonment

External links

• Malir Cantonment Board - Official website

Coordinates: 24°57′N 67°13′E / 24.95°N 67.217°E / 24.95; 67.217