Clifton Cantonment
Cantonment | |
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Board Clifton | |
![]() Defence, Clifton Cantonment | |
Coordinates: 24°48′14″N 67°03′47″E / 24.803896°N 67.063106°ECoordinates: 24°48′14″N 67°03′47″E / 24.803896°N 67.063106°E | |
Country | Pakistan |
Province | Sindh |
City District | Karachi |
Established | 9 August 1980 |
Government | |
• Type | Cantonment Board Clifton |
• Chief Executive Officer | Rana Kashif Shahzad |
• Additional C.E.O. | Sardar Durrani |
Population (1998) | |
• Total | 225,000 |
Website | cbc |
The Clifton Cantonment (Urdu: کلفٹن چھاؤنی) is a cantonment town within the city of Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan.[1][2]
It serves as a military base and residential establishment. It was established by the British Indian Army during 19th century British India, and was taken over by the Pakistan Army in 1947. The cantonment maintains its own infrastructure of water supply and electricity, and is outside of the jurisdiction of the Karachi Metropolitan Corporation. Cantonment Board Clifton provides municipal services.
Neighbourhoods[]
- PNT Colony (Samieya Town)[3]
- Bukhshan Village
- Chandio Village
- Chaudhry Khaliquz Zaman Colony
- Clifton (Karachi)
- Clifton Block-7
- Clifton Block-8
- Clifton Block-9
- DHA, Karachi or (Defence Housing Authority, Karachi)[4]
- DHA City, Karachi
- DHA Suffa University
- DHA Phase I[4]
- DHA Phase II[4]
- DHA Phase III
- DHA Phase IV[4]
- DHA Phase V
- DHA Phase VI
- DHA Phase VII[4]
- Delhi Colony[3]
- Gizri Creek
- Gizri
- Madinabad
- Pak Jamhuria Colony
- Punjab Colony[3]
Important roads[]
- Korangi Road
- Sunset Boulevard
- Khayaban-e-Jami
- Khayaban-e-Ittehad
- Khayaban-e-Bahria
- Khayaban-e-Badban
- Khayaban-e-Hilal
- Khayaban-e-Shahbaz
- Khayaban-e-Sehar
- Khayaban-e-Rahat
- Khayaban-e-Muhafiz
- Khayaban-e-Bukhari
- Khayaban-e-Nishat
- Commercial Avenue
- Khayaban-e-Hafiz
- Khayaban-e-Muslim
- Khayaban-e-Shaheen
- Khayaban-e-Shujaat
- 26th Street
- Saba Avenue
- Beach Avenue
- Khayaban-e-Mujahid
- Khayaban-e-Janbaz
- Khayaban-e-Shamsheer
- Khayaban-e-Tanzeem
- Khayaban-e-Tauheed
- Khayabane-e-Amir Khusro
- Khayaban-e-Tariq
- Khaliq-uz-Zaman
- Gizri Road[3]
See also[]
- Army Cantonment Board
References[]
- ^ Akhtar Balouch (16 September 2015). "The Clifton of yore". Dawn (newspaper). Retrieved 19 August 2020.
- ^ Ikram Junaidi (20 November 2019). "Cantonment Board Clifton, CAA directed to provide information to complainant". Dawn (newspaper). Retrieved 19 August 2020.
- ^ a b c d Shafi Baloch and Ishaq Tanoli (7 February 2020). "SC (Supreme Court) directs cantonment officials to raze illegally constructed buildings in Karachi". Dawn (newspaper). Retrieved 19 August 2020.
- ^ a b c d e KARACHI: Rain emergency plan for DHA, Clifton finalized Dawn (newspaper), Published 17 July 2004, Retrieved 19 August 2020
External links[]
Categories:
- Cantonments in Karachi
- Coastal cities and towns in Pakistan
- Pakistan Navy bases