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1998
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398,289
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Ansar Ahmed
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Sharafat Ali
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Munawar Ali Syed
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is a small densely populated town in the eastern part of
Karachi , with
Quaid-e-Azam 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. The population of Malir Town was estimated to be about 400,000 at the 1998 census, of which 99% are
Muslim . There are several ethnic groups including
Urdu speakers,
Punjabis ,
Sindhis ,
Kashmir is,
Seraikis ,
Pakhtuns ,
Balochis ,
Memon s,
Bohra s and
Ismaili s.
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 it's five districts to form a new Karachi City-District with eighteen autonomous constituent towns including Malir Town.
