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Muhammad Imran
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Ali Akbar
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Dr Zafar Zaidi
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is a small, densely populated town in eastern
Karachi and is named after the late
King Faisal of
Saudi Arabia . The town is bordered by
Malir Town to the northeast,
Bin Qasim Town to the east,
Korangi Town and
Landhi Town to the south, and
Faisal Cantonment and
Malir Cantonment to the west and northwest. The
Malir River forms the southern boundary of the town and the
Shahrah-e-Faisal highway forms much of the northern boundary with the
Quaid-e-Azam International Airport at the northern end of the town. The population of Shah Faisal Town was estimated to be about 330,000 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 Shah Faisal Town.
Shah Faisal Town has seven densely populated neighbourhoods:
