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Clifton Cantonment

Clifton Cantonment
Cantonment
Defence, Clifton Cantonment
Defence, Clifton Cantonment
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Coordinates: 24°48′14″N 67°03′47″E / 24.803896°N 67.063106°E / 24.803896; 67.063106
CountryPakistan
ProvinceSindh
City DistrictKarachi
Established9 August 1980
Government
[1]
 • BodyCantonment Board Clifton
 • Chief Executive OfficerMuhammad Saleem Hassan Wattoo[1]
Population
 (1998)
 • Total
225,000
Websitecbc.gov.pk

The Clifton Cantonment (Urdu: کلفٹن چھاؤنی) is a cantonment town within the city of Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan.[2][3]

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

Location of Clifton Cantt. marked 'B' in the administrative map of Karachi.

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[4]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b "DHA residents discuss civic issues with CBC executive officer". The News International (newspaper). 3 January 2022. Retrieved 22 January 2022.
  2. ^ Akhtar Balouch (16 September 2015). "The Clifton of yore". Dawn (newspaper). Retrieved 19 August 2020.
  3. ^ Ikram Junaidi (20 November 2019). "Cantonment Board Clifton, CAA directed to provide information to complainant". Dawn (newspaper). Retrieved 19 August 2020.
  4. ^ 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.
  5. ^ a b c d e KARACHI: Rain emergency plan for DHA, Clifton finalized Dawn (newspaper), Published 17 July 2004, Retrieved 19 August 2020
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