Malir Cantonment
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The Malir Cantonment is a cantonment town of the city of Karachi, in Sindh, Pakistan. It serves as a military base and residential establishment. It was established by the British Indian Army in 19th century British India, and taken over by the Pakistan Army in 1947. The cantonment maintains its own infrastructure of water supply, electricity and is outside the jurisdiction of City District Government of Karachi.Also considered one of the up-scale and posh areas of Karachi.Majority of its population consists of serving and retired armed services personnel along with civilians, bureaucrats etc.
This cantonment was build in 1942 during the 2nd world war by the British army.
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