Malir District

Malir District (Sindhi: ضلعو ملیر Urdu: ضلع ملیر ) is an administrative district of Karachi Division in Sindh, Pakistan. It is located in the Northern and Eastern part of Karachi Division. Area wise it is the largest district of division. It is mostly consisting of rural area and has many farm houses and agricultural lands. Kirthar National Park and Hub Dam are also located on border of this district.

Sindhi and Baloch form overwhelming majority in the district followed by Pashtuns and Muhajirs.

Malir District was abolished in 2000 and divided into three towns namely Malir Town, Bin Qasim Town and Gadap Town. On 11 July 2011 Sindh Government restored again Malir District.[1]

References

  1. Karachi’s district status restored, notification issued, Published in The News Tribe on 11 July 2011, Retrieved on 24 August 2012

Coordinates: 25°05′46″N 67°11′14″E / 25.0960°N 67.1871°E

malir district re delimit on 5 November 2013