Clifton Cantonment

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

Clifton Cantonment
Cantonment
Defence, Clifton Cantonment
Coordinates: 24.803896°N 67.063106°E / 24.803896; 67.063106
Country	Pakistan
Province	Sindh
City District	Karachi
Established	9 August 1980
Government [1]
• Body	Cantonment Board Clifton
• Chief Executive Officer	Muhammad Saleem Hassan Wattoo[1]
Population  (1998)
• Total	225,000
Website	cbc.gov.pk

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.

• PNT Colony (Samieya Town)^[4]
• Bukhshan Village
• Chandio Village
• Chaudhry Khaliquz Zaman Colony
• Clifton (Karachi)
• Clifton Block-7
• Clifton Block-8
• Clifton Block-9
• DHA, Karachi or (Defence Housing Authority, Karachi)^[5]
• DHA City, Karachi
• DHA Suffa University
• DHA Phase I^[5]
• DHA Phase II^[5]
• DHA Phase III
• DHA Phase IV^[5]
• DHA Phase V
• DHA Phase VI
• DHA Phase VII^[5]
• Delhi Colony^[4]
• Gizri Creek
• Gizri
• Madinabad
• Pak Jamhuria Colony
• Punjab Colony^[4]

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

• Army Cantonment Board

References

1. "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. 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. KARACHI: Rain emergency plan for DHA, Clifton finalized Dawn (newspaper), Published 17 July 2004, Retrieved 19 August 2020

External links

• Official website
• Article on Karachi, Pakistan on Encyclopedia Britannica