Karachi Metropolitan Corporation

Karachi Metropolitan Corporation is a public corporation and governing body to provide municipal services in most of Karachi, the capital of Sindh.

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History

1846

Karachi Conservancy Board was established to control cholera epidemics in Karachi during British rule in 1846. The board was upgraded into the Municipal Commission in 1852.

1853

In 1853 the Municipal Commission was turned into Karachi Municipal Committee. The foundation stone of the Karachi Municipal Corporation Building was laid on Bandar Road in 1927.

1933

In 1933 the Karachi Municipal Committee was upgraded to the Karachi Municipal Corporation by the Karachi Municipal Act.

1976

The Karachi Municipal Corporation was turned into the Karachi Metropolitan Corporation in 1976.

1987

Zonal Municipal Committees were established in 1987. The zonal committees were merged again into the Karachi Metropolitan Corporation. Five district municipal corporations were established in 1987.

2000

The Karachi Metropolitan Corporation was abolished in 2000 and five district municipal corporations were merged into City District Karachi. The City District Karachi was divided into 18 town and 178 union councils.

2011

In 2011 Sindh Government restored again Karachi Metropolitan Corporation and five district municipal corporations.

2015

In 2015, the Karachi Metropolitan Corporation consisted of 305 members, including 209 general members and chairmen of union committees, and 96 reserved members.
The numbers of KMC council members since 1979 is as follows:

SN	Tenure	Counsel head and post	Members
1	1884		32
2	1910		36
3	1933	Jamshed Nusserwanji Mehta	57
4	1979-1983	Abdul Sattar Afghani	166
5	1983-1987	Abdul Sattar Afghani	232
6	1988-1992	Dr. Farooq Sattar	77
7	2001-2005	Naimatullah Khan	255
8	2005-2010	Syed Mustafa Kamal	255
9	2016-2020	Waseem Akhter	308
10	2023-2027	Murtaza Wahab	367

Budget

KMC and Karachi budget formulated by its mayors and administrators during their tenure.

Fiscal Year	Amount	Amount	Mayor	Administrator	Notes
1970-71	0.1008		-
1971-72	0.103		-
1972-73	0.113		-
1973-74	0.162		-
1974-75	0.191		-
1975-76	0.243		-
1976-77	0.253		-
1977-78	0.324		-
1978-79	0.388		-
1979-80	0.459		Abdul Sattar Afghani
1980-81	0.549		sic
1981-82	0.628		sic
1982-83	0.891		sic
1983-84	0.940	70	sic	-
1984-85	1.127	83.4	sic	-
1985-86			sic
1986-87			sic
1987-88			sic
1988-89	1.936	105	Farooq Sattar		revenues grew at an average rate of 11 per year from 1988 to 1992, well below the nominal growth of Karachi.
1989-90	2.482	118	sic		revenues grew at an average rate of 11 per year from 1988 to 1992, well below the nominal growth of Karachi.
1990-91			sic		revenues grew at an average rate of 11 per year from 1988 to 1992, well below the nominal growth of Karachi.
1991-92	2.841	115	sic		revenues grew at an average rate of 11 per year from 1988 to 1992, well below the nominal growth of Karachi.
1994-95	4.5	151	-	Faheem Zaman Khan
2001-02	5.7	102	Naimatullah Khan	-
2002-03	20.5	320	sic	-
2003-04	27.7	470	sic	-
2004-05	32.6	560	sic	-
2005-06	43.8	740
2006-07	44.2	730	Mustafa Kamal	-
2007-08	45.695	750	sic	-
2008-09	37.1	460	sic	-
2009-10	52.36	610	sic	-
2010-11	53.9	630	-	Fazl-ur-Rehman
2011-12	44.5	510	-	M. Hussain Sayed
2012-13	31.6	330	-	sic
2013-14	35.5	330	-	Hashim Raza Zaidi
2014-15	33.1	320	-	Rauf Akhter
2015-16	33.8	320	-	Roshan Ali Sheikh
2016-17	26.7	250	-	Laiq Ahmed
2017-18	27.1	251	Waseem Akhter	-
2018-19	27.1	220	sic	-
2019-20	26.4	170	sic	-
2020-21	24.8	150	sic	-

KMC legal counsels

Muhammad Umar Lakhani
Hassan Abidi
Barrister Asad Ahmed
Maria Tahir Chaudhry
Malik Altaf Hussain
Mohsen Khan
Khurram Gayas
Chaudhry Arif
Muhammad Yameen Soomro

KMC-operated hospitals

Sobhraj Maternity Hospital
Karachi Medical & Dental College
Karachi Institute of Heart Diseases
Abbasi Shaheed Hospital
Sarfaraz Shaheed Hospital
Spencer’s Ey Hospital
Leprosy Hospital