Shah Faisal Town

Shah Faisal Town lies in the eastern part of the city that took its name from Shah Faisal Colony.

Town Municipal Committee

As per the Sindh Local Government Act, 2021, Sindh government replaced the previous seven District Municipal Corporations with 26 towns, each with its own municipal committee. Korangi District has four towns.

History

Shah Faisal Town was formed in 2001 as part of The Local Government Ordinance 2001, and was subdivided into 11 union councils and Shah Faisal Town was re-organized as part of Karachi East District, before being amalgamated into the new Korangi District.
The federal government introduced local government reforms in the year 2000, which eliminated the previous "third tier of government" and replaced it with the fourth tier. The effect in Karachi was the dissolution of the former Karachi Division in 2001, and the merging of its five districts to form a new Karachi City-District with 26 autonomous constituent towns including Shah Faisal Town. In 2011, the system was disbanded but remained in place for bureaucratic administration until 2015, when the Karachi Metropolitan Corporation system was reintroduced. In 2015, Shah Faisal Town was re-organized as part of Karachi East district, before being amalgamated into the new Korangi District.

Location

The town was bordered by Malir Town to the northeast, Bin Qasim Town to the east, Korangi Town and Landhi Town to the south, and Faisal Cantonment and Malir Cantonment to the west and northwest. The Malir River formed the southern boundary of the town and the Shahrah-e-Faisal highway formed much of the northern boundary with the Jinnah International Airport at the northern end of the town.

Neighbourhoods

Shah Faisal Town had twenty-one densely populated neighborhoods:

Wireless Gate

The Wireless Gate serves as a major entrance way to Shah Faisal Town. The name is derived from the abundance of telecommunication installations and offices in the area. The area hosted a radio station until the early 1980s. The name wireless gate was given to the railway crossing as the road ends at the gate of the wireless station installation.