North Nazimabad Town (Urdu: شمالی ناظم آباد ٹاؤن) lies in the northern part of the city of Karachi, Pakistan, and was named after the suburb of North Nazimabad. North Nazimabad Town was formed in 2001 as part of the Local Government Ordinance 2001, and was subdivided into 10 union councils and North Nazimabad Town was re-organized as part of Karachi Central District in 2015. According to the 2023 Pakistani census, the population of North Nazimabad Subdivision is 920,476.
In January 2022, the town system was restored by a Government of Sindh notification dividing Karachi into 26 towns and 233 union councils.[1][2]
History
2000
The federal government introduced local government reforms in the year 2000, which eliminated the previous "third tier of government" (administrative divisions) and replaced it with the fourth tier (districts). The effect in Karachi was the dissolution of the former Karachi Division, and the merging of its five districts to form a new Karachi City-District with eighteen autonomous constituent towns including North Nazimabad Town.
2011
In 2011, the system was disbanded but remained in place for bureaucratic administration until 2015, when the Karachi Metropolitan Corporation system was reintroduced.
2015
In 2015, North Nazimabad Town was re-organized as part of Karachi Central district.
There are total 920,476 people in North Nazimabad sub-division of which 663,698 spoke Urdu, 73,595 Pashto, 65,767 Saraiki, 52,139 Punjabi, 16,785 Sindhi, 11,155 Balochi, 9,851 Hindko & 27,486 others.
There are 903,985 Muslims, 14,220 Christians, 1,571 Hindus, 472 Ahmadiyya, 30 scheduled castes, 21 Sikhs, 7 Parsis & 220 others of total population 920,476 of North Nazimabad sub-division.
Religions in North Nazimabad sub-division (2023)[4]
