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Karachi

Karachi is the largest city, main seaport and the main financial centre of Pakistan, as well as the capital of the province of Sindh. The city has an estimated population of 13 to 15 million, while the total metropolitan area has a population of over 18 million...

is the largest city of Pakistan

Pakistan

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and among the most populous megacities in the world. Mayor

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In many countries, a Mayor is the highest ranking officer in the municipal government of a town or a large urban city....

(from the Latin

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māior, meaning "greater") is a modern title used in many countries for the highest ranking officer in a municipal

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government.

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Karachi City Municipal Act was promulgated in 1933. Initially the Municipal Corporation was administrated by Mayor

Mayor

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and Deputy Mayor

Deputy Mayor

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, included 57 councilors. In 1976, Karachi Municipal Corporation was upgraded to Metropolitan Corporation. Later in 2000-01, it was given the status of City District Government, headed by City Nazim

Nazim

A nazim is the coordinator of cities and towns in Pakistan. Nazim is the title in Urdu of the chief elected official of a local government in Pakistan, such as a district, tehsil, union council, or village council....

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Following is the list of city Mayor

Mayor

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s and Nazim

Nazim

s of Karachi

Karachi

**List of Mayors in Karachi**
No.	Name of Mayor/Nazim	Office Duration
1	Mr. Jamshed Nusserwanji Mehta Jamshed Nusserwanjee Mehta Jamshed Nusserwanjee Mehta was the first elected Mayor of Karachi and remembered as the "Maker of Modern Karachi". He was also a notable figure in the Pakistan Boy Scouts Association.-Public life:...	Nov 1933 to Aug 1934
2	Mr. Teakum Dass Vadhumull	Aug 30, 1934 to May 03, 1935
3	Mr. Qazi Khuda Buksh	May 03, 1935 to May 09, 1936
4	Mr. K.B. Aradsher H. Mama	May 09, 1936 to May 04, 1937
5	Mr. Durgha Das B. Adwani	May 04, 1937 to May 06, 1938
6	Mr. Hatim A. Alvi	May 06, 1938 to May 05, 1939
7	Mr. R.K. Sidhwa	May 05, 1939 to May 07, 1940
8	Mr. Lalji Malhootra	May 07, 1940 to May 06, 1941
9	Mr. Muhammad Hashim Gazdar Muhammad Hashim Gazdar Muhammad Hashim Gazdar Urdu: غلام ہاشم گزدار was a prominent politician in pre-partition and post partition era of Pakistan -Early life:...	May 06, 1941 to May 08, 1942
10	Mr. Soharab K.H. Katrak	May 08, 1942 to May 11, 1943
11	Mr. Shambo Nath Molraaj	May 11, 1943 to May 10, 1944
12	Mr. Yousaf Abdullah Haroon	May 10, 1944 to May 08, 1945
13	Mr. Manuel Misquita Manuel Misquita Manuel Misquita was a former mayor of Karachi under the British Raj and President of Karachi Goan Association.-Mayor:Misquita was elected mayor of Karachi in 1946 becoming the first and to date its only Catholic mayor.-Karachi Goan Association:...	May 08, 1945 to May 01, 1946
14	Mr. Wishram Das Dewan Das	May 09, 1946 to May 09, 1947
15	Mr. Hakeem Muhammad Ahsan	May 09, 1947 to May 25, 1948
16	Mr. Allah Bakhsh Gabol	April 1951 to Jan 10, 1953 http://www.dawn.com/2006/07/24/top10.htm
17	Mr. Mahmood A. Haroon	Jan 19, 1954 to May 26, 1955
18	Mr. Al-Haj Malik Bagh Ali	May 26, 1955 to May 29, 1956
19	Mr. Siddique Wahab	May 29, 1956 to Dec 14, 1956
20	Mr. S.M.Taufiq	1958
21	Mr. Allah Bakhsh Gabol	May 1961 to Oct 1962 http://www.dawn.com/2006/07/24/top10.htm
22	Mr. Abdul Sattar Afghani Abdul Sattar Afghani Abdul Sattar Afghani was a politician from Karachi, Pakistan. He was twice elected mayor of Karachi and once a member of the National Assembly of Pakistan .-Mayor of Karachi:...	Nov 09, 1979 to Feb 12, 1987
23	Dr. Farooq Sattar Farooq Sattar Farooq Sattar Pirwani is a politician from Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan. Farooq Sattar is Deputy Convener and Parliamentary leader of the Muttahida Qaumi Movement , a political party in Pakistan. He has also served as Provincial Minister in the Sindh Cabinet for Local Bodies and is one of the senior...	Jan 09, 1988 to Jul 27, 1992

**List of Nazims in Karachi**
No.	Name of Mayor/Nazim	Office Duration
1	Mr. Naimatullah Khan Naimatullah Khan Niamthullah Khan was the Nazim of largest city of Pakistan, Karachi from August 2001-June 2005. He graduated from Punjab University with a Masters in Journalism and a Law Degree from Karachi University. He is lawyer by profession. He is the chairman of the biggest NGO of Pakistan, Alkhidmat...	Aug 14, 2001 to May 2005
2	Mr. Syed Mustafa Kamal	Oct 17, 2005 to Feb 2010

External links

History of Mayors at CDG Karachi Official Page

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