The Malir Cantonment is a cantonment

Cantonment

A cantonment is a temporary or semi-permanent military or police quarters. The word cantonment is derived from the French word canton meaning corner or district, as is the name of the Cantons of Switzerland. In South Asia, the term cantonment also describes permanent military stations...

 town of the city of Karachi

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...

, in Sindh

Sindh

Sindh historically referred to as Ba'ab-ul-Islam , is one of the four provinces of Pakistan and historically is home to the Sindhi people. It is also locally known as the "Mehran". Though Muslims form the largest religious group in Sindh, a good number of Christians, Zoroastrians and Hindus can...

, Pakistan

Pakistan

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. It serves as a military base

Military base

A military base is a facility directly owned and operated by or for the military or one of its branches that shelters military equipment and personnel, and facilitates training and operations. In general, a military base provides accommodations for one or more units, but it may also be used as a...

 and residential establishment.

History

Declared a cantonment by the Royal British Government

British Army

The British Army is the land warfare branch of Her Majesty's Armed Forces in the United Kingdom. It came into being with the unification of the Kingdom of England and Scotland into the Kingdom of Great Britain in 1707. The new British Army incorporated Regiments that had already existed in England...

 as POW Camp on October 11, 1941, in the exigencies of World War ll, This cantonment taken over by the Pakistan Army

Pakistan Army

The Pakistan Army is the branch of the Pakistani Armed Forces responsible for land-based military operations. The Pakistan Army came into existence after the Partition of India and the resulting independence of Pakistan in 1947. It is currently headed by General Ashfaq Parvez Kayani. The Pakistan...

 in 1947. Malir Cantonment has evolved into one of the coveted posh localities of Karachi. Housing the Cantonment Bazar Area, Defence Officers’ Housing Schemes l & ll, PAF Falcon Complex and approximately seventy Private Housing Schemes, Malir Cantonment is stretched over an area of 42sq km.

Governance

Malir Cantonment is administratively governed through "Cantonment Board Malir", a Local Body by its charter, under the jurisdiction of Ministry of Defence, through the Military Lands and Cantonment Department (ML&C), headed by a Director General. The governance of the Cantonment Board derives authority from the Cantonment Act, 1924 and rules and regulations made there under. The cantonment maintains its own infrastructure of water supply, electricity and is outside the jurisdiction of City District Government Karachi.

Population

Roughly it is around 300,000 and includes all the ethnic and linguistic groups of Pakistan
Majority of its population consists of serving and retired armed services personnel along with civilians, bureaucrats etc. Malir Cantt is considered as a posh, serene and peaceful not to mention the safest locality of Greater Karachi.

Important land marks

• Combined Military Hospital
  Combined Military Hospital
  Combined Military Hospitals are base hospitals of Pakistan Armed Forces situated in various cantonments. These hospitals are run by the doctors of Pakistan's Army Medical Corps....
  
  Malir

• PAF Base

• Ordnance Center

• Headquarters Mechanized Division

• Headquarters Air Defence Division

• SAAD (School of Army Air Defence)

• Inter Services Selection Board (ISSB)

• Defense officers housing scheme (DOHS)

• Station Headquarters

• Air Defence Brigade

• Falcon Housing Scheme Phase II

• Air Force officers housing scheme (AFOHS), Falcon Complex

• ARMY OFFICERS HOUSING SCHEME (AOHS), ASKARI -V,MALIR CANTT

This very posh hosing scheme has bungalows for retired Brigadiers and colonels, and apartments for junior officers. It has its own perimeter security, so is considered one of the most secure residential locations in karachi

• Gulshan-e-Umair

• Encroched Kachhi Aabadi

College and Schools

• Roshan Public School

• PAF Intermediate College & School

• Army Public School and College

• Cantonment Board Montessori & Model School

• Government Degree Science College, Malir Cantt

F G Public School Malir Cantt Karachi

External links

• Malir Cantonment Board - Official website