Faisal Cantonment

The Faisal Cantonment (Urdu: فیصل چھاؤنی)is a cantonment town of the city of Karachi, in Sindh, Pakistan. It serves as an Airforce base and residential establishment.

Faisal
Cantonment
CountryPakistan
ProvinceSindh
City DistrictKarachi
Established4 November 1925
Government
[1]
 • TypeCantonment Board
 • BodyCantonment Board Faisal
Population
 (1998)
 • Total225,000
Websitecbfaisal.gov.pk

PAF Base established in 1925, as a strategically important British Royal Air force Base. Drigh Road Cantonment was established in 1925 for the civilian population near the British Royal Air force Base, vide Government of Bombay Revenue Department Notification No.4840/24 dated 04-11-1925. In 1947 it was renamed as Faisal Cantonment. The municipal limits of the Cantonment Board were altered twice: in 1988 and 1995. The Board was classified as Class I in 2002, and has a population of 292,196 (census 2017).It is not only home to the first airfield established by the Royal Air Force in the sub-Continent but can be considered as a mini Pakistan as well . The population is a vibrant mix of all provinces and the active generations of the initial mohajirs (settlers) after the independence in 1947.

Location of Faisal Cantt. marked 'D' in the administrative map of Karachi.

Working Departments
  • CEO Office
  • PA TO CEO
  • Assistant Secretary
  • Office Superintendent
  • Engineering Branch
  • Building Control Cell
  • Electric Branch
  • Water Supply Branch
  • Revenue Branch
  • Workshop Branch
  • Legal Branch
  • Land Branch
  • Account Branch
  • Establishment Branch
  • CB Care Center
  • Sanitation Branch
  • Horticulture Branch
  • Sponsorship Branch
  • IT Branch
  • Store Branch

Neighborhoods

Areas


Gulistan-e-Johar


  • Block-15
  • Block-16-A
  • Block-17
  • Block-18
  • Block-19
  • Block-20
  • Gulshan-e-Iqbal Block-10-A[2]
  • Gulistan-e-Jauhar Block 19[2][3]

See also

References
  1. "SHC restrains Cantonment Board Faisal from taking action against shop owners". The News International (newspaper). 16 May 2021. Retrieved 22 January 2022.
  2. KARACHI: Faisal Cantonment, Gulshan Town agree on road repairs Dawn (newspaper), Published 13 June 2006, Retrieved 20 August 2020
  3. KARACHI: Sindh High Court (SHC) issues notice to Faisal Cantonment on property tax issue Dawn (newspaper), Published 23 September 2004, Retrieved 20 August 2020


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