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Karachi
with its 14 billion populations is the largest city of the
country. It has a federated city government. This federated system was
introduced in Karachi over a three- year period –from 2001 to 2003.The
government of Pakistan planned a new devolution in 2000; financial resources
and responsibilities’. Because of this plan the five districts of Karachi
merged into a Karachi district. When the plan finally implemented in Karachi
the district officially became a City District.
Now the
government of Karachi takes over its own government, it has now three
federated system formed by;
1. The
City District Government Karachi
2. Town
Municipal Administrations
3. Union
Council Administrations
Eighteen
towns are divided between The City District of Karachi. These towns
elect their Municipal administrators who are responsible for the
infrastructure, developments, and municipal services (water, sanitation,
solid waste, repairing roads, parks street lights and traffic engineering)
but some of the services are under City District Government of Karachi.178
localities are divided between the towns which are governed by the elected
Union Council which are the main part of the local government system. |