KARACHI: While overcoming issues of the ever-growing population growth in the metropolis, the Sindh government is likely to establish three more new districts in the port city very shortly, Pakistan Today has learnt. According to well-placed sources, that with the creation of these three new districts, the total number of Karachi’s districts would stand at nine from the existing six districts that included East, West, South, Central, Malir and Korangi. Karachi was comprised of five districts; however, the Sindh chief minister (CM) Syed Murad Ali Shah had established a new district namely Korangi through a notification in November 2013. The new districts will be Keamari district, Orangi district and the name of the third district will comprise areas of Bin Qasim, Gadap, Bahria town up to DHA City project on the superhighway. “The Keamari districts will consist of four subdivisions including Harbour, Mauripur, Baldia and SITE with a total population of 18 lacs and thirty-three thousand,” they said.

Source: Pakistan Today January 24, 2019 14:03 UTC