KARACHI: Twenty-five town municipal corporations and 233 union committees have been formed in seven districts of Karachi for new local body delimitations, a report released by the Election Commission of Pakistan said.
The preliminary report on the delimitation, under the 2017 census, further stated that in District Malir, there are three Town Municipal Corporations (TMCs) and 30 Union Committees. District South has two town municipal corporations and 26 union committees (USCs).
There are four TMCs and 37 USCs in District Korangi, three TMCs and 26 USCs in District West, five TMCs and 43 USCs in District East, five TMCs and 45 UCs in District Central and three Town Municipal Corporations, and 26 Union Committees in District Kemari.
In addition to that, each union committee has four wards. However, this time around, rural areas have also been included in the Town Municipal Corporation and the urban areas, while no separate Municipal Corporation has been formed for the rural areas.
According to the report, the population of Karachi’s local body constituencies is 15.158 million. The city’s total population is counted to be around is 160,24,894 people, while ECP officials assert that the rest of the population belongs to the cantonment.
The Election Commission officials have said that the report of new constituencies is not final yet. According to them, the Additional Deputy Commissioners of the concerned districts, Education, Revenue, and Election Commission officials, were involved in compiling the preliminary report of the new constituencies.
