Malir Cantonment

The Malir Cantonment ( ملیر چھاؤنی ) is a cantonment town of the city of Karachi, in Sindh, Pakistan. It serves as a military base and residential establishment.

History
Declared a cantonment by the Royal British Government as POW Camp on 11 October 1941, in the exigencies of World War ll, this cantonment was taken over by the Pakistan Army 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.

Important landmarks

 * Combined Military Hospital 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 Dhefence Brigade


 * Falcon Housing Scheme Phase II (Chota Malir) [Exists within Cantonment limits]


 * Falcon Complex (AFOHS) Phase I Scheme for PAF Officers


 * ASKARI-V Housing Scheme.


 * Gulshan-e-Umair (Exists within Cantonment limits )


 * Encroached Kachhi Aabadi


 * Rizwan Pakwan House.


 * Cantt. Bazaar


 * D. O. H. S. Phase I


 * D. O. H. S. Phase II


 * Petal Avenue

Colleges and schools

 * Roshan Public School


 * PAF Intermediate College & School


 * Army Public School and College System


 * Cantonment Board Montessori & Model School


 * Government Degree Science College, Malir Cantt
 * F G Public School Malir Cantt Karachi