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The Bacha Khan
Flyover (Banaras flyover) in Orangi Town is a 2.5 km-long flyover built in 2009. Bacha Khan Flyover was built to prevent ethnic violence among two groups and to protect one from the other.
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Orangi became famous in the 1980s when local inhabitants became frustrated at the lack of development in the area by the municipal administration and launched the
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in 2001, and the merging of its five districts to form a new
Karachi City-District with eighteen autonomous constituent towns including
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The federal government introduced local government reforms in the year 2000, which eliminated the previous "third tier of government" (
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358:. In 2011, the system was disbanded but remained in place for bureaucratic administration until 2015, when the
259:, Orangi Town was formed in 2001 as part of The Local Government Ordinance 2001, and was subdivided into 13
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311:. There were 13 residential neighborhoods, called union councils within Orangi Town.
263:. The town system was disbanded in 2011, and Orangi Town was re-organized as part of
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system was reintroduced. In 2015, Kemari Town was re-organized as part of
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to the south. It also linked to
Northern Bypass M-10 through
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to the north east across the
Shahrah-e-Zahid Hussain,
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Residential town within the city of
Karachi, Pakistan
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768:Akhtar Hameed Khan and the Orangi Pilot Project
32:Constituent Town of Karachi in Sindh, Pakistan
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66:Orangi Town was split into 13 Union Councils
716:City District Government of Karachi website
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346:) and replaced it with the fourth tier (
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833:"Flying over Karachi's traffic issues"
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657:Bacha Khan Flyover (Banaras flyover)
743:"Remembering Dr Akhtar Hameed Khan"
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327:. The Orangi area was the largest
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360:Karachi Metropolitan Corporation
337:Karachi Metropolitan Corporation
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831:Khalid, Bilal (27 April 2023).
741:Imdad Hussain (15 March 2014).
195:60 km (22 sq mi)
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370:Localities within Orangi Town
421:Baba Wilayat Ali Shah Colony
279:Orangi Town was bordered by
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344:administrative divisions
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682:Orangi Charitable Trust
303:to the south east, and
295:to the east across the
788:"ORANGI PILOT PROJECT"
323:under the guidance of
918:Karachi West District
913:Squatting in Pakistan
269:Karachi West District
692:Orangi Pilot Project
561:Makhdoom Shah Colony
335:at the time, so the
321:Orangi Pilot Project
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810:The Express Tribune
766:Hasan, Arif (1999)
516:Iqbal Baloch Colony
291:to the north west,
162:Iqbal Baloch Colony
672:Akhtar Hameed Khan
581:Raheem Shah Colony
325:Akhtar Hameed Khan
205: • Total
192: • Total
884:24.950°N 66.967°E
812:. 12 January 2012
601:Shahrah-e-Qaddafi
396:Al Khizra Society
309:Shahrah-e-Qaddafi
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16:(Redirected from
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352:Karachi Division
301:Liaquatabad Town
281:New Karachi Town
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556:Muhajir Chowk
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401:Bilal Colony
364:Karachi West
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293:Gulberg Town
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244:اُورنگی ٹاؤن
235:اورنگي ٽائون
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146:Ghabool Town
138:Chisti Nagar
134:Bilal Colony
43:اُورنگی ٹاؤن
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908:Orangi Town
887: /
792:web.mit.edu
687:Orangi Nala
677:Khasa Hills
636:14-C Number
571:Mujahidabad
521:Islam Nagar
511:Islam Chowk
471:Ghulfamabad
406:Baloch Goth
381:Altaf Nagar
356:Kemari Town
297:Gujjar Nala
285:Baldia Town
227:Orangi Town
214:Postal code
178:Mujahidabad
130:Baloch Goth
102:Established
39:Orangi Town
902:Categories
698:References
586:Sadiq Abad
481:Gabol Town
441:Disco Morr
436:Data Nagar
386:Aziz Nagar
366:district.
289:Hub Chowki
200:Population
142:Data Nagar
646:16 Number
641:15 Number
631:13 Number
626:12 Number
621:10 Number
546:Mominabad
526:Khairabad
501:Hanifabad
466:Ghaziabad
446:Dabba Mor
348:districts
305:SITE Town
271:in 2015.
267:formerly
174:Mominabad
154:Hanifabad
150:Ghaziabad
110:Disbanded
837:DAWN.COM
666:See also
616:8 Number
611:5 Number
391:Azizabad
329:squatter
299:stream,
275:Location
82:Province
76:Pakistan
875:66°58′E
872:24°57′N
531:Karbala
333:Karachi
315:History
249:Karachi
208:520,195
96:Karachi
72:Country
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752:20 May
726:20 May
257:Orangi
231:Sindhi
842:1 May
816:1 May
253:Sindh
219:75800
86:Sindh
844:2023
818:2023
772:ISBN
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239:Urdu
237:), (
187:Area
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105:2001
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