It serves as a military base and residential establishment. History
Declared a cantonment by the Royal British Government as POW Camp on October 11, 1941, in the exigencies of World War ll, This cantonment 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. Malir Cantt is considered as a posh, serene and peaceful not to mention the safest locality of Greater Karachi. Important land marks
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 Defence Brigade
Falcon Housing Scheme Phase II
Air Force officers housing scheme (AFOHS), Falcon Complex
ARMY OFFICERS HOUSING SCHEME (AOHS), ASKARI -V,MALIR CANT
Gulshan-e-Umair
Encroched Kachhi Aabadi
College and Schools
Roshan Public School
PAF Intermediate College & School
Army Public School and College
Cantonment Board Montessori & Model School
Government Degree Science College, Malir Cantt
