Karachi Cantonment

The Karachi Cantonment (Urdu: کراچی چھاؤنی ‎) is a cantonment town of the city of Karachi, in Sindh, Pakistan. It serves as a military base and residential establishment. It was established by the British Indian Army in August 1942, and taken over by the Pakistan Army in 1947. The cantonment maintains its own water supply and electricity infrastructure and is outside the jurisdiction of the City District Government of Karachi.

The biggest of busiest railway station of Karachi, Karachi Cantt, is also located here.

Boundaries

• North: Garden Area
• South: Faisal Cantonment, Karachi Cantt Station
• East: S.M.C.H.S.
• West: Arts Council of Pakistan, Sindh Assembly Building

Landmarks

• Karachi Cantonment Railway Station
• Muhammad Ali Jinnah Road
• Shara-e-Faisal
• Finance and Trade Centre
• Fleet Club
• Services Club
• St. Anthony’s Church

See also

• Army Cantonment Board, Pakistan
• Cantonment

External links

• Karachi Cantonment Board - Official website

Army Cantonments of Pakistan
Punjab	Attock Cantonment Bhawalpur Cantonment Chaklala Cantonment Gujranwala Cantonment Jhelum Cantonment Kamra Cantonment Kharian Cantonment Lahore Cantonment Mangla Cantonment Multan Cantonment Murree Gali Cantonment Murree Hills Cantonment Okara Cantonment Rawalpindi Cantonment Sanjwal Cantonment Sargodha Cantonment Shorkot Cantonment Sialkot Cantonment Taxila Cantonment Wah Cantonment Walton Cantonment
Sindh	Clifton Cantonment Faisal Cantonment Hyderabad Cantonment Karachi Cantonment Korangi Creek Cantonment Malir Cantonment Manora Cantonment Pano Aqil Cantonment
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa	Abbottabad Cantonment Bannu Cantonment Dera Ismail Khan Cantonment Havelian Cantonment Kohat Cantonment Mardan Cantonment Nowshera Cantonment Peshawar Cantonment Risalpur Cantonment
Balochistan	Khuzdar Cantonment Loralai Cantonment Ormara Cantonment Quetta Cantonment Zhob Cantonment

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