# Karachi Metropolitan Corporation

Karachi Metropolitan Corporation (Urdu: بلدیہَِ عظمیٰ کراچی) is a public corporation and governing body to provide municipal services in most of Karachi, the capital of Sindh.

## History
### 1846

Karachi Conservancy Board was established to control cholera epidemics in Karachi during British rule in 1846. The board was upgraded into the Municipal Commission in 1852.

### 1853

In 1853 the Municipal Commission was turned into Karachi Municipal Committee. The foundation stone of the Karachi Municipal Corporation Building was laid on Bandar Road in 1927.

### 1933

In 1933 the Karachi Municipal Committee was upgraded to the Karachi Municipal Corporation by the Karachi Municipal Act.

### 1976

The Karachi Municipal Corporation was turned into the Karachi Metropolitan Corporation in 1976.

### 1987

Zonal Municipal Committees were established in 1987. The zonal committees were merged again into the Karachi Metropolitan Corporation. Five district municipal corporations were established in 1987.

### 2000

The Karachi Metropolitan Corporation was abolished in 2000 and five district municipal corporations were merged into City District Karachi. The City District Karachi was divided into 18 town and 178 union councils.

### 2011

In 2011 Sindh Government restored again Karachi Metropolitan Corporation and five district municipal corporations.

### 2015

In 2015, the Karachi Metropolitan Corporation consisted of 305 members, including 209 general members and chairmen of union committees, and 96 reserved members.
The numbers of KMC council members since 1979 is as follows:
KMC counsel members (1884-2016) :
| SN | Tenure | Counsel head and post | Members |
| 1 | 1884 | | 32 |
| 2 | 1910 | | 36 |
| 3 | 1933 | Jamshed Nusserwanji Mehta | 57 |
| 4 | 1979-1983 | Abdul Sattar Afghani (Mayor) | 166 |
| 5 | 1983-1987 | Abdul Sattar Afghani (Mayor) | 232 |
| 6 | 1988-1992 | Dr. Farooq Sattar (Mayor) | 77 |
| 7 | 2001-2005 | Naimatullah Khan (Mayor) | 255 |
| 8 | 2005-2010 | Syed Mustafa Kamal (Nazim Karachi) | 255 |
| 9 | 2016-2020 | Waseem Akhter (Mayor) | 308 |
| 10 | 2023-2027 | Murtaza Wahab (Mayor) | 367 |

## Budget

KMC and Karachi budget formulated by its mayors and administrators during their tenure.
| Fiscal Year | Amount (Rs. Billion) | Amount ($. Million) | Mayor | Administrator | Notes |
| 1970-71 | 0.1008 | | - | | |
| 1971-72 | 0.103 | | - | | |
| 1972-73 | 0.113 | | - | | |
| 1973-74 | 0.162 | | - | | |
| 1974-75 | 0.191 | | - | | |
| 1975-76 | 0.243 | | - | | |
| 1976-77 | 0.253 | | - | | |
| 1977-78 | 0.324 | | - | | |
| 1978-79 | 0.388 | | - | | |
| 1979-80 | 0.459 | | Abdul Sattar Afghani | | |
| 1980-81 | 0.549 | | sic | | |
| 1981-82 | 0.628 | | sic | | |
| 1982-83 | 0.891 | | sic | | |
| 1983-84 | 0.940 | 70 | sic | - | |
| 1984-85 | 1.127 | 83.4 | sic | - | |
| 1985-86 | | | sic | | |
| 1986-87 | | | sic | | |
| 1987-88 | | | sic | | |
| 1988-89 | 1.936 | 105 | Farooq Sattar | | revenues grew at an average rate of 11 per year from 1988 to 1992, well below the nominal growth of Karachi (ADB study). |
| 1989-90 | 2.482 | 118 | sic | | revenues grew at an average rate of 11 per year from 1988 to 1992, well below the nominal growth of Karachi (ADB study). |
| 1990-91 | | | sic | | revenues grew at an average rate of 11 per year from 1988 to 1992, well below the nominal growth of Karachi (ADB study). |
| 1991-92 | 2.841 | 115 | sic | | revenues grew at an average rate of 11 per year from 1988 to 1992, well below the nominal growth of Karachi (ADB study). |
| 1994-95 | 4.5 | 151 | - | Faheem Zaman Khan | |
| 2001-02 | 5.7 | 102 | Naimatullah Khan | - | |
| 2002-03 | 20.5 | 320 | sic | - | |
| 2003-04 | 27.7 | 470 | sic | - | |
| 2004-05 | 32.6 | 560 | sic | - | |
| 2005-06 | 43.8 | 740 | | | |
| 2006-07 | 44.2 | 730 | Mustafa Kamal | - | |
| 2007-08 | 45.695 | 750 | sic | - | |
| 2008-09 | 37.1 | 460 | sic | - | |
| 2009-10 | 52.36 | 610 | sic | - | |
| 2010-11 | 53.9 | 630 | - | Fazl-ur-Rehman | |
| 2011-12 | 44.5 | 510 | - | M. Hussain Sayed | |
| 2012-13 | 31.6 | 330 | - | sic | |
| 2013-14 | 35.5 | 330 | - | Hashim Raza Zaidi | |
| 2014-15 | 33.1 | 320 | - | Rauf Akhter | |
| 2015-16 | 33.8 | 320 | - | Roshan Ali Sheikh | |
| 2016-17 | 26.7 | 250 | - | Laiq Ahmed | |
| 2017-18 | 27.1 | 251 | Waseem Akhter | - | |
| 2018-19 | 27.1 | 220 | sic | - | |
| 2019-20 | 26.4 | 170 | sic | - | |
| 2020-21 | 24.8 | 150 | sic | - | |

## KMC legal counsels

Muhammad Umar Lakhani Hassan Abidi Barrister Asad Ahmed Maria Tahir Chaudhry Malik Altaf Hussain Mohsen Khan Khurram Gayas Chaudhry Arif

## KMC-operated hospitals

* Sobhraj Maternity Hospital
* Karachi Medical & Dental College
* Karachi Institute of Heart Diseases
* Abbasi Shaheed Hospital
* Sarfaraz Shaheed Hospital
* Spencer’s Ey Hospital
* Leprosy Hospital