Malir Cantonment
The Army Cantonment () 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 by Muhammad Irfan Malik and Ismail Sherwani on 11 October 1941, in the exigencies of World War II, this cantonment was taken over by the Pakistan Army in 1947. This canttonment serves as the main cantonment of Southern areas of Sindh province. It houses civil residences like the "Cantonment Bazar Area", DOHS l & 2, Askari-5 and Falcon Complex, Army Cantonment is stretched  over an area of 12sq km. it is the end of Mahmoodabad 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 170,000 and includes all the ethnic and  linguistic groups of Pakistan. Majority of its population consists of serving and retired armed services personnel along with notable civilian businessmen and bureaucrats.