City District Government Karachi
City District Government Karachi | |
| Successor | SPLGO 2013 |
|---|---|
| Formation | 2001 |
| Founder | Pervez Musharraf |
| Dissolved | 2010 |
| Legal status | Defunct |
| Headquarters | Civic Center, Karachi |
| Budget | Rs. 51 Billion (2009-10) |
| Website | Cdgk.gov.pk (deactivated) |
The City District Government Karachi (CDGK) was a local government of Karachi, Pakistan. It was established through a local government ordinance (LGO) in 2000 to empower the local government by decentralizing district government. Karachi became a federation of eighteen autonomous boroughs, called "Towns," that made up the City District Government Karachi from 2001 until 2011. Under this now-defunct system, Karachi had a local government system, with a mayor empowered to make decisions in regards to city-planning and administration of local services. It was headed by the mayor and was formed under the presidential rule of Pervez Musharraf in 2001. CDGK existed until 2010.
CDGK became a major authority in the city and was granted unprecedented power. Urban authority was emphasized and rural authority was disbanded. The CDGK was a three-tier system, with each tier having its respective nazims and naib nazims (mayors and deputy mayors), and it oversaw a major increase in development.
In 2012, the Sindh government decided that the development projects first undertaken by the CDGK would be carried out by the Karachi Metropolitan Corporation (KMC).