Editing Karachi (section)

====Union councils (2001–11)====
[[File:Naimatullah Khan (cropped).jpg|thumb|upright=0.8|Given the honorary title "Father of Service", [[Naimatullah Khan]] Advocate (2001–2005) was one of the most successful and respected mayors Karachi ever had.]]
In 2001, during the rule of [[Pervez Musharraf|General Pervez Musharraf]], five districts of Karachi were merged to form the city district of Karachi, with a three-tier structure. The two most local tiers are composed of 18 [[Tehsil|towns]], and 178 [[Union councils of Pakistan|union councils]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://221.132.118.186/cdgk/Home/Towns/tabid/72/Default.aspx |title=CDGK Towns |publisher=City District Government of Karachi |access-date=24 August 2010}}{{dead link|date=March 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> Each tier focused on elected councils with some common members to provide "vertical linkage" within the federation.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.nrb.gov.pk/local_government/default.asp |title=Local Government |publisher=National Reconstruction Bureau, Government of Pakistan |access-date=24 August 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090125014524/http://nrb.gov.pk/local_government/default.asp |archive-date=25 January 2009}}</ref>

[[Naimatullah Khan]] was the first Nazim of Karachi during the Union Council period, while Shafiq-Ur-Rehman Paracha was the first district coordination officer of Karachi. [[Syed Mustafa Kamal]] was elected City Nazim of Karachi to succeed Naimatullah Khan in 2005 elections, and [[Nasreen Jalil]] was elected as the City Naib Nazim.

Each Union Council had thirteen members elected from specified electorates: four men and two women elected directly by the general population; two men and two women elected by peasants and workers; one member for minority communities; two members are elected jointly as the Union Mayor (''Nazim'') and Deputy Union Mayor (''Naib Nazim'').<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.nrb.gov.pk/local_government/union_admin_07.htm |title=Composition of the Union Council |publisher=National Reconstruction Bureau, Government of Pakistan |access-date=24 August 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110803101846/http://www.nrb.gov.pk/local_government/union_admin_07.htm |archive-date=3 August 2011}}</ref> Each council included up to three council secretaries and a number of other civil servants. The Union Council system was dismantled in 2011.