Federal Capital Territory (Pakistan)

Federal Capital Territory
Subdivision of Pakistan
23 July 1948–1961
Flag
Map of Pakistan with Federal Capital Territory highlighted
Capital		Karachi
History
•	Established	23 July 1948
•	Disestablished	1961
Area		2,103 km2(812 sq mi)
Government of Karachi

Part of a series on the History of Karachi
Ancient period
Krokola Minnagara Barbarikon
Islamic period
Muhammad bin Qasim Debal
Local dynasties
Mai Kolachi Kalhora dynasty Talpur dynasty
British period
Sind Division Sind Province
Independent Pakistan
Federal Capital Territory 1972 labour unrest Demographics Violence
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Krokola
Minnagara
Barbarikon

Muhammad bin Qasim
Debal

Mai Kolachi
Kalhora dynasty
Talpur dynasty

Sind Division
Sind Province

Federal Capital Territory
1972 labour unrest
Demographics
Violence

The Federal Capital Territory (FCT) around Karachi was the original capital territory of Pakistan. The FCT was created in 1948 from the city of Karachi and surrounding areas as the location for Pakistan's capital following independence. The FCT was bordered by the province of Sind to the northeast and the princely state of Las Bela to the northwest with the Arabian Sea to the south.

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