How Urban Is Pakistan

19 May, 2020 By Arif Hasan

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Before 1981, urban meant settlements of 5,000 and above which had urban characteristics related to density and occupation.
1981 and after, the definition was changed to those settlements which had an urban governance structure.
As a result, in the 1981 census 1,483 settlements of over 5,000 were not considered for being declared urban.
Cities between 500,000 and 2.5 million populations have municipal corporations. Towns between 25,000 and 500,000 have municipal committees. Towns less than 25,000 have town committees.
Special case of Karachi.
Administrative boundaries of many urban areas do not include their peri-urban settlements which in socio-economic and physical terms have urban characteristics.