For folks confused about who is in charge of DHA and CBC, you are not alone, it is very confusing and if you’ve read Ayesha Siddiqa’s work you’d know that’s part historic and part design.

For those interested in digging in to understand, sharing some links in this thread https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="👇🏽" title="Rückhand Zeigefinger nach unten (mittlerer Hautton)" aria-label="Emoji: Rückhand Zeigefinger nach unten (mittlerer Hautton)">

Cantonment Boards are part colonial legacy and part created with the DHAs in 1980 through a
Presidential Order by the President at the time Gen Zia-ul-Haq. https://www.dhakarachi.org/index.php/home/aboutdha?id=144">https://www.dhakarachi.org/index.php...

Here are screenshots of an excerpt from the Order declaring creation of DHA Karachi and Clifton Cantonment

“DHAs claimed to be private enterprises run without state support. But questions about how serving brigadiers, under the direct command of corps commanders, run private housing bodies have remained unanswered” @FarhatullahB https://www.thefridaytimes.com/how-dhas-became-the-most-powerful-housing-societies-of-pakistan/">https://www.thefridaytimes.com/how-dhas-...

DHA is governed by the Secretary of Defense and run by the Executive Board, which is headed by the 5 Corps Commander. https://www.dhakarachi.org/index.php/home/aboutdha/">https://www.dhakarachi.org/index.php...

And the CBC, comes under the Ministry of Defense; specifically under their Military Lands and Cantonment department. http://mlc.gov.pk/en/about-us/what-we-do">https://mlc.gov.pk/en/about-...

The President of the CBC board and the DHA Administrator are serving Brigadiers who report to the 5 Corps Commander in Karachi.

DHA regulations is a rich document on the DHA website and all DHA residents should go through it. https://www.dhakarachi.org/index.php/home/aboutdha?id=145">https://www.dhakarachi.org/index.php...