About CBF

Established in 1925 as a strategically important British Royal Airforce Base vide Government of Bombay Revenue Department Notification No.4840/24 dated 04-11-1925, the Faisal Cantonment was then known as “Drigh Road Cantonment”. The municipal limits of Faisal Cantonment were altered in 1988 vide SRO 419(1)/88 dated 07-06-1988 with excision of the area of Azimabad No.1, Massan Ghat, Haidri Goth, Rehmanabad Housing Project, Tandoor Colony, Pak Sadat Colony, Millat Colony and New Iqbalabad; and again altered in 1995 vide Government of Pakistan Ministry of Defence SRO No.788(1)/95 dated 01-08-1995 with extension towards Civil Aviation, KDA Officer Co-operative Housing Society, Town ship and Malir Halt areas. As of today, Faisal Cantonment comprises an area of 10198.05 acres having a population base of 130,074 in accordance with the fifth population census of 1998. Faisal Cantonment is a Class-I Cantonment vide SRO (1)/2002 dated 26-01-2002.

The constitution of the Board is varied and comprised of the following;

i.  Air Commodore:                                            President
    Akmal Abbas Khan
    Base Commander
    PAF Base Faisal

ii.  Wing Commander                                        Nominated Military Member
    Ehsan-ul-Haq, OC Admin                             Nominated Member
    PAF Base Faisal.

iii. Mr.Nazim F.Haji                                          Nominated Member

iv. Mr.Adil Rafi Siddiqui                                     Secretary
    Cantonment Executive Officer