Malir Town (Urdu: ملير ٹاؤن) is the Constituent Town of Karachi Malir District and lies in the northern part of the city that was named after the Malir River.

[2] Malir District was abolished as part of The Local Government Ordinance 2001 and divided into three towns namely: Malir Town was formed and was subdivided into 8 union councils.

In 2011, the system was disbanded but remained in place for bureaucratic administration until 2015, when the Karachi Metropolitan Corporation system was reintroduced.

On 11 July 2011, Sindh Government restored Malir District again.

Malir Town was bordered by the Jinnah International Airport and the Malir Cantonment to the west and north, the Malir River and Shah Faisal Town to the south and Gadap Town to the east across the Thado Nallo stream.