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Divisions are the third tier of government in Pakistan, between the provinces and districts. They were abolished in 2000 by the government of former president Pervez Musharraf to make way for local governance via district governments. As of August 2008, divisions in some provinces have been restored with Punjab taking the lead and restoring its eight divisions.[1]

The four provinces of Pakistan are subdivided into administrative "divisions", which are further subdivided into districts and tehsils. The divisions do not include the Islamabad Capital Territory or the Federally Administered Tribal Areas, which are counted at the same level as provinces.

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1 History 2 New Provinces 3 Abolition 4 Restoration 5 The Divisions

o 5.1 Pakistan o 5.2 Eastern Pakistan o 5.3 Population

6 See also 7 References 8 External links

[edit] History

Administrative divisions had formed an integral tier of government from colonial times. The Governor's provinces of British India were subdivided into divisions, which were themselves subdivided into districts. At independence in 1947, the new nation of Pakistan comprised two wings - eastern and western, separated by India. Three of the provinces of Pakistan were subdivided into ten administrative divisions. The single province in the eastern wing, East Bengal, had four divisions - Chittagong, Dacca, Khulna and Rajshahi. The province of West Punjab had four divisions - Lahore, Multan, Rawalpindi and Sargodha. The North-West Frontier Province (as it was then called) had two divisions - Dera Ismail Khan and Peshawar. Most of the divisions were named after the divisional capitals, with some exceptions.

From 1955 to 1970, the One Unit policy meant that there were only two provinces - East and West Pakistan. East Pakistan had the same divisions as East Bengal had previously, but West Pakistan gradually gained seven new divisions to add to the original six. The Baluchistan States Union became Kalat Division, while the former Baluchistan Chief Commissioner's Province became Quetta Division. Most of the former Sind Province became Hyderabad Division, with some parts joining the princely state of Khairpur to form Khairpur Division. The former princely state of Bahawalpur became the Bahawalpur Division. The Federal Capital Territory was absorbed into West Pakistan in 1961 and merged with the princely state of Las Bela to form the Karachi-Bela Division. In 1969, the princely states of Chitral, Dir and Swat were incorporated into West Pakistan as the division of Malakand with Saidu as the divisional headquarters.

[edit] New Provinces

When West Pakistan was dissolved, the divisions were regrouped into four new provinces. Gradually over the late 1970s, new divisions were formed; Hazara and Kohat divisions were split from Peshawar Division; Gujranwala Division was formed from parts of Lahore and Rawalpindi divisions; Dera Ghazi Khan Division was split from Multan Division; Faisalabad Division was split from Sargodha Division; Sibi Division was formed from parts of Kalat and Quetta divisions; Lasbela District was transferred from Karachi Division to Kalat Division; Makran Division split from Kalat Division. The name of Khairpur Division was changed to Sukkur Division.

During the military rule of General Zia-ul-Haq, the Advisory Council of Islamic Ideology (headed by Justice Tanzilur Rahman) was tasked with finding ways to Islamicise the country. One of its recommendations was that the existing four provinces should be dissolved and the twenty administrative divisions should become new provinces in a federal structure with greater devolution of power, but this proposal was never implemented.

In the early 1990s, Naseerabad division was split from Sibi Division; Zhob Division was split from Quetta Division; Bannu Division was split from Dera Ismail Khan Division; Mardan Division was split from Peshawar Division; Larkana Division was split from Sukkur Division; Mirpur Khas Division was split from Hyderabad Division. The capital of Kalat Division was moved from Kalat to Khuzdar. 64Gul

[edit] Abolition

In August 2000, local government reforms abolished the "Division" as an administrative tier and introduced a system of local government councils, with the first elections held in 2001. Following that there was radical restructuring of the local government system to implement "the principle of subsidiarity, whereby all functions that can be effectively performed at the local level are transferred to that level". This meant devolution of many functions to districts and tehsils, which were handled at the provincial and divisional levels. At abolition, there were twenty-six divisions in Pakistan proper - five in Sindh, six in Balochistan, seven in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa and eight in Punjab. Abolition did not affect the two divisions of Azad Kashmir, which form the second tier of government.

[edit] Restoration

In 2008, after the public elections, the new government decided to restore the divisions of all provinces.[2]

Currently Punjab has nine divisions (and a total of 36 districts) with Sahiwal Division being the newest.[3]

In Sindh after the lapse of the Local Governments Bodies term in 2010 the Divisional Commissioners system was to be restored.[4][5] [6]

In July 2011, following excessive violence in the city of Karachi and after the political split between the ruling PPP and the majority party in Sindh, the MQM and after the resignation of the MQM Governor of Sindh, PPP and the Govt. of Sindh decided to restore the commissionerate system in the province. As a consequence, the five divisions of Sindh have been restored namely, Karachi, Hyderabad, Sukkur, Mirpurkhas and Larkana with their respective districts.[7]

Karachi district has been de-merged into its 5 original constituent districts namely Karachi East, Karachi West, Karachi Central, Karachi South and Malir. These five districts form the Karachi Division now.[8]

[edit] The Divisions

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The following tables show the current Divisions by province.

Divisions of

Khyber-

Pakhtunkhwa ProvinceDivision Area (km²) Capital

Bannu 4,391 BannuDera Ismail Khan 9,005 Dera Ismail KhanHazara 17,194 AbbottabadKohat 7,012 KohatMalakand 29,872 Saidu Sharif

Divisions of Balochistan ProvinceDivision Area (km²) Capital

Kalat 140,612 KhuzdarMakran 52,067 TurbatNaseerabad 16,946 NaseerabadQuetta 64,310 QuettaSibi 27,055 SibiZhob 46,200 Loralai

Mardan 3,046 MardanPeshawar 4,001 Peshawar

Divisions of Sindh ProvinceDivision Area (km²) Capital

Hyderabad 48,670 HyderabadKarachi 3,528 KarachiLarkana 15,543 LarkanaMirpur Khas 38,421 Mirpur KhasSukkur 34,752 Sukkur

[edit] Eastern Pakistan

This table shows the divisions of East Pakistan as they stood at the time of Bangladeshi independence in 1971. See also: Divisions of Bangladesh.

Divisions of East Bengal/East PakistanDivision Area (km²) Capital

Chittagong 45,414 ChittagongDacca 30,772 DaccaKhulna 33,575 KhulnaRajshahi 34,235 Rajshahi

[edit] Population

Division Pop-1998 Pop-1981 Area(km.²) CapitalAzad Kashmir 2800000 1980000 11639 MuzaffarabadBahawalpur 7635591 4668636 45588 BahawalpurBannu 1165692 710786 4391 BannuDera Ghazi Khan 6503590 3746837 38778 Dera Ghazi Khan

Divisions of Punjab ProvinceDivision Area (km²) Capital

Bahawalpur 45,588 BahawalpurDera Ghazi Khan 38,778 Dera Ghazi KhanFaisalabad 17,917 FaisalabadGujranwala 17,206 GujranwalaLahore 16,104 LahoreMultan 21,137 MultanRawalpindi 22,255 RawalpindiSargodha 26,360 SargodhaSahiwal 10,302 Sahiwal

Division Pop-1998 Pop-1981 Area(km.²) CapitalDera Ismail Khan 1091211 635494 9005 Dera Ismail KhanFaisalabad 2885685 6667425 17917 FaisalabadF.A.T.A. 3176331 2198547 27220 IslamabadGujranwala 4431058 7522352 17206 GujranwalaHazara 3505581 2701257 17194 AbbottabadHyderabad 6829537 4678290 48670 HyderabadIslamabad 805235 204364 906 IslamabadKalat 1457722 1044174 140612 KhuzdarKarachi 15856318 5437984 3528 KarachiKohat 1307969 758772 7012 KohatLahore 4248641 8670358 16104 LahoreLarkana 4233076 2746201 15543 LarkanaMakran 832753 652602 52067 TurbatMalakand 4262700 2466767 29872 SaiduMardan 2486904 1506500 3046 MardanMirpur Khas 3936349 2419745 38421 Mirpur KhasMultan 11577431 7533710 21137 MultanNasirabad 1076708 699669 16946 NasirabadNorthern Areas 910000 562000 72520 GilgitPeshawar 3923588 2281752 4001 PeshawarQuetta 1699957 880618 64310 QuettaRawalpindi 6659528 4552495 22255 RawalpindiSargodha 5679766 3930628 26360 SargodhaSibi 494894 305768 27055 SibiSukkur 5584613 3746446 34752 SukkurZhob 1003851 749545 46200 Loralai

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Further information: Local government in Pakistan

The Districts of Pakistan (Urdu: ِك�ستان ِك پا ِك ضلا ), are the second order administrative divisions of

Pakistan. Districts were the third order of administrative divisions, below provinces and "divisions", until the reforms of August 2000, when "divisions" were abolished. Districts now

form the top tier of a three-tier system of local government with the two lower tiers composed of approximately 596 tehsils (included the Kashmir region) and more than 6,000 union councils.

Prior to 2001, there were 106 districts but with the reorganisation, these were reduced to 102 by the merger of the five districts of Karachi Central, Karachi East, Karachi South, Karachi West and Malir to form Karachi District. The five districts had formed the division of Karachi which was abolished. The number of districts rose to 106 again in December 2004, when four new districts[1] were created in the province of Sindh of which one (Umerkot) had existed until 2000 and three districts (Kashmore, Qambar and Jamshoro) were newly created.

In May 2005, the Punjab provincial government created a new district[2] by raising the status of Nankana Sahib from a tehsil of Sheikhupura District to a district in its own right.

In Azad Kashmir, the second tier of government is formed by three administrative divisions with a third tier of ten districts. In Gilgit–Baltistan, there are six districts divided between the two regions of Gilgit and Baltistan; Baltistan being a part of Ladakh under Pakistani control, the other part being under Indian control.

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1 Overview 2 Islamabad Capital Territory 3 Balochistan 4 Khyber Pakhtunkhwa 5 Punjab 6 Sindh 7 Federally Administered Tribal Areas 8 Azad Jammu and Kashmir 9 Gilgit–Baltistan 10 See also 11 References 12 External links

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Gilgit–BaltistanAzad Jammu and Kashmir

FATABalochistan

PunjabSindh

Khyber PakhtunkhwaICT

AfghanistanIran

ChinaIndia

Arabian SeaSr. No.

Subdivision DistrictsArea (km²)

Population (1998)

Density (people/km²)

1 Balochistan 30 [3] 347,190 6,566,000 18.92 Khyber Pakhtunkhwa 24 [4] 74 521 17,744,000 238.13 Punjab 36 [5] 205,345 73,621,000 358.524 Sindh 23 [6] 140,914 30,440,000 216.02

5Islamabad Capital Territory

1 906 805,000 880.8

6Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA)

7 tribal agencies and 6 frontier regions

27,220 3,176,000 116.7

7 Azad Kashmir 10 13,297 2,972,500 2588 Gilgit–Baltistan 7 72,971 1,800,000 24.8

[edit] Islamabad Capital Territory

Capital Territory Area (km²) Population (1998) Density (people/km²)Islamabad 906 805,235 889

[edit] Balochistan

Map

Sr. No.

District

Headquarters

Area (km²)

Population (1998)

Density (people/km²)

1 Awaran Awaran29,510

118,173 4

2Barkhan

Barkhan 3,514 103,545 29

3 Bolan Dhadar 7,499 288,056 38

4Chagai [7]

Chagai44,748[8] 300,000 7

5Dera Bugti

Dera Bugti

10,160

181,310 18

6 Gwadar Gwadar12,637

185,498 15

7Harnai [9]

Harnai 4,096 140,000 19

8Jafarabad

Jafarabad 2,445 432,817 177

9Jhal Magsi

Jhal Magsi

3,615 109,941 30

10 Kalat Kalat 6,622 237,834 36

11Kech (Turbat)

Kech22,539

413,204 18

12Kharan [10]

Kharan 8958 132,500 4

13 Kohlu Kohlu 7,610 99,846 13

14Khuzdar

Khuzdar35,380

417,466 12

15 Killa Abdullah

Chaman 3,293 370,269 112

16Killa Saifullah

Killa Saifullah

6,831 193,553 28

17 Lasbela Bela15,153

312,695 21

18 Loralai Loralai 9,830 295,555 30

19Mastung

Mastung 5,896 179,784 30

20Musakhel

Musa Khel Bazar

5,728 134,056 23

21Nasirabad

Nasirabad 3,387 245,894 73

22Nushki [11]

Nushki 5,797 137,500 23

23 Panjgur Panjgur16,891

234,051 14

24 Pishin Pishin 7,819 367,183 4725 Quetta Quetta 2,653 744,802 281

26Sherani [12]

Sherani

27 Sibi [9] Sibi 7,796 180,398 23

28Washuk [10]

Washuk29,510

118,171 4.0

29 Zhob [12] Zhob20,297

275,142 14

30 Ziarat Ziarat 1,489 33,340 22

[edit] Khyber Pakhtunkhwa

MapSr. No.

DistrictHeadquarters

Area (km²)

Population (1998)

Density (people/km²)

1Abbottabad

Abbottabad 1,967 880,666 448

2 Bannu Bannu 1,227 675,667 551

3Battagram

Battagram 1,301 307,278 236

4 Buner Daggar 1,865 506,048 271

5Charsadda

Charsadda 996 1,022,364 1,026

6 Chitral Chitral14,850

318,689 21

7 Dera Dera Ismail 7,326 852,995 116

Ismail Khan

Khan

8 Hangu Hangu 1,097 314,529 2879 Haripur Haripur 1,725 692,228 40110 Karak Karak 3,372 430,796 12811 Kohat Kohat 2,545 562,644 22112 Kohistan Dassu 7,492 472,570 63

13Lakki Marwat

Lakki Marwat

3,164 490,025 155

14Lower Dir

Timergara 1,582 717,649 454

15 Malakand Batkhela 952 452,291 47516 Mansehra Mansehra 4,579 1,152,839 25217 Mardan Mardan 1,632 1,460,100 895

18Nowshera

Nowshera 1,748 874,373 500

19 Peshawar Peshawar 1,257 2,019,118 1,60620 Shangla Alpuri 1,586 434,563 27421 Swabi Swabi 1,543 1,026,804 66522 Swat Saidu Sharif 5,337 1,257,602 23623 Tank Tank 1,679 238,216 142~ Tor Ghar Tor Ghar 497 185,000 372

24Upper Dir

Dir 3,699 575,858 156

[edit] Punjab

Map

Sr. No.

DistrictHeadquarters

Area (km²)

Population (1998)

Density (people/km²)

1 Attock Attock6,858

1,274,935

186

2Bahawalnagar

Bahawalnagar

8,878

2,061,447

232

3Bahawalpur

Bahawalpur

24,830

2,433,091

98

4 Bhakkar Bhakkar 8,153

1,051,456

129

5 Chakwal Chakwal6,524

1,083,725

166

6 Chiniot Chiniot 965,124

7Dera Ghazi Khan

Dera Ghazi Khan

11,922

1,643,118

138

8Faisalabad

Faisalabad

5,856

5,429,547

927

9Gujranwala

Gujranwala

3,622

3,400,940

939

10 Gujrat Gujrat3,192

2,048,008

642

11Hafizabad

Hafizabad2,367

832,980 352

12 Jhang Jhang8,809

2,834,545

322

13 Jhelum Jhelum3,587

936,957 261

14 Kasur Kasur3,995

2,375,875

595

15 Khanewal Khanewal4,349

2,068,490

476

16 Khushab Khushab6,511

905,711 139

17 Lahore Lahore1,772

6,318,745

3,566

18 Layyah Layyah6,291

1,120,951

178

19 Lodhran Lodhran2,778

1,171,800

422

20Mandi Bahauddin

Mandi Bahauddin

2,673

1,160,552

434

21 Mianwali Mianwali5,840

1,056,620

181

22 Multan Multan3,720

3,116,851

838

23Muzaffargarh

Muzaffargarh

8,249

2,635,903

320

24 Narowal Narowal2,337

1,265,097

541

25Nankana Sahib [2]

Nankana Sahib

2,960

1,410,000

26 Okara Okara 4,37 2,232,9 510

7 92

27 Pakpattan Pakpattan2,724

1,286,680

472

28Rahim Yar Khan

Rahim Yar Khan

11,880

3,141,053

264

29 Rajanpur Rajanpur12,319

1,103,618

90

30Rawalpindi

Rawalpindi

5,286

3,363,911

636

31 Sahiwal Sahiwal3,201

1,843,194

576

32 Sargodha Sargodha5,854

2,665,979

455

33Sheikhupura

Sheikhupura

5,960

3,321,029

557

34 Sialkot Sialkot3,016

2,723,481

903

35Toba Tek Singh

Toba Tek Singh

3,252

1,621,593

499

36 Vehari Vehari4,364

2,090,416

479

[edit] Sindh

MapSr. No.

DistrictHeadquarters

Area (km²)

Population (2012)

Density (people/km²)

1 Badin Badin 6,7261,136,044

169

2 Dadu Dadu19,070

1,688,811

89

3 GhotkiMirpur Mathelo

6,083 970,549 160

4Hyderabad

Hyderabad 5,5195,065,000

524

5Jacobabad

Jacobabad 5,2781,425,572

270

6Jamshoro [1]

Jamshoro

7

KARACHI (East, West, South,Central,

Malir)

Karachi 3,52713,215,631

2,795

8 Kashmor Kashmore 2,592 662,462 255

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9 Khairpur Khairpur15,910

1,546,587

97

10 Larkana Larkana 7,4231,927,066

260

11 Matiari Matiari 1,417 515,331 364

12Mirpurkhas

Mirpur Khas

2,9251,569,030

536

13Naushahro Firoze

Naushahro Feroze

2,9451,087,571

369

14Shaheed Benazirabad

Nawabshah 4,5021,071,533

238

15Kambar Shahdadkot

Kambar

16 Sanghar Sanghar10,728

1,453,028

135

17 Shikarpur Shikarpur 2,512 880,438 35018 Sukkur Sukkur 5,165 908,373 176

19Tando Allahyar

Tando Allahyar

2,310 550,000

20Tando Muhammad Khan

Tando Muhammad Khan

1,733 447,215 257

21Tharparkar

Mithi19,638

914,291 47

22 Thatta Thatta17,355

1,113,194

64

23Umerkot [13]

Umerkot 663,100

[edit] Federally Administered Tribal Areas

Further information: Agencies of the Federally Administered Tribal Areas

MapSr. No.

AgencyArea (km²)

Population (1998)

Density (people/km²)

1 Bajaur 1,290 595,227 4612 Khyber 2,576 546,730 2123 Kurram 3,380 448,310 1334 Mohmand 2,296 334,453 1465 North Waziristan 4,707 361,246 776 Orakzai 1,538 225,441 1477 South Waziristan 6,620 429,841 658 FR Bannu 745 19,593 26

9FR Dera Ismail Khan

2,008 38,990 19

10 FR Kohat 446 88,456 198

11FR Lakki Marwat

132 6,987 53

12 FR Peshawar 261 53,841 206

13 FR Tank 1,221 27,216 22

[edit] Azad Jammu and Kashmir

MapSr. No.

DistrictArea (km²)

Population (1998)

Density (people/km²)

1 Muzaffarabad 2,496 615,000 3752 Hattian 854 225,000 2633 Neelum 3,621 171,000 474 Mirpur 1,010 419,000 4155 Bhimber 1,516 401,000 2656 Kotli 1,862 746,000 4017 Poonch 855 524,000 6138 Bagh 1,368 351,000 4569 Haveli 598 138,000 231

10 Sudhnati 569 278,000 489

[edit] Gilgit–Baltistan

See also: Geography of Gilgit–Baltistan

Map Sr. No. District Area (km²) Population (1998)

1 Ghanche 6,400 88,3662 Skardu 15,000 214,8483 Astore 8,657 71,6664 Diamer 10,936 131,9255 Ghizer 9,635 120,2186 Gilgit 1155 243,324

7 Hunza–Nagar 25,145 165,355