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A district (Urdu: ضلع, zillah) is the first tier of local government. In total there are 149 districts in Pakistan, of which several are city districts. A District Government or a City District Government and Zillah Council form the governing body, with the District Coordination Officer serving as the administrative head. [8]
A district council (or zila council) is a local government body at the district level.. The functions of a district council include construction and maintenance of roads, and bridges, building hospitals and dispensaries, schools and educational institutions, health facilities and sanitation, tube wells for drinking water, rest houses, and coordination of activities of the Union councils within ...
The term "union council" may be used for localities that are part of cities. The territory of a union council or village council is usually part of a tehsil (township). Less commonly, a union council may be part of a city district. [2] Headed by a Union Nazim, each union council has 13 elected members or councillors.
In Pakistan, a tehsil or (taluka) is an administrative sub-division of a District. Tehsils are further sub-divided into union councils . Here is a list of all the tehsils of Sindh Province .
Karachi West District (established 1972) Malir District (established 1996) Korangi District (established in 2013) Keamari District (established in 2020) During 14 Aug 2001 to 2011, Karachi Division was abolished and all of the five districts (at that time) of Karachi were merged into single city district, forming city district government ...
Gulshan District (formerly Karachi East) (Urdu: ضلع گلشن ) is an administrative district of Karachi Division created in 1972. As of 2023 Pakistani census population of Gulshan District is 3.9 million. In 2023, the Government of Sindh renamed Karachi East District to Gulshan District to align with its famous town name. [6]
Sukkur District (Sindhi: سکر ضلعو, Urdu: ضلع سکّھر) is a district in Sindh Province in Pakistan. Two districts have been split off from the territory of Sukkur: Shikarpur in 1977 and Ghotki in 1993. [3] According to 2023 Pakistani census population of Sukkur District is 1,625,467 (1.6 million).
Union Council is the primary governmental institution in Pakistan. Headed by a Union Nazim, each union council has 10 elected members or councilors. In addition to four male and two female members elected directly, there are two male and two female representatives of the labor, a minority member, a Union Nazim and his deputy known as Union Naib ...