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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 ...
The administrative units of Pakistan comprise four provinces, one federal territory, and two disputed territories: the provinces of Punjab, Sindh, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, and Balochistan; the Islamabad Capital Territory; and the administrative territories [Note 1] of Azad Jammu and Kashmir and Gilgit–Baltistan.
Province Peak Range/Region Height Height Location 1 Khyber Pakhtunkhwa: Tirich Mir: Hindu Kush: 7,708 25,230 It is located in Chitral District. [2] 2 Balochistan: Loe Nekan: Zarghun Ghar: 3,578 11,739 It is located in Quetta District. 3 Sindh: Zardak Peak Kirthar Mountains: 2,787 8,895 It is located in Dadu District. 4 Punjab: Kashmir Point ...
Clickable map of the four provinces and three federal territories of Pakistan. A clickable map of Pakistan exhibiting its administrative units.
This is a list of tehsils of Pakistan, the fourth level of government overall and the middle tier in the local government system. In some areas, the alternative word "taluka" is used but this is merely a historical formality. The list is organised by provinces and territories of Pakistan.
The country is composed of four provinces and one federal territory: the provinces of Balochistan, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Punjab, Sindh, and the federally-administered Islamabad Capital Territory. Additionally, Pakistan also administers two autonomous territories [Note 1] in the disputed region of Kashmir: Azad Jammu and Kashmir [3] [4] and Gilgit ...
Districts and Divisions were both introduced in Punjab as administrative units by the British when Punjab became a part of British India, and ever since then, they have formed an integral part in the civil administration of the Punjab (this region today also covers parts of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, the entire Islamabad Capital Territory, and parts of the Indian States of Chandigarh, Delhi, Haryana ...
The head of each province is a non-executive Governor appointed by the President. [1]: 68 The Governors play a similar role, at the provincial level, as the President does at the federal level. Each province has a directly elected unicameral legislature (provincial assembly), with members elected for five-year terms.