Local Government System

Introduction:

In order to establish democracy at grassroots level, the regime of General Pervez Musharaf, introduced the Local Government System. This was not a new experiment in Pakistan. Ayub Khan had undertaken a similar effort in this direction by introducing the Basic Democracy System.
This new system of Local Government was installed on August 14, 2001, after holding of elections.
The new System provided a three-tier Local Government structure:

1. The District Government

2. The Tehsil Government

3. The Union Administration

Details:

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.

However, after the approval of Local Govt. (Amendment) Bill 2010, the administrative system is restored again

2th January, 2010: KPK Governor Owais Ahmad Ghani signed the LG (amendment) Bill
3rd Feb, 2010: Punjab Assembly passed LG Amendment Bill 2010

According tot these approvals, the system of Distric,Tehsil and Union Council will be replaced again by the old Local Govt. System of Administrators.