Divisions and Districts
According to Land Revenue Act 1976, the Government may, by notification specifies /declares as many with such limits and such areas, or can vary the number and limits
• Province into Divisions
• Division into Districts
• Districts into Tahsils and sub Tahsils (Taluka in Sind)
Divisions in Pakistan
In Auguest 2000 ,division wrere abolished , as an administrative tier by the government of president Pervez Musharraf . At the time of abolition, there were:
Total divisions in Pakistan =
26
Divisions in Sindh =
5
Divisions in Balochistan=
6
Divisions in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa=
7
Divisions eight in Punjab =
8
In 2008, after the public elections, the new democratic government restores the divisions of all provinces.
Currently, there are
Total divisions in Pakistan=
27
Divisions in Sindh =
5 (Hyderabad, Karachi, Larkana, Mirpur Khas, Sukkur)
Divisions in Balochistan=
6 ( Kalat, Makran, Naseerabad, Quetta, Sibi, Zhob)
Divisions in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa=
7 (Bannu, Dera Ismail Khan, Hazara, Kohat, Malakand, Mardan, Peshawar)
Divisions in Punjab =
9(Bahawalpur, Dera Ghazi Khan, Faisalabad, Gujranwala, Lahore, Multan, Rawalpindi, Sargodha and Sahiwal *the newest, )
Districts in Pakistan
Total Districts in Pakistan=
134+ Islamabad Capital Territory+7 Tribal Agencies + 6 Frontier Regions
District of Balochistan =
30
Districts Punjab =
36
Districts of Sindh =
26
District of KPK =
25
District of Azad Kashmir =
10
Districts of Northern Areas/Gilgit-Baltistan =
7
• Districts of Punjab(36)
1. Attock
2. Bahawalnagar
3. Bahawalpur
4. Bhakkar
5. Chakwal District
6. Dera Ghazi Khan
7. Faisalabad
8. Gujranwala
9. Gujrat
10. Hafizabad
11. Jhang
12. Jhelum
13. Kasur
14. Khanewal
15. Khushab
16. Lahore
17. Layyah
18. Lodhran
19. Mandi Bahauddin
20. Mianwali
21. Multan
22. Muzaffargarh
23. Narowal
24. Nankana Sahib*
25. Okara
26. Pakpattan
27. Rahim Yar Khan
28. Rajanpur
29. Rawalpindi
30. Sahiwal
31. Sargodha
32. Sheikhupura
33. Sialkot
34. Toba Tek Singh
35. Vehari
36. Chiniot
• Districts Of Sindh (26)
1. Badin
2. Dadu
3. Ghotki
4. Hyderabad
5. Jacobabad
6. Jamshoro
7. Karachi Central
8. Karachi East
9. Karachi South
10. Karachi West
11. Malir
12. Kashmore
13. Khairpur
14. Larkana
15. Matiari
16. Mirpurkhas
17. Naushahro Firoze
18. Shaheed Benazirabad
19. Qambar Shahdadkot
20. Sanghar
21. Shikarpur
22. Sukkur
23. Tando Allahyar
24. Tando Muhammad Khan
25. Tharparkar
26. Thatta
• Districts Of KPK(25)
1. Abbottabad
2. Bannu
3. Batagram
4. Buner
5. Charsadda
6. Chitral
7. Dera Ismail Khan
8. Hangu
9. Haripur
10. Karak
11. Kohat
12. Kohistan
13. Lakki Marwat
14. Lower Dir
15. Malakand
16. Mansehra
17. Mardan
18. Nowshera
19. Peshawar
20. Shangla
21. Swabi
22. Swat
23. Tank
24. Upper Dir
25. Tor Ghar
• Districts of Balochistan(30)
1. Awaran
2. Barkhan
3. Bolan
4. Chagai
5. Dera Bugti
6. Gwadar
7. Harnai
8. Jafarabad
9. Jhal Magsi
10. Kalat
11. Kech (Turbat)
12. Kharan
13. Kohlu
14. Khuzdar
15. Killa Abdullah
16. Killa Saifullah
17. Lasbela
18. Loralai
19. Mastung
20. Musakhel
21. Nasirabad
22. Nushki
23. Panjgur
24. Pishin
25. Quetta
26. Sherani
27. Sibi
28. Washuk
29. Zhob
30. Ziarat
• Districts of Federally Administered Tribal Areas (13)
1. Bajaur
2. Khyber
3. Kurram
4. Mohmand
5. North Waziristan
6. Orakzai
7. South Waziristan
8. Six Frontier Regions combined
• Districts of Northern Areas/Gilgit-Baltistan(6)
1. Ghanche
2. Skardu
3. Astore
4. Diamer
5. Ghizer
6. Gilgit
7. Hunza-Nagar
• Districts of Azad Jammu and Kashmir (10)
1. Muzaffarabad
2. Hattian
3. Neelum
4. Mirpur
5. Bhimber
6. Kotli
7. Poonch
8. Bagh
9. Haveli
10. Sudhnat