Districts of Pakistan - Definition and Overview

Here is a list of all of the districts of Pakistan as of 2003. (This list may contain some small errors). The number of districts in Pakistan has grown since 1947.

Under the older system in effect before August 2000, the district was the fourth level of government. Pakistan was divided into provinces which contained administrative units called divisions which contained districts. In August 2000, under the new system, the division was abolished as an administrative tier, and the provinces are directly divided into districts.

A district is further subdivided into tehsils (roughly equivalent to counties.) Tehsils may contain villages or municipalities. There are over five thousand local governments in Pakistan. Since 2001, the vast majority of these have been led by democratically elected local councils, each headed by a Nazim (the word means "coordinator" or "supervisor" in Urdu, but is sometimes translated as "mayor.")

The Karachi district as it stands today was made by merging the districts of Karachi Central, Karachi East, Karachi South, Karachi West and Malir.

Islamabad Capital Territory

Islamabad district

Districts of Balochistan

Awaran district
Chagai district
Dera Bugti district
Gwader district
Kacchi district
Kalat district
Kharan district
Khuzdar district
Killa Abdullah district
Killa Saifullah district
Kohlu district
Lasbela district
Loralai district
Mastung district
Nasirabad district
Panjgur district
Pishin district
Quetta district
Sibi district
Turbat district
Zhob district
Ziarat district

Districts of the North-West Frontier Province

Abbottabad district
Bannu district
Batagram district
Buner district
Charsadda district
Chitral district
Dera Ismail Khan district
Hangu district
Haripur district
Karak district
Kohat district
Kohistan district
Lakki Marwat district
Lower Dir district
Malakand district
Mansehra district
Mardan district
Nowshera district
Peshawar district
Shangla district
Swabi district
Swat district
Tank district
Upper Dir district

Districts of Punjab

Attock district
Bahawalnagar district
Bahawalpur district
Bhakkar district
Chakwal district
Dera Ghazi Khan district
Faisalabad district
Gujranwala district
Gujrat district
Hafizabad district
Jhang district
Jhelum district
Kasur district
Khanewal district
Khushab district
Lahore district
Layyah district
Lodhran district
Mandi Bahauddin district
Mianwali district
Multan district
Muzaffargarh district
Narowal district
Okara district
Pakpattan district
Rahim Yar Khan district
Rajanpur district
Rawalpindi district
Sahiwal district
Sargodha district
Sheikhupura district
Sialkot district
Toba Tek Singh district
Vehari district

Districts of Sindh

Badin district
Dadu district
Ghotki district
Hyderabad district
Jacobabad district
Karachi district
Khairpur district
Larkana district
Mirpurkhas district
Naushero Feroze district
Nawabshah district
Sanghar district
Shikarpur district
Sukkur district
Tharparkar district
Thatta district

See also

• Subdivisions of Pakistan

External links

• List of Pakistani districts, agencies & tribal areas (http://www.statpak.gov.pk/depts/pco/statistics/admin_unit/admin_list.html)
• List of Pakistani tehsils & talukas (http://www.statpak.gov.pk/depts/pco/statistics/admin_unit/admin_list_tehsil.html)
• Districts of Pakistan (http://www.southasianmedia.net/profile/pakistan/pakistan_districprofiles.cfm)