أقسام پاكستان

أقسام پاكستان
تُعرف باسم: پاکستان کے ڈویژن Divisions of Pakistan
Map of divisions of Pakistan
التصنيف	Second-level administrative division
الموقع	Islamic Republic of Pakistan
العدد	39 (as of January 2023)
الحكومة	Divisional government
التقسيمات	Districts Tehsils Union councils

The four provinces, capital territory, and two autonomous territories of Pakistan are subdivided into 39 administrative "divisions", which are further subdivided into districts, tehsils, and finally union councils. These divisions were abolished in 2000, but restored in 2008.

The divisions do not include the Islamabad Capital Territory or the Federally Administered Tribal Areas, which were counted at the same level as provinces, but in 2018, the Federally Administered Tribal Areas were subsumed into Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province and allocated to neighbouring divisions therein.

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 التاريخ

القِسم

أردو: ڈویژن

Balochi: بلۏچی

بالپنجابي: ڈویژن

Pashto: څانګه‎‎

بالسندية: ڊويزن‎

Administrative divisions had formed an integral tier of government from colonial times. The Governor's provinces of British India were subdivided into divisions, which were themselves subdivided into districts. At independence in 1947, the new nation of Pakistan comprised two wings – eastern and western, separated by India. Three of the provinces of Pakistan were subdivided into ten administrative divisions. The single province in the eastern wing, East Bengal, had four divisions – Chittagong, Dacca, Khulna and Rajshahi. The province of West Punjab had four divisions – Lahore, Multan, Rawalpindi and Sargodha. The North-West Frontier Province (as it was then called) had two divisions – Dera Ismail Khan and Peshawar. Most of the former Sind Province became Hyderabad Division. Most of the divisions were named after the divisional capitals, with some exceptions.

From 1955 to 1970, the One Unit policy meant that there were only two provinces – East and West Pakistan. East Pakistan had the same divisions as East Bengal had previously, but West Pakistan gradually gained seven new divisions to add to the original six. The Baluchistan States Union became Kalat Division, while the former Baluchistan Chief Commissioner's Province became Quetta Division. Princely State of Khairpur and with some parts of Hyderabad division were joining to form Khairpur Division. The former princely state of Bahawalpur became Bahawalpur Division, therefore joining West Punjab. The Federal Capital Territory was absorbed into West Pakistan in 1959 and in 1960 merged with the district of Las Bela to form the Karachi-Bela Division. In 1969, the princely states of Chitral, Dir and Swat were incorporated into West Pakistan as the division of Malakand with Saidu as the divisional headquarters. In 1975, Khairpur division abolished and replace it with Sukkur Division. In 1980, Sukkur division(Formally Khairpur division) was bifurcated to create Larkana division. In 1990, Mirpurkhas division created by bifurcation of Hyderabad division.

In 2000, Government abolished division system in the Sindh Province.

On 11 July 2011, Sindh government restored division in the province.

On 24 April 2014, Create Banbhore Division by bifurcation of Hyderabad division and Shaheed Benazirabad Division by bifurcation of Sukkur, Hyderabad and Mirpur Khas division.

On 17 August 2022, Gujrat Division was established in Punjab Province. Recently, 1 new division was created in Punjab Province named Mianwali Division on 14 January 2023.

 الأقسام الجديدة

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; Sibi Division was formed from parts of Kalat and Quetta divisions; Lasbela District was transferred from Karachi Division to Kalat Division; Makran Division split from Kalat Division. The name of Khairpur Division was changed to Sukkur Division and Headquarters of Khairpur Division shifted from khairpur to Sukkur. Shaheed Benazirabad is also a new division in Sindh.

During the military rule of General Zia-ul-Haq, the Advisory Council of Islamize Ideology (headed by Justice Tanzilur Rahman) was tasked with finding ways to Islamic the country. One of its recommendations was that the existing four provinces should be dissolved and the twenty administrative divisions should become new provinces in a federal structure with greater devolution of power, but this proposal was never implemented.

In the recent past (i.e. in last three decades), Naseerabad Division was split from Sibi Division; Zhob Division was split from Quetta Division; Bannu Division was split from Dera Ismail Khan Division; Mardan Division was split from Peshawar Division; Larkana Division were split from Sukkur Division and Shaheed Benazirabad DivisionMirpur Khas Division and Banbhore Division were split from Hyderabad Division. Sahiwal Division was formed from parts of Lahore and Multan Divisions while Sheikhupura Division was formed from Lahore and Faisalabad Divisions. The capital of Kalat Division was moved from Kalat to Khuzdar. Rakhshan Division is recently added to Balochistan comprising parts of Quetta and Kalat Divisions with capital at Kharan.

Recently in June 2021, Loralai Division was added to Balochistan, by splitting off from Zhob Division. Recently on 17 August 2022 Gujrat Division was added to Punjab. On January 14, 2023, Mianwali Division was added to Punjab.

 الإلغاء

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 previously 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 three divisions of Azad Kashmir, which form the second tier of government.

 الاسترجاع

In 2008, after the public elections, the new government decided to restore the divisions of all provinces.

In Sindh after the lapse of the Local Governments Bodies term in 2010 the Divisional Commissioners system was to be restored.

In July 2011, following excessive violence in the city of Karachi and after the political split between the ruling PPP and the majority party in Sindh, the MQM and after the resignation of the MQM Governor of Sindh, PPP and the Govt. of Sindh decided to restore the commissioner system in the province. As a consequence, the five divisions of Sindh have been restored namely, Karachi, Hyderabad, Sukkur, Mirpurkhas and Larkana with their respective districts. As mentioned earlier, two new divisions added in Sindh i.e. Bhanbore and Shaheed Benazirabad divisions.

Karachi district has been de-merged into its 5 original constituent districts namely Karachi East, Karachi West, Karachi Central, Karachi South and Malir. Korangi has been upgraded to the status of a sixth district of Karachi by splitting from Karachi East District. Recently Keamari District is formed by bifurcating Karachi West District. These seven districts form the Karachi Division now.

 الأقسام الحالية

The following tables show the current 33 divisions by province with their respective populations as of the 2017 Census of Pakistan, and the 6 divisions of Pakistani-administered Azad Kashmir and Gilgit-Baltistan.

Colours correspond to Divisions of the Province of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa

Divisions of the Province of the Punjab

Seven Divisions of the Province of Sindh

 الأقاليم

المقالة الرئيسية: Divisions of Balochistan; Divisions of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa; Divisions of Punjab, Pakistan; and Divisions of Sindh

Divisions of Balochistan Province
Division	Area (km2)	Population 1998 Census	Population 2017 Census	Capital
Kalat	140,612	1,443,727	2,509,230	Khuzdar
Makran	52,067	832,753	1,489,015	Turbat
Naseerabad	16,946	988,109	1,591,144	Dera Murad Jamali
Quetta	64,310	1,713,952	4,174,562	Quetta
Sibi	27,055	630,901	1,038,010	Sibi
Zhob	46,200	956,443	1,542,447	Zhob
Loralai				Loralai
Rakhshan	89,013	409,473	737,162	Kharan
Divisions of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa Province
Division	Area (km2)	Population 1998 Census	Population 2017 Census	Capital
Bannu	4,391	1,165,692	2,044,074	Bannu
Dera Ismail Khan	9,005	1,091,211	2,019,017	Dera Ismail Khan
Hazara	17,194	3,505,581	5,325,121	Abbottabad
Kohat	7,012	1,307,969	2,218,971	Kohat
Malakand	29,872	4,262,700	7,514,694	Saidu Sharif
Mardan	3,046	2,486,904	3,997,677	Mardan
Peshawar	4,001	3,923,588	7,403,817	Peshawar
Divisions of Punjab Province
Division	Area (km2)	Population 1998 Census	Population 2017 Census	Capital
Bahawalpur	45,588	7,635,591	11,464,031	Bahawalpur
Dera Ghazi Khan	38,778	6,503,590	11,014,398	Dera Ghazi Khan
Faisalabad	17,917	9,885,685	14,177,081	Faisalabad
Gujranwala	17,206	11,431,058	16,123,984	Gujranwala
Gujrat	8,232	N/A (Part of Gujranwala)	N/A (Part of Gujranwala)	Gujrat
Lahore	11,727	8,694,620	19,581,281	Lahore
Mianwali	16,925	-	4,027,827	Mianwali
Multan	17,935	8,447,557	12,265,161	Multan
Rawalpindi	22,255	6,659,528	10,007,821	Rawalpindi
Sahiwal	10,302	5,362,866	7,380,386	Sahiwal
Sargodha	26,360	5,679,766	8,181,499	Sargodha
Divisions of Sindh Province
Division	Area (km2)	Population 1998 Census	Population 2017 Census	Capital
Banbhore	28,171	2,585,417	3,566,300	Thatta
Hyderabad	33,527	4,610,071	7,026,335	Hyderabad
Karachi	3,528	9,856,318	16,051,521	Karachi
Sukkur	24,505	3,447,935	5,538,555	Sukkur
Larkana	15,213		7,093,706	Larkana
Mirpur Khas	28,171	2,585,417	4,228,683	Mirpur Khas
Shaheed Benazirabad	18,175	3,510,036	5,282,277	Nawabshah

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 Administered territories

أقسام آزاد كشمير
Division	Area (km2)	Population 1998 Census	Population 2017 Census	Capital
Mirpur	4,388	1,198,249	1,651,018	Mirpur
Muzaffarabad	6,117	745,733	1,072,150	Muzaffarabad
Poonch	2,792	1,028,541	1,322,198	Rawalakot
Divisions of Gilgit-Baltistan
Division	Area (km2)	Population 1998 Census	Population 2017 Census	Capital
Gilgit	-			Gilgit
Baltistan	-			Skardu
Diamer	-			Chilas

 الأقسام حسب التعداد

Data from 1981, 1998, and 2017 censuses

Division	Pop-2017	Pop-1998	Pop-1981	Area (km2)	Density/ (km2) (2017)	Capital	Province
آزاد كشمير	4,045,366	2,972,523	1,980,000	13,297	304.23	مظفر آباد	آزاد كشمير
Bahawalpur	11,464,031	7,635,591	4,068,636	45,588	251.47	Bahawalpur	Punjab
Bannu	2,044,074	1,165,692	710,786	4,391	465.51	Bannu	KPK
Dera Ghazi Khan	11,014,398	6,503,590	3,746,837	38,778	284.04	Dera Ghazi Khan	Punjab
Dera Ismail Khan	2,019,017	1,091,211	635,494	9,005	224.21	Dera Ismail Khan	KPK
فيصل آباد	14,177,081	9,885,685	6,667,425	17,917	791.26	Faisalabad	Punjab
F.A.T.A.	5,001,676	3,176,331	2,198,547	27,220	183.75	Islamabad	F.A.T.A.
Gujranwala	16,123,984	11,431,058	7,642,118	17,206	937.11	Gujranwala	Punjab
Hazara	5,325,121	3,505,581	2,701,257	17,194	309.70	Abbottabad	KPK
Hyderabad (including Banbhore)	10,592,635	6,829,537	4,678,290	64,963	163.06	Hyderabad	Sindh
Islamabad	2,006,572	805,235	340,286	906	2214.76	Islamabad	Islamabad
Kalat	2,509,230	1,457,722	1,044,174	140,612	17.85	Khuzdar	Balochistan
Karachi	16,051,521	9,856,318	5,437,984	3,528	4549.75	Karachi	Sindh
Kohat	2,218,971	1,307,969	758,772	7,012	316.45	Kohat	KPK
لاهور	19,398,081	12,015,649	7,183,097	11,727	1654.14	لاهور	Punjab
Larkana	6,192,380	4,210,650	2,746,201	15,543	398.40	Larkana	Sindh
مكران	1,489,015	832,753	652,602	52,067	28.60	Turbat	Balochistan
Malakand	7,514,694	4,262,700	2,466,767	29,872	251.56	Saidu	KPK
مردان	3,997,677	2,486,904	1,506,500	3,046	1312.43	مردان	KPK
ميرپور خاص	4,228,683	2,585,417	1,501,882	28,171	150.11	ميرپور خاص	السند
Multan	12,265,161	8,447,557	5,408,561	17,935	683.87	Multan	Punjab
نصير آباد	591,144	1,076,708	699,669	16,946	34.88	Dera Murad Jamali	Balochistan
Gilgit-Baltistan		910,000	562,000	72,520		Gilgit	Gilgit-Baltistan
Peshawar	7,403,817	3,923,588	2,281,752	4,001	1850.49	Peshawar	KPK
Quetta	4,174,562	1,699,957	880,618	64,310	64.91	Quetta	Balochistan
Rawalpindi	10,007,821	6,659,528	4,432,729	22,255	449.69	Rawalpindi	Punjab
Sargodha	8,181,499	5,679,766	3,930,628	26,360	310.38	Sargodha	Punjab
Sahiwal	5,362,866	4,271,247		10,302	520.57	Sahiwal	Punjab
Shaheed Benazirabad	5,282,277	3,510,036	2,560,448	18,175	290.63	Shaheed Benazirabad	Sindh
Sibi	1,038,010	630,901	305,768	27,055	38.37	Sibi	Balochistan
سكر	5,538,555	3,447,935	2,103,861	34,752	159.37	سكر	Sindh
Zhob	1,542,447	956,443	749,545	46,200	33.39	Loralai	Balochistan

 انظر أيضاً

• Administrative units of Pakistan
• Division (political geography)
• Divisions of Punjab
• Former administrative units of Pakistan
• Local government in Pakistan

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