City Districts of Pakistan

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City Districts of Pakistan are districts in Pakistan that consists primarily of an urban area, such as a mega city or large metropolitan area. While there are 150 total districts in Pakistan, only 8 had been designated as "city districts" in 2001. City Districts were assigned administrative boards responsible for certain areas of governance in their respective areas. The degree of administrative autonomy of these districts similarly varies greatly.

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Administrative structure

City districts consist of a three-tier or four-tier system of government. Each city district is subdivided into Tehsils (or Towns), which are further subdivided into Union Councils, which may further be subdivided into Wards. [1]

SubdivisionGovernment
City DistrictCity District government
Municipal CorporationMunicipal Corporation Government
TownTown municipal administration
Union CouncilUnion administration
WardWard administration

List of city districts

Sindh Province

Karachi City is a division itself and it comprises seven districts that work together under the Karachi Metropolitan Corporation. [2] [3] [1]

During 14 Aug 2001 to 2011, Karachi Division was abolished and all of the five districts (at that time) of Karachi were merged into single city district, forming city district government Karachi i.e CDGK.

Punjab Province

On 14 Aug 2001, 5 major urban districts of Punjab were given the status of City Districts. These Districts were the Headquarters of Divisions of Punjab before 2001. The Bahawalpur and Dera Ghazi Khan headquarters were not included in city districts due to semi-urban status.

Khyber Pakhtunkhwa

Baluchistan Province

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