List of current mayors of Pakistan according to the 2015 local government elections
# | Mayor | Deputy Mayor | Took office | City | Population | Affiliation | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Wasim Akhtar | Arshad Vohra | Aug 30, 2016 | Karachi, Sindh | 24,300,625 | MQM | page |
2 | Colonel (r) Mubashir Javed | * | Dec 31, 2016 | Lahore, Punjab | 10,355,000 | PML-N | Page |
3 | Razzak Malik | * | Dec 31, 2016 | Faisalabad, Punjab | 4,075,000 | PML-N | page |
4 | Tayyab Hussain | Sohail Mashadi | Aug 30, 2016 | Hyderabad, Sindh | 3,437,798 | MQM | page |
5 | Arbab Asim Khan | Syed Qasim Ali Shah | Aug 30, 2015 | Peshawar, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa | 3,233,252 | PTI | page |
6 | Sardar Naseem | Chaudhry Tariq Mahmood | Dec 31, 2016 | Rawalpindi, Punjab | 3,198,911 | PML-N | page |
7 | Ali Pasha | Sulman Khalid Butt | Dec 31, 2016 | Gujranwala, Punjab | 2,723,009 | PML-N | [1] |
8 | Shahid Hameed Chandia | Sheikh Israr Ahmad | Dec 31, 2016 | D.G Khan, Punjab | 2,713,520 | PML-N | [2] |
9 | Sheikh Ansar Aziz | * | Mar 04, 2016 | Islamabad, Capital Territory | 2,082,262 | PML(N) | page |
10 | Chaudhry Naveed Arain | khalid khan | Dec 31, 2016 | Multan, Punjab | 2,050,000 | PML-N | page |
11 | Kaleem Ullah Kakar | Younus Baloch | Jan 29, 2015 | Quetta, Balochistan | 1,642,410 | PKMAP, PML(N) | page |
12 | Aqeel Najam Hashmi | Munir Iqbal | Dec 31, 2016 | Bahawalpur, Punjab | 1,052,000 | PML-N | [1] |
13 | Ch Tauheed Akhtar | Ch Bashir Ahmed | Dec 31, 2016 | sialkot, Punjab | 920,000 | PML-N | [3] |
14 | Arsalan Shaikh | Tariq Chauhan | Aug 30, 2016 | Sukkur, Sindh | 900,148 | PPP | page |
16 | Muhammad Aslam Shaikh | Anwar Ali Luhar | Aug 30, 2016 | Larkana, Sindh | 522,315 | PPP | page |
17 | Asad Baloch | Majid Naeem Bazmi | Dec 31, 2016 | sahiwal, Punjab | 207,388 | PML-N | [4] |
* Multiple Mayors
This is the list of 23 District Nazims and Naib Nazims of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. [5]
# | Nazim | Naib Nazim | Took office | District | Affiliation | Notes |
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1 | Sardar Sher Bahader | Shoukat Tanoli | Aug 30, 2015 | Abbottabad | IND | |
2 | Said Ghulam | Ghulam Murtaza | Mansehra | PML(N) | ||
3 | Adil Islam | Agha Shabir Ahmad Awan | Haripur | PTI | ||
4 | Atta-ur-Rehman | Faheem Akbar Khan | Battagram | PTI | ||
5 | Bannu | |||||
6 | Fahad Khan Utmanzai | Musawir Khan Durrani | Charsadda | PTI/JI | ||
7 | Azizullah Alizai | Muhammad Ismail | D.I. Khan | PTI | ||
8 | Obaid Ullah | Said Umar | Hangu | JUI(F)/IND | ||
9 | Umar Daraz | Maj (R) Muhammad Sajad | Karak | PTI | ||
10 | Niaz Muhammad Khan | Abdu-ur-Rashid Khan | Kohat | JUI(F)/PML(N) | ||
11 | Ishfaq Ahmad Khan | Arab Khan | Lakki Marwat | PPP/PTI | ||
12 | Himayat Ullah Mayar | Asad Ali | Mardan | ANP/PPP | ||
13 | Liqat Khattak | Ishfaq Ahmad | Nowshera | PTI | ||
14 | Muhammad Asim Khan | Syed Qasim Ali Shah | Peshawar | PTI | ||
15 | Mustafa Kundi | Aftab Ahmad | Tank | PTI | ||
16 | Amer Rehman | Aser Khan | Swabi | ANP/JUI(F) | ||
17 | Muhammad Ali Shah | Abdu-ul-Jabbar Khan | Swat | PML(N)/ANP | ||
18 | Niaz Ahmad | Kamran lqbal | Shangla | PML(N)/PPP | ||
19 | Ubaid Ullah | Yousaf Ali | Buner | JI/ANP | ||
20 | Faseeh Ullah | Hanif ullah | U.Dir | JI | ||
21 | Muhammad Rasool | Abdul Rashid | L.Dir | JI | ||
22 | Syed Ahmad Ali Shah | Col (R) Ibrar Hussian | Malakand | PPP/ANP | ||
23 | Maghfirat Shah | Abdul Shakoor | Chitral | JUI(F) |
Chapter 3 "COMPOSITION OF LOCAL COUNCILS", clause 14 declares
14. Election of Chairmen of Local Councils.- For every Local Council there shall be a Chairman who shall be elected in the prescribed manner: Provided that the Chairman of Metropolitan Corporation may be designated as Mayor.
According to Balochistan local Govt Act 2010, it has only one mayor for Quetta Metropolitan Corporation. [6] [7]
# | Mayors | Deputy Mayors | Took office | City | Affiliation | Population | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Kaleem Ullah Kakar | Younus Baloch | Jan 29, 2015 | Quetta, Balochistan | 1,642,410 | PKMAP, PML(N) | page |
there are total of 12 mayors in Punjab for 11 municipal corporations and one metropolitan corporation. [8] [9]
The Punjab Local Govt defines mayor and deputy mayor as:
(k) “Deputy Mayor” means a Deputy Mayor of the Metropolitan Corporation or a Municipal Corporation;
(x) “Mayor” means the Mayor of the Metropolitan Corporation or a Municipal Corporation;
PLGA 2013 also defines Metropolitan and municipal corporations as;
(z) “Metropolitan Corporation” means Metropolitan Corporation Lahore;
CHAPTER III CONSTITUTION OF LOCAL GOVERNMENTS
(d) an integrated urban area having a population of more than five hundred thousand to be a Municipal Corporation.
# | Metropolitan Corp |
---|---|
1 | Lahore |
# | Municipal Corporation |
---|---|
1 | Faisalabad |
2 | Rawalpindi |
3 | Multan |
4 | Gujranwala |
5 | Murree |
6 | sargodha |
7 | sahiwal |
8 | sialkot |
9 | gujrat |
10 | bhawalpur |
11 | D.G Khan |
# | Mayor | Deputy Mayor | Took office | City | Population | Affiliation | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Colonel (r) Mubashir Javed | Muhammad Mushtaq Mughal, Waseem Qadir, Nazir Ahmed Sawati, Ijaz Ahmed Hafeez, Mehar Mahmood Ahmed, Mian Muhammad Tariq, Muhammad Bilal Chaudhry, Haji Allah Rakha and Rao Shahab-ud-Din | Dec 31, 2016 | Lahore, Punjab | 10,355,000 | PML-N | Page |
2 | Razzak Malik | Sheikh Muhammad Yousaf, Muhammad Ameen Butt and Chaudhry Abdul Ghafoor | Dec 31, 2016 | Faisalabad, Punjab | 4,075,000 | PML-N | page |
3 | Sardar Naseem | Chaudhry Tariq Mahmood | Dec 31, 2016 | Rawalpindi, Punjab | 3,198,911 | PML-N | page |
4 | Chaudhry Naveed Arain | Munawar Ehsan Qureshi and Saeed Ahmad | Dec 31, 2016 | Multan, Punjab | 2,050,000 | PML-N | page |
5 | Aqeel Najam Hashmi | Munir Iqbal | Dec 31, 2016 | bhawalpur, Punjab | 1,052,000 | PML-N | [1] |
6 | Ali Pasha | Salman Khalid Pomi Butt | Dec 31, 2016 | Gujranwala, Punjab | 2,723,009 | PML-N | [1] |
7 | Ch Tauheed Akhtar | Ch Bashir Ahmed | Dec 31, 2016 | sialkot, Punjab | 920,000 | PML-N | [3] |
8 | Dec 31, 2016 | sargodha, Punjab | 1,500,000 | PML-N | |||
9 | Asad Baloch | Majid Naeem Bazmi | Dec 31, 2016 | sahiwal, Punjab | 207,388 | PML-N | [4] |
10 | Dec 31, 2016 | gujrat, Punjab | 2,048,008 | PML-N | |||
11 | Shahid Hameed Chandia | Sheikh Israr Ahmad | Dec 31, 2016 | D.G Khan, Punjab | 2,713,520 | PML-N | [2] |
12 | stayed | stayed | Dec 31, 2016 | Murree, Punjab | 25,247 | PML-N | [10] |
There are 4 mayors of Sindh, one mayor for metropolitan corporation, 3 mayors for municipal corporations. [11] [12]
The Sindh Local Govt defines mayor and deputy mayor as:
x. ‘Chairman’ means the chairman and include chairperson of Council constituted under the Act but in the case of a Municipal Corporation or a Metropolitan Corporation, the Chairman may be called the Mayor.
xlviii. “Mayor” means the Mayor of a Corporation;
xxi. “Deputy Mayor” means the Deputy Mayor of the Corporation;
CHAPTER- III CONSTITUTION AND COMPOSITION OF COUNCILS,
(4) Metropolitan Corporation. There shall be a Metropolitan Corporation for Karachi Division
# | Metropolitan Corp |
---|---|
1 | Karachi |
# | Municipal Corporation |
---|---|
1 | Hyderabad |
2 | Sukkur |
3 | Larkana |
# | Mayor | Deputy Mayor | Took office | City | Population | Affiliation | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Wasim Akhtar | Arshad Vohra | Aug 30, 2016 | Karachi, Sindh | 24,300,625 | MQM | page |
2 | Sohail Mashadi | Sohail Mashadi | jan 10, 2019 | Hyderabad, Sindh | 3,437,798 | MQM | page |
3 | Arsalan Shaikh | Tariq Chauhan | Aug 30, 2016 | Sukkur, Sindh | 900,148 | PPP | page |
4 | Muhammad Aslam Shaikh | Anwar Ali Luhar | Aug 30, 2016 | Larkana, Sindh | 522,315 | PPP | page |
# | Chairman | Deputy Chairman | Took office | City | Population | Affiliation | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Farooq Jameel Durrani | Fareed Ahmed | Aug 30, 2016 | Mirpurkhas Sindh | 612,520 | MQM | Page |
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