Abbreviation | MCR |
---|---|
Type | Metropolitan corporation |
Headquarters | Rawalpindi, Pakistan |
Location | |
Region served | Rawalpindi |
Vacant | |
Vacant | |
Tahir Farooq | |
Website | rawalpindi |
Rawalpindi Metropolitan Corporation (MCR) comprises 46 local government Union Councils in Rawalpindi city, Pakistan. The Union Councils elect their own Chairman, who are in turn responsible for electing Rawalpindi's Mayor and Deputy Mayors. [1]
Following is the list of mayors in recent time.
# | Mayor | Starting term | Ending term | Deputy Mayor | Affiliation | Notes |
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1 | Raja Tariq Kiani | 2001 | 2005 | Javed Ikhlas | PPP | City District Government Rawalpindi |
2 | Javed Ikhlas | 2005 | 2010 | PMLN | ||
3 | Sardar Naseem | Dec 2016 | Dec 2021 [2] | Chaudhry Tariq Mahmood | PMLN | Punjab Local Govt Act 2013 (PLGA) [3] [4] |
These are the names of the 46 union councils in Rawalpindi.
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