Administrative units of Pakistan

Administrative Units:
Islamic Republic of Pakistan
Administrative Units:; Islamic Republic of Pakistan
Category	Federated state
Location	Pakistan
Created	1 July 1970;
Number	4 provinces; 2 administrative territories; 1 federal territory;
Populations	Least, most: 1,249,000 (Gilgit–Baltistan) ; 110,012,442 (Punjab) ;
Areas	Smallest, largest: 906.0 km2 (349.81 sq mi), Islamabad Capital Territory ; 347,200 km2 (134,050 sq mi), Balochistan ;
Government	Descending order: 1. National government ; 2. Provincial governments ; 3. District governments ; 4. Tehsil Municipal Administration ; 5. Local governments ; ;
Subdivisions	Descending order: 1. Divisions ; 2. Districts ; 3. Tehsils ; 4. Union councils ; ;

The administrative units of Pakistan comprise four provinces, one federal territory, and two disputed territories: the provinces of Punjab, Sindh, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, and Balochistan; the Islamabad Capital Territory; and the administrative territories^{[Note 1]} of Azad Jammu and Kashmir and Gilgit–Baltistan.^{[Note 2]}^[4]^[5] As part of the Kashmir conflict with neighbouring India, Pakistan has also claimed sovereignty over the Indian-controlled territories of Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh since the First Kashmir War of 1947–1948, but has never exercised administrative authority over either region. All of Pakistan's provinces and territories are subdivided into divisions, which are further subdivided into districts, and then tehsils, which are again further subdivided into union councils.^[6]

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[ProvisionalProvincialStatus1-2] "Fifth province". Fifth province | The Express Tribune. The Express Tribune. 2 November 2020. Archived from the original on 9 November 2020. Retrieved 14 November 2020.

[ProvisionalProvincialStatus2-3] "Pakistani PM says he will upgrade status of part of Kashmir, angering India". Reuters. 1 November 2020. Archived from the original on 2 November 2020. Retrieved 14 November 2020.

[ProvisionalProvincialStatus3-4] "Gilgit-Baltistan to get provisional provincial status post-election: PM Imran". The News International. Karachi. 2 November 2020. Archived from the original on 14 November 2020. Retrieved 14 November 2020.

[6] Tikkanen, Amy; Gorlinski, Virginia; Javed, Murtaza; Tesch, Noah, eds. (20 July 1998). "Azad Kashmir | quasi-state, Kashmir region, India-Pakistan". Encyclopedia Britannica. Archived from the original on 12 October 2020. Retrieved 5 November 2020.

[7] "Pakistan's Gilgit-Baltistan: Between the Kashmir conflict and China". Pakistan's Gilgit-Baltistan: Between the Kashmir conflict and China. Archived from the original on 4 November 2020. Retrieved 5 November 2020.

[8] "List of Districts, Tehsils/Talukas" (PDF). Pakistan Bureau of Statistics. July 2014. Archived (PDF) from the original on 9 October 2016. Retrieved 15 October 2016.

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