Provinces of Pakistan

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The Provinces of Pakistan are the country's primary administrative and political subdivisions, each with its own provincial government under Pakistan’s federal system.

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Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf administrative territorial entity
administrativeLevel first-level subdivision
coordinateThrough Council of Common Interests
country Pakistan
elect members of provincial assemblies
electionSystem first-past-the-post for provincial assemblies
excludes Azad Jammu and Kashmir
Gilgit-Baltistan
Islamabad
surface form: Islamabad Capital Territory
governanceSystem parliamentary system at provincial level
governedBy provincial governments of Pakistan
hasNumberOfSubdivisions 4
haveCeremonialHead Governor (Pakistan)
haveDeFactoMajorLanguage Balochi
Brahui
Hindko
Pashto language
surface form: Pashto

Punjabi
Saraiki
Sindhi
haveExecutiveHead Chief Minister (Pakistan)
haveFiscalPowers shared with federal government
haveJudiciary High Courts of Pakistan
surface form: provincial high courts of Pakistan
haveLegislatureType unicameral provincial assembly
haveLocalSubdivisions districts of Pakistan
divisions of Pakistan
tehsils of Pakistan
union councils of Pakistan
haveOfficialLanguage English
Urdu language
surface form: Urdu
havePoliceJurisdiction provincial police services
haveRepresentationIn Council of Common Interests
National Economic Council
haveReservedSeatsFor non-Muslims in provincial assemblies
women in provincial assemblies
includes Balochistan, Pakistan NERFINISHED
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
Punjab, Pakistan NERFINISHED
Sindh
introducedInCurrentForm 1970
legalBasis Constitution of Pakistan (1973)
surface form: Constitution of Pakistan
partOf federal system of Pakistan
previouslyIncluded One Unit (West Pakistan) until 1970
shareBorderWith Afghanistan
Arabian Sea
India
Iran
subordinateTo Government of Pakistan
surface form: federal government of Pakistan

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Indian princely states successorEntity Provinces of Pakistan