All Divisions Of Pakistan Province Wise

Divisions of Pakistan

2004-03-20: News articles about the fighting in Pakistan show the following subdivisions of F.A.T.A.: Bajaur, Mohmand, Khyber, Orakzul, Kurram, North Waziristan, and South Waziristan. There should be one more, situated between Zhob and Dera Ismail Khan. The status of these divisions is not mentioned, but I would assume they were districts until otherwise informed.
I have received spreadsheets from Karem Abdalla and Mario Pezza showing more current divisions of Pakistan, with 1998 census figures. I used them as a basis for updating the list of divisions. Here is a Map  of the current divisions.
On the primary level, Pakistan is divided into four provinces, two centrally administered areas, a territory, and a capital territory. On the secondary level, the provinces are subdivided into divisions; the other types have no subdivisions at the secondary level, so I treat them as being a single subdivision each. The subdivisions on the tertiary level are districts, along with some agencies in Federally Administered Tribal Areas. On the quaternary level, districts are subdivided into tehsils. This table shows the secondary-level subdivisions of Pakistan.

The Divisions of Pakistan Province Wise

The following tables show the current Divisions by province.

Divisions of Balochistan Province
Division	Area (km²)	Capital
Kalat	140,612	Khuzdar
Makran	52,067	Turbat
Naseerabad	16,946	Dera Murad Jamali
Quetta	64,310	Quetta
Sibi	27,055	Sibi
Zhob	46,200	Loralai
Divisions of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa Province
Division	Area (km²)	Capital
Bannu	4,391	Bannu
Dera Ismail Khan	9,005	Dera Ismail Khan
Hazara	17,194	Abbottabad
Kohat	7,012	Kohat
Malakand	29,872	Saidu Sharif
Mardan	3,046	Mardan
Peshawar	4,001	Peshawar
Divisions of Punjab Province
Division	Area (km²)	Capital
Bahawalpur	45,588	Bahawalpur
Dera Ghazi Khan	38,778	Dera Ghazi Khan
Faisalabad	17,917	Faisalabad
Gujranwala	17,206	Gujranwala
Lahore	16,104	Lahore
Multan	21,137	Multan
Rawalpindi	22,255	Rawalpindi
Sahiwal	10,302	Sahiwal
Sargodha	26,360	Sargodha
Divisions of Sindh Province
Division	Area (km²)	Capital
Banbhore	10,000	Thatta
Hyderabad	48,670	Hyderabad
Karachi	93,528	Karachi
Larkana	15,543	Larkana
Mirpur Khas	38,421	Mirpur Khas
Shaheed Benazirabad	24,000	Nawabshah
Sukkur	34,752	Sukkur
Divisions of Gilgit Baltistan
Division	Area (km²)	Capital
Gilgit	-	Gilgit
Baltistan	-	Skardu
Divisions of Azad Jammu & Kashmir
Division	Area (km²)	Capital
Mirpur	-	Mirpur
Muzaffarabad	-	Muzaffarabad
Poonch	-	Rawalakot

 

The Divisions of Pakistan population Wise

Division	HASC	Pop-1998	Pop-1981	Area(km.²)	Capital
Azad Kashmir	PK.JK.JK	2,800,000	1,980,000	11,639	Muzaffarabad
Bahawalpur	PK.PB.BW	7,635,591	4,668,636	45,588	Bahawalpur
Bannu	PK.NW.BN	1,165,692	710,786	4,391	Bannu
Dera Ghazi Khan	PK.PB.GK	6,503,590	3,746,837	38,778	Dera Ghazi Khan
Dera Ismail Khan	PK.NW.DI	1,091,211	635,494	9,005	Dera Ismail Khan
Faisalabad	PK.PB.FS	9,885,685	6,667,425	17,917	Faisalabad
F.A.T.A.	PK.TA.TA	3,176,331	2,198,547	27,220	Islamabad
Gujranwala	PK.PB.GW	11,431,058	7,522,352	17,206	Gujranwala
Hazara	PK.NW.HZ	3,505,581	2,701,257	17,194	Abbottabad
Hyderabad	PK.SD.HD	6,829,537	4,678,290	48,670	Hyderabad
Islamabad	PK.IS.IS	805,235	204,364	906	Islamabad
Kalat	PK.BA.KL	1,457,722	1,044,174	140,612	Khuzdar
Karachi	PK.SD.KR	9,856,318	5,437,984	3,528	Karachi
Kohat	PK.NW.KH	1,307,969	758,772	7,012	Kohat
Lahore	PK.PB.LH	14,248,641	8,670,358	16,104	Lahore
Larkana	PK.SD.LK	4,233,076	2,746,201	15,543	Larkana
Makran	PK.BA.MR	832,753	652,602	52,067	Turbat
Malakand	PK.NW.MD	4,262,700	2,466,767	29,872	Saidu
Mardan	PK.NW.MA	2,486,904	1,506,500	3,046	Mardan
Mirpur Khas	PK.SD.MK	3,936,349	2,419,745	38,421	Mirpur Khas
Multan	PK.PB.MT	11,577,431	7,533,710	21,137	Multan
Nasirabad	PK.BA.NS	1,076,708	699,669	16,946	Nasirabad
Northern Areas	PK.NA.NA	910,000	562,000	72,520	Gilgit
Peshawar	PK.NW.PS	3,923,588	2,281,752	4,001	Peshawar
Quetta	PK.BA.QE	1,699,957	880,618	64,310	Quetta
Rawalpindi	PK.PB.RP	6,659,528	4,552,495	22,255	Rawalpindi
Sargodha	PK.PB.SG	5,679,766	3,930,628	26,360	Sargodha
Sibi	PK.BA.SI	494,894	305,768	27,055	Sibi
Sukkur	PK.SD.SU	5,584,613	3,746,446	34,752	Sukkur
Zhob	PK.BA.ZH	1,003,851	749,545	46,200	Loralai
HASC: Hierarchical administrative subdivision codes. The middle two letters identify the province. For key, see "Administrative Subdivisions of Countries". Pop-1998: 1998-03-02 census. Figures for Azad Kashmir and Northern Areas are estimates provided by Karem Abdalla. Pop-1981: 1981-03-01 census.

Change history:

1. 1969-07-28: Malakand division formed by uniting Chitral, Dir, and Swat hill states (part of Peshawar division?). As a result of this change, the divisions of West Pakistan province (equivalent to modern-day Pakistan) were: Bahawalpur, Dera Ismail Khan, Hyderabad, Kalat, Karachi, Khairpur, Lahore, Malakand, Multan, Peshawar, Quetta, Rawalpindi, and Sargodha. Capitals of divisions had the same name as the divisions themselves, except that the capital of Malakand was Saidu, and Rawalpindi was apparently administered from Islamabad.
2. 1970-07-01: By the West Pakistan Dissolution Order of 1970, West Pakistan province was split into four provinces and Islamabad capital territory. Baluchistan province contained Kalat, Quetta, and the largest section of Karachi divisions. Northwest Frontier province contained Dera Ismail Khan, Malakand, and Peshawar divisions. Punjab province contained Bahawalpur, Lahore, Multan, Rawalpindi, and Sargodha divisions, as well as most of Pakistan's share of Jammu and Kashmir. Sind province consisted of Hyderabad and Khairpur divisions, plus a small part of Karachi division including the city of Karachi itself.
3. ~1975: Federally Administered Tribal Areas formed by taking the western parts of Dera Ismail Khan and Peshawar districts from North West Frontier province. Hazara and Kohat divisions split from Peshawar; Gujranwala division formed from parts of Lahore and Rawalpindi; Dera Ghazi Khan division split from Multan; Faisalabad division split from Sarghodha; Sibi division formed from parts of Kalat and Quetta; Las Bela district transferred from Karachi division to Kalat division, where it already formed part of Baluchistan province; Makran division split from Kalat. Name of Khairpur division changed to Sukkur. (This entry represents a comparison between maps of the divisions of Pakistan dated 1967-12 and 1983.) Pakistan now consisted of these divisions:

Name	Typ	HASC
Azad Kashmir	ds	PK.JK.JK
Bahawalpur	dv	PK.PB.BW
Dera Ghazi Khan	dv	PK.PB.GK
Dera Ismail Khan	dv	PK.NW.IK
Faisalabad	dv	PK.PB.FS
Federally Administered Tribal Areas	tr	PK.TA.TA
Gujranwala	dv	PK.PB.GW
Hazara	dv	PK.NW.HZ
Hyderabad	dv	PK.SD.HY
Islamabad	ct	PK.IS.IS
Kalat	dv	PK.BA.KL
Karachi	dv	PK.SD.KR
Kohat	dv	PK.NW.KH
Lahore	dv	PK.PB.LH
Makran	dv	PK.BA.MR
Malakand	dv	PK.NW.MD
Multan	dv	PK.PB.MT
Northern Areas	ds	PK.NA.NA
Peshawar	dv	PK.NW.PW
Quetta	dv	PK.BA.QT
Rawalpindi	dv	PK.PB.RP
Sargodha	dv	PK.PB.SG
Sibi	dv	PK.BA.SB
Sukkur	dv	PK.SD.SK
Name: Name of division or equivalent unit. Typ: Type of entity (ct = capital territory, ds = district, dv = division, tr = territory). HASC: Hierarchical administrative subdivision codes. The middle two letters identify the province. For key, see "Administrative Subdivisions of Countries".

1. ~1990: Nasirabad division split from Sibi; Zhob division split from Quetta; Bannu division split from Dera Ismail Khan; Mardan division split from Peshawar; Larkana division split from Sukkur; Mirpur Khas division split from Hyderabad. Capital of Kalat division moved from Kalat to Khuzdar. (This entry comes from a comparison between the 1983 map and a map from ~2002.)

Other names of subdivisions:

1. Sukkur: Sakhar (variant)
2. Zhob: Loralai (variant)