Proud To Be a Pakistani

Provinces and territories of Pakistan

Pakistan is a federation^[31] of four provinces, a capital territory and federally administered tribal areas. The government of Pakistan exercises de facto jurisdiction over the western parts of the disputed Kashmir region,^[7] organised as two separate political entities (Azad Kashmir and Northern Areas). Pakistan also claims the Indian state of Jammu and Kashmir.

The third tier of government was composed of 26 divisions with two further tiers (districts and tehsils) administered directly from the provincial level. The divisions were abolished in 2001^[32] and a new three-tiered system of local government came into effect comprising districts, tehsils and union councils with an elected body at each tier. There are currently 107 districts in Pakistan proper, each with several tehsils and union councils. The tribal areas comprise seven tribal agencies and six small frontier regions detached from neighbouring districts whilst Azad Kashmir comprises seven districts and Northern Areas comprises six districts.

Provinces:

1. Balochistan
2. North-West Frontier Province (NWFP)
3. Punjab
4. Sindh

• Balochistan and NWFP also have Provincially Administered Tribal Areas^[33] (PATA) which are being developed into regular districts.

Territories:

5. Islamabad Capital Territory (IST)
6. Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA)
7. Azad Jammu and Kashmir (or simply Azad Kashmir)^[7] (AJK)
8. Northern Areas (FANA)