Density

Population Area
Abbreviation Administrative unit Capital (per Map
(2012)[3] (km²)[4]
km²)

Azad Jammu & Kashmir

AJK (autonomous territory)* (‫و‬ ‫ آزاد ﺟﻤﻮں‬Muzaffarabad 2,972,501 13,297 223.55
‫)ﮐﺸﻤﯿﺮ‬

BN Balochistan (province) (‫)ﺑﻠﻮﭼﺴﺘﺎن‬ Quetta 13,162,222 347,190 37.91

Federally Administered Tribal Areas

FATA Peshawar 3,930,419 27,220 144.39
(‫ﺟﺎت‬ ‫)وﻓﺎﻗﯽ ﻗﺒﺎﺋﻠﯽ ﻋﻼﻗﮧ‬

Gilgit-Baltistan (autonomous
GB Gilgit 1,441,523 72,971 19.75
territory)* (‫ﺑﻠﺘﺴﺘﺎن‬ ‫)ﮔﻠﮕﺖ‬

Islamabad Capital Territory (federal

ICT Islamabad 1,151,868 906 1,271.38
capital territory) (‫داراﻟﺤﮑﻮﻣﺖ‬ ‫)وﻓﺎﻗﯽ‬

Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (province)

KP Peshawar 26,896,829 74,521 360.93
(5](‫]ﺧﯿﺒﺮﭘﺨﺘﻮﻧﺨﻮا‬

PB Punjab (province) (‫)ﭘﻨﺠﺎب‬ Lahore 91,379,615 205,344 445.01

SD Sindh (province) (‫)ﺳﻨﺪھ‬ Karachi 55,245,497 140,914 392.05

Pakistan (‫)ﭘﺎﮐﺴﺘﺎن‬ Islamabad 197,361,691 882,363 223.79

*Disputed with India.

The provinces are subdivided into 34 divisions, which are subdivided into 149 districts called zillahs (Urdu: ‫)ﺿﻠﻊ‬.
Zillahs are further subdivided into 588 sub-districts called tehsils (‫( )ﺗﺤﺼﯿﻞ‬roughly equivalent to counties). The term
tehsil is used everywhere except in Sindh province, where the term taluka (‫ )ﺗﻌﻠﻘﮧ‬predominates. Tehsils may contain
villages or municipalities. Pakistan has over five thousand local governments. Since 2001, these have been led by
democratically elected local councils, each headed by a nazim (‫"( )ﻧﺎﻇﻢ‬supervisor" or "mayor"). Women have been
allotted a minimum of 33% of the seats on these councils. Some districts, incorporating large metropolitan areas, are
called "City Districts". A City District may contain subdivisions called Towns and Union Councils.

The diagram below outlines the six tiers of government in Pakistan, together with an example.
   

Federal government