Talk:Administrative units of Pakistan

February 2004
List numbering doesn't work for me (I am using Konqueror 3.1) - instead of numbering 1-8 I get 1-4, 1-2 and 1-2. Is anybody else having this problem as well? --Peterlin 09:03, 25 Feb 2004 (UTC)


 * It works fine here with Mozilla 1.5. The numbering is done with a simple

which should be a standard HTML command to do a numbered list with an offset. So this must be a bug in your browser that it ignores the "start" command. andy 09:08, 25 Feb 2004 (UTC)

Proposed merger
The entire content of the article on Provinces and territories of Pakistan can be found on the Subdivisions of Pakistan article. I propose the two be merged with a redirect at the Provinces and territories page. Green Giant 13:38, 27 January 2006 (UTC)

Kashmir POV
Argh, an anonymous IP keeps reverting the opening, which I think this pretty carefully neutrally worded, into a sentence that doesn't even make sense ("In addition, the portion of Kashmir is divided into two separate administrative units."). I don't want to get into a 3rv block with him, but can someone else jump in here? He's arguing that this page can't acknowledge the fact that Kashmir is disputed unless the corresponding India page does (though he seems so far to not have taken up my suggestion to edit the India page). --Jfruh (talk) 01:24, 27 October 2008 (UTC)

Why this article was moved from Administrative divisions
There seems to have been little common agreement between editors on what to call this article. Some of the titles make a lot of sense but there are good reasons not adopt them:
 * Administrative divisions of Pakistan and Political divisions of Pakistan have the potential to cause confusion with the tier of government called Divisions of Pakistan which existed between the provincial and district level and were only abolished in 2000 but now seem to be restored. One also has to bear in mind that the federal and provincial governments insist on using the word "division" to describe the components of their ministries e.g. Railways division etc.
 * Provinces of Pakistan and Pakistani province are only suitable for half of the top tier i.e. we need to include the four less autonomous units (ICT, FATA, Gilgit Baltistan and Azad Kashmir).
 * Provinces and territories of Pakistan does not work because only the Islamabad Capital Territory is officially a territory.
 * Subdivisions of Pakistan and Regions of Pakistan imply it is a unitary state but officially Pakistan is a federation.
 * Provinces and federally administered areas of Pakistan does not work because the "federally administered areas" is too close to "Federally Administered Tribal Areas" but not close enough to the other three smaller units.

As a result I believe it is better to use the term that the government of Pakistan uses in the official census - Administrative Units, with a small "u" for the word "units". Green Giant (talk) 15:50, 30 March 2010 (UTC)

population of Pakistan
Unless I have made a mistake, the population of Pakistan differs from the sum of the population of each of the units by exactly 4,773,000. Is there a reason for this? July 06, 2011 — Preceding unsigned comment added by 66.194.65.197 (talk) 20:10, 6 July 2011 (UTC) Wht isn't it a exact number? Why is it a percent? That's very vague. Do you expect people to find it themselves?$200inaire (talk) 03:37, 30 January 2012 (UTC)$200inaire

Tagged for update ...
... because it still talks about the 4-tier system with divisions, which Districts of Pakistan says were abolished in August 2000. At least one of them needs updating. --Stfg (talk) 13:32, 17 April 2012 (UTC)

email addresses of all heads of departments should be given.
Assalam-o-alaikum:-For instance, I want to send emails to the District Accounts' Officer 1,FAISALABAD; BUT HIS EMAIL ADDRESS IS NOT AVAILABLE;email addresses of all heads of departments should be given.I have an earnest piece of work with the said officer; I am an heart patient aged about 71; a pensioner.I want to send an email to him.I need not hide any thing. Sincerely Yours,'Muhammad Ayyub Son of Hafiz Muhammad Hussain,Retired Associate Professor of Zoology,Government College ,Dhobighat/Government College University,FAISALABAD. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 182.186.177.237 (talk) 21:45, 25 May 2012 (UTC)

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Provinces and territories of Pakistan
Someone should include both the provinces and the territories in the table Flags200 (talk) 18:09, 6 October 2019 (UTC)

The following sources describe Azad Kashmir and Gilgit-Baltistan as "dependent territories":

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Azad_Kashmir

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hunza_District

50.111.110.138 (talk) 23:35, 23 December 2020 (UTC)

Conflicting information
In the table, the info-bubble for "Sindh" describes is as "one of the four provences of Pakistan."

The map and the table, however, show seven provences of Pakistan.

Which is it: four, or seven? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 74.95.43.253 (talk) 20:50, 2 September 2020 (UTC)
 * Four provinces, three regions which are not provinces. DS (talk) 16:31, 1 November 2020 (UTC)

Extended-confirmed-protected edit request on 15 July 2021
Add Template:Pakistan Administrative Units Image Map to administrative divisons section in article for easy navigation as well. The Story of Marjaan (talk) 10:24, 15 July 2021 (UTC)
 * Red question icon with gradient background.svg Not done: it's not clear what changes you want to be made. Please mention the specific changes in a "change X to Y" format and provide a reliable source if appropriate. Where should this be added? Does it really add anything to the article as it stands? ScottishFinnishRadish (talk) 20:29, 4 August 2021 (UTC)

Extended-confirmed-protected edit request on 30 July 2021
EditWiki45 (talk) 16:35, 30 July 2021 (UTC)

The current map is not suitable under the guidelines and is not valid in UN also as well as the territory shown is not contolled by pakistan plz look into it and talk to me if you have any questions EditWiki45 (talk) 16:36, 30 July 2021 (UTC)
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Extended-confirmed-protected edit request on 14 January 2023
Multan is in punjab region so count it as once. Lahore is capital of punjab Leoheroofficial (talk) 18:51, 14 January 2023 (UTC)
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Geo graphy for grade 6
What type of work do the people do in all province and territories of Pakistan

103.137.24.211 (talk) 11:27, 21 March 2023 (UTC)

Baluchi and Brahvi Language
Baluchi is a widely spoken language in Pakistan's province of Balochistan as well as Iran's Balochistan. Similarly Brahvi is also spoken by millions of people in Balochistan. Unfortunately both languages have no place in Wikipedia. So it is necessary that both languages should be placed on Wikipedia menu. Abunara (talk) 15:53, 28 September 2023 (UTC)