Talk:Districts of Pakistan

Link rot
Of the 5 External Links, all but one (the 4th) are dead.--Solomonfromfinland (talk) 10:46, 16 February 2014 (UTC)


 * Thanks for highlighting this. I have updated all the links and done some other fixes.  Green Giant  ( edits ) ( talk )  13:27, 16 February 2014 (UTC)

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Page needs updating with 2017 district level census results
I've edited the FATA region as it was the shortest (I'm lazy)

But would be glad to see if someone can add the whole census results. Also, is it necessary to include the 1998 data or is it better to remove it? Or should be made into a seperate table for later perusal?

Cheers! Paranoid-Penguin (talk) 23:10, 7 September 2017 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Paranoid-Penguin (talk • contribs) 23:08, 7 September 2017 (UTC)

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Nonsense Edits
First of all, the URDU word for District is ZILLAH (ضلع)...I have never heard of any term called "IZLAA" in my life. Second of all, districts form the 3rd-level of administrate divisions in Pakistan. Divisions are still intact, but hold no governing power. All the provinces have reverted power over to the DISTRICT...that doesn't mean the district becomes the 2nd-level...the Pakistan Bureau of Statistics still uses divisions for demographic purposes. See Divisions of Pakistan which I edited. Lastly, I don't see the point of making such a mess in the introduction. Keep it simple. Districts are 3rd-level administrative units and 1st-tier of local government. In total their are 156 districts in Pakistan. You don't need to have a large paragraph making a mess. --HudairaViki (talk) 18:17, 2 June 2018 (UTC)
 * First off, your comment is littered with personal attacks, you do not have to describe others edits as nonsense. Secondly, all Wikipedia Project Pakistan pages are formatted that way, you do write complete title name in Urdu. Moreover, if you never heard اضلاع, then please copy/paste it into this and you will find out, it means Districts. Your other changes to the lead regarding second, third or first level of government are controversial. Please discuss, gain consensus and then you can make those changes.  Sh eri ff  |  ☎ 911  | 18:55, 2 June 2018 (UTC)
 * I second what Sheriff said above. Please discuss intstead of engaging in edit wars. Saqib (talk) 19:03, 2 June 2018 (UTC)
 * Hi NadirAli. I actually really don't understand. In my opinion it just boils down to arrogance? The Urdu translation of "District" is written wrong. I keep changing it to the correct term "Zillah", but the Sheriff continues reverting it. I really don't get it...it's beyond my comprehension. If you look at the last two edit histories you'll see my version and the version Sheriff continues to revert back too. Just for the record, I've also made corrections to Divisions of Pakistan in my bid to correct the Local government in Pakistan articles. I began with Divisions and now continuing with Districts. I think its imperative that the introductions be as simple as possible and that the translations be basic. There's no need to translate "Districts of Pakistan" into Urdu...simply referring to them as "Zillah" is suffice. --HudairaViki (talk) 17:56, 3 June 2018 (UTC)
 * Hello Sheriff bhai, what is your take on this? If you have a differing Urdu transition, then I suggest we add that in. I've done that on another article. Let me know if that works for you, I can re-write it to accommodate both, provide they are both valid translations. Patiently awaiting your response while I attend to other matters.--NadirAli نادر علی (talk) 18:00, 3 June 2018 (UTC)
 * I do not understand HudairaViki's insistence as to why we should translate "District" singularly and not the complete article title. We are not obligated to keep things simple as they suggest for their personal preference, we ought to keep things correct and correct we will keep. I am okay with completely removing Urdu translation to remove the bone of contention but if we are keeping it then we are keeping the correct translation.  Sh eri ff  |  ☎ 911  | 18:19, 3 June 2018 (UTC)

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 * Khyber Pakhtunkhwa District.jpg

Locations of districts don't match between pages
So across the Pakistan pages the location of the districts do not match. I think (though I am largely ignorant on the subject) that this page is where the mistakes are. For example if you look at the table (and accompanying image) of Balochistan it shows that the Sibi district is number 28 found in the western most part of Pakistan, but if you click on the link to the page on Sibi it should Sibi is where 27 is more in the center of the Pakistan near Quetta. There are others that seem to have the same off by 1 error (e.g. Killa Abdullah). I am not knowledgeable enough to fix this but would be grateful if some fixed it our pointed me to an accurate map of the districts. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Gory (talk • contribs) 23:50, 9 February 2021 (UTC)