Pakistan char provinces par mushtamil hai: Punjab, Sindh, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa aur Balochistan. In ke sadar muqamat baraye-rast Lahore, Karachi, Peshawar aur Quetta hain. Har province ki apni assembly hoti hai, apna chief minister hota hai, aur taleem aur sehat jaise mahkme province ke apne ikhtiyar mein aate hain.

In ke ilawa Islamabad Capital Territory hai, jo kisi province ka hissa nahi — yahan wafaqi hukumat ke daftar aur parliament maujood hain. Gilgit-Baltistan aur Azad Jammu and Kashmir ka apna alag intizami darja hai aur unki apni assemblies hain.

Rozmarra ke kaam mein ye taqseem ahmiyat rakhti hai: domicile, board ka imtihan, property ka record aur police sab province ke hisab se chalte hain. Isi liye ek province ka jari kiya hua document doosre province mein hamesha usi tarah kaam nahi karta.

Ek nazar mein

  • Punjab — sadar muqam Lahore, aabadi ke lihaz se sab se bara province
  • Sindh — sadar muqam Karachi, mulk ka sab se bara sheher bhi yahi hai
  • Khyber Pakhtunkhwa — sadar muqam Peshawar
  • Balochistan — sadar muqam Quetta, raqbe ke lihaz se sab se bara
  • Islamabad Capital Territory — wafaqi darul hukumat, kisi province mein shamil nahi

Kisi bhi sarkari kaam se pehle ye dekh lena faida deta hai ke wo mahkma wafaqi hai ya sooba’i — isi se pata chalta hai ke darkhwast kahan deni hai.