Government of Pakistan

federal government of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, established by the Constitution of Pakistan

The Government of Pakistan (Urdu: حکومتِ پاکستان), uses a federal parliamentary system and is also known as the Islamic Republic of Pakistan.[1] The country has a President as the Head of State and an indirectly-elected Prime Minister as the Head of Government. Pakistan has three branches of government based on the parliamentary system they use. These are the executive, legislative and judiciary branches.[1]

Organisation

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The national government organises the provinces of Pakistan,[2] these provinces have their own governments that organises the divisions, the heads of the divisions are then in charge of districts and the leaders of the districts are in charge of the tehsils and Union Councils of Pakistan.[3]

National Government
Provinces
Divisions
Districts
Tehsils
Union Councils


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  1. 1 2 Politics, Joyce Chepkemoi in (2019-07-30). "What Type Of Government Does Pakistan Have?". WorldAtlas. Retrieved 2026-04-03.
  2. Government of Pakistan - Provinces
  3. City/Tehsil Local Governments (Listed at the top are the divisons: Bannu, D.I.Khan, Hazara, Kohat, Malakand, Mardan, Peshawar and underneath them their districts)