| Revision as of 20:40, 23 September 2010 editCoWiiEs (talk | contribs)22 edits Undid revision 379868102 by SamuelTheGhost (talk) Was a necessary point to avoid confusion.← Previous edit | Latest revision as of 23:52, 15 November 2024 edit undoMrLinkinPark333 (talk | contribs)Autopatrolled, Extended confirmed users78,825 edits Undid revision 948328008 by Amylou00999 (talk) - rm vandalismTag: Undo | ||
| (21 intermediate revisions by 15 users not shown) | |||
| Line 1: | Line 1: | ||
| #REDIRECT ] | |||
| {{about|the Pakistani position in local government|use as a given name|Nazim (name)}} | |||
| A '''nazim''' (not to be confused with ']') ({{lang-ur|ناظم}}, from the word for "organizer" or "convenor") (similar to ]) is the coordinator of cities and towns in ]. Nazim is the title in ] of the chief elected official of a local government in ], such as a ], ], ], or village council.<ref>{{citenews|title=Their way to parliament passed through Nazim’s office|publisher=Pakistan Dawn |author= Wajahat Ijaz|date= October 22, 2002 |url=http://www.dawn.com/2002/10/22/nat48.htm}}</ref> | |||
| ] | |||
| The name which is used for the president of ], the Islamic Union of Students in Pakistan, is Nazim-e-ala. | |||
| The nazim-e-ala is elected for one year, and after completing that tenure, all the members of IJT who are called (Arkaan) elect a new one. | |||
| The "chief nazim," or district nazim, is elected by the nazims of Union Councils, Union Councillors, and Tehsil Nazims, who themselves are elected directly by the votes of the local public. | |||
| Pakistan originally had a system inherited from the time of ] rule, in which a ] was the head of a ]. Under the ], however, the role of the nazim became distinct from that of a ], with more power. The nazim system was introduced after the commissionerate system, imposed during British rule, was lifted by the government of Pakistan. Now there is no ] for any of the divisions, deputy commissioner for the ]s, or assistant commissioners, since the ] act was imposed in the country in 2001. The one exception is ], the federal capital, where the commissionerate system remains in effect. | |||
| In 2009, the new government restored the commissionerate system in the divisions but the nazims also remain in power. | |||
| ==See also== | |||
| * ] | |||
| * ] | |||
| ==References== | |||
| {{reflist}} | |||
| ] | |||
| {{Pakistan-gov-stub}} | |||
| ] | |||
| ] | |||
Latest revision as of 23:52, 15 November 2024
Redirect to:
Category: