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List of current Mayors of Pakistan according to 2015 Local Government Elections

List of Mayor cities of Pakistan

* Mayors and Deputy Mayors of Punjab are yet to be elected

List of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa District Nazims

This is the list of 23 District Nazims and Naib Nazims of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.

List of Balochistan Mayors

Chapter 3 "COMPOSITION OF LOCAL COUNCILS", clause 14 declares

14. Election of Chairmen of Local Councils.- For every Local Council there shall be a Chairman who shall be elected in the prescribed manner: Provided that the Chairman of Metropolitan Corporation may be designated as Mayor.

According to Balochistan local Govt Act 2010, it has only one mayor for Quetta Metropolitan Corporation.

List of Punjab Mayors

there are total of 12 mayors in Punjab for 11 municipal corporations and one metropolitan corporation.

The Sindh Local Govt defines mayor and deputy mayor as:

(k) “Deputy Mayor” means a Deputy Mayor of the Metropolitan Corporation or a Municipal Corporation;

(x) “Mayor” means the Mayor of the Metropolitan Corporation or a Municipal Corporation;

PLGA 2013 also defines Metropolitan and municipal corporations as;

(z) “Metropolitan Corporation” means Metropolitan Corporation Lahore;

CHAPTER III CONSTITUTION OF LOCAL GOVERNMENTS

(d) an integrated urban area having a population of more than five hundred thousand to be a Municipal Corporation.

List of Sindh Mayors

There are 4 mayors of Sindh, one mayor for metropolitan corporation, 3 mayors for municipal corporations.

The Sindh Local Govt defines mayor and deputy mayor as:

x. ‘Chairman’ means the chairman and include chairperson of Council constituted under the Act but in the case of a Municipal Corporation or a Metropolitan Corporation, the Chairman may be called the Mayor.

xlviii. “Mayor” means the Mayor of a Corporation;

xxi. “Deputy Mayor” means the Deputy Mayor of the Corporation;

CHAPTER- III CONSTITUTION AND COMPOSITION OF COUNCILS,

(4) Metropolitan Corporation. There shall be a Metropolitan Corporation for Karachi Division

Anomaly in Sindh Local Govt Act 2013

*it is to be noted, a notable anomaly of Sindh Local Govt Act which declares a city of 15 UCs, Larkana as municipal corporation having a mayor where as the fourth largest city of Sindh, Mirpurkhas having 46 UCs as municipal committee devoid of any corporation or mayor. Although Punjab Local govt Act clearly defines a municipal corporation based on urban area exceeding 500,000 population, Sindh Local Act only declares that

(iv) a Municipal Corporation for each City comprising of Union Committees as prescribed by the Government; (CHAPTER- III CONSTITUTION AND COMPOSITION OF COUNCILS 16. CONSTITUTION OF COUNCIL)

There is no definite criteria for declaring municipal corporation in Sindh Local Act 2013 as opposed to Punjab Local Act 2013

Following is the list of Mayors from Sindh

References

1. "Complete List of KPK District and Tehsil Nazims Elected in 2015". 2015-09-01. Retrieved 2016-09-11.
2. "Opinion: Local Government Elections in Balochistan". UNDP in Pakistan. Retrieved 2016-09-12.
3. "The Balochistan Local Government Act 2010".
4. "notification local govt Punjab" (PDF).
5. "Punjab Local Govt Act 2013" (PDF).
6. "Sindh Local Govt Act 2013" (PDF).
7. Newspaper, From the (2015-10-30). "Sindh local government set-up explainer". Retrieved 2016-09-12.

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