At district level, the provincial government is represented by the Political Agent (PA). All the departments, functional in the district, are supposed to work in liaison with the Political Agent. He super-ordinates 3 Assistant Commissioners, one at each of the 2 sub-divisions and one as a trainee; 2 Tehsildars, one at each of the 2 tehsils; and 5 Naib-Tehsildars, one at each of the 4 tehsils and sub-tehsils, and one for Zakat and Ushar. The Political Agent is ex-officio member (in most cases, head) of almost all the important committees and forums in the district. He is responsible for the maintenance of law and order in the district, to collect ushar from farmers through a Naib-Tehsildar and to participate in development planning concerning the district.

The Political Agent, Killa Saifullah is supervised by the Commissioner of Zhob division and then by the Secretary of Services and General Administration Department (S&GAD) at the provincial level. He is an intermediary link between micro and macro level administration. Despite the fact that he is supposed to play an important role in socio-economic development of the district through co-ordination and progress review, he is rarely consulted in policy making. The District Development Committee meets regularly under the chairmanship of the Political Agent but is not very effective. The Political Agent has some additional powers which give him liberty to be flexible in applying administrative rules as and when required.