At the district level, the provincial government is represented by the Deputy Commissioner. All the Departments functional in Musakhel are supposed to work in liaison with the DC. He is assisted by an Assistant Commissioner at the sub-division level, by a Tehsildar at the tehsil level, and by a Naib-Tehsildar at the sub-tehsil level. In this way Musakhel district has one Deputy Commissioner, one Assistant Commissioner, one Tehsildar, and one Naib-Tehsildar. The Deputy Commissioner is ex-officio member (in most cases head) of all the important committees and forums in the district. He is responsible for maintenance of law and order in the district, for collecting ushar from farmers, and for participating in development planning for the district.

The Deputy Commissioner of Musakhel is supervised by the Commissioner of Zhob division and then by the Secretary of the Services and General Administration Department (S&GAD) at the provincial level. The Deputy Commissioner 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, he is rarely consulted during the process of policy making.

Currently the strength of government staff amounts to 995.

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