Panjgur was notified as a district on July 1, 1977 when Makran district was given the status of a division and was divided into three districts. Previously it was one of the 3 tehsils of Makran district. For administrative purposes, the whole district is one sub-division, i.e., Panjgur, and further divided into one tehsil (Panjgur) and two sub-tehsils, named Gichk and Parome. Land settlement was initiated in 1992 as a preparation to the construction of Mirani Dam, but to date only four wards have been finalised in the whole district. Due to lack of appropriate and trained staff land settlement work is suspended.