The Local government administration at the district level is headed by an Assistant Director (AD). Under the AD comes a Development Officer (DO) at each sub-division. Under the AD are also a civil engineer and a number of clerical staff. There is a Chief Officer who works at the District Council Level and works independent from the AD.

Local government administration functions in mutual co-operation with the Chairman Office of the District Council. The District Council funds are channelled through the AD Union Council office. All Local bodies officials at the district levels fall under the Divisional Director of Local Government in Loralai.

However, the local government institutions have been dissolved on 19 December 1996.

The Union Council is the lowest tier of the local government system. In Zhob there are 17 Union Councils under the District Council. Each Union Council represents a population of 12,000 to 17,000 people. All the members are elected, directly by the people or indirectly by members. There is a peasant and a women representative in the Union Council. The number of members varies from 7 to 12.

There is no Town Committee tier in the Zhob district.

There is one Municipal Committee in Zhob sub-division in Zhob city. It comprises 23 members. They were directly and indirectly elected. It includes two women’s, one minorities’ and one farmers’ representative. The Municipal Committee of the district played an important role until its grants from the provincial government were stopped in 1993.

The District Council consists of 23 members. Among them are two women’s, one minorities’, one peasants’, and one workers’ representatives. The District Council plays an important role in the political and social development of the district. The District Council is headed by an elected Chairman who can have an important role in the promotion of development issues, if he so desires. No one has reached the office without strong tribal support. The election for the Chairman through the elected members involves political and tribal struggle.

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