The Local government administration at the district level is headed by an Assistant Director (AD). Under the AD come Development Officers (DO), one at each sub-division, a civil engineer and clerical staff. A Chief Officer (BPS 17) runs the daily affairs of the District Council. If there is a Municipal Committee (as happens to be the case in Nasirabad) there is a separate Chief Officer for the Municipal Committee.

Local Government Administration functions in mutual cooperation with the Chairman’s Office of the District Council. The District Council funds are channelled through the AD Office. All officials of local bodies at the district level fall under the Divisional Director (BPS 18-19).

The Union Council is the lowest tier of all local government bodies. In total there are 14 Union Councils in Nasirabad. Each Union Council represents 12,000 to 17,000 people from the district. All members are elected, directly by people or indirectly by sitting members. There is a peasants’ and a women’s representative in each Union Council. The number of Council members varies from 4 to 13.

There is no Town Committee in Nasirabad district.

There is one Municipal Committee in the district headquarters Dera Murad Jamali. The committee has 12 members, 8 elected, one minority, two women and one labour representative. The Municipal Committee played an important role until its funds were stopped in 1993. Since them it just raises some income, to cover its recurrent expenditures. The Committee has a separate office building, with a Chief Officer from local government side, but hardly any services are rendered.

The District Council of Nasirabad has 19 members, including the Chairman and representatives of minorities, peasants and workers who are represented by one member each, and two women representatives. The District Council renders hardly any services. The income-expenditure pattern of the District Council is even worse in comparison to that of the Municipal Committee. For the last few years the income of the District Council was in the range of Rs.0.1 to 1.9 mln only.

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