Federal Administration Quetta

Quetta, being the provincial capital, is the administrative headquarters of all the districts. Central authority for administration, judiciary and police flows from Quetta to other districts. All departmental secretaries control their respective departments in all districts from Quetta. Thus Quetta is the centre for all types of decision making.

 The Chief Minister is the chief executive of the province, Chief Secretary controls the overall administration except Judiciary, which has its own administrative set up. Chief Secretary is assisted by Secretaries of the various departments. Secretaries are assisted by Deputy Secretaries and Section Officers. Almost all the Departments have a Director General at provincial level - who assist the Secretaries of their respective Departments.

 The provincial government administration at district level is headed by a Deputy Commissioner, the chief executive of the district. He is assisted by Assistant Commissioners, a sub-divisional Magistrate, Tehsildars, Naib-Tehsildars and others. His main functions include maintenance of law and order, revenue collection. He is the controlling authority for police and levies. He is Political Agent of the government.

 He is also one of the members of the Divisional Co-ordination Committee. Sometimes the Deputy Commissioner is assigned a special task to monitor and report about the progress of some development projects.

 Being the chief executive of the district, he is supposed to have a close relationship with the MPAs, MNAs and Senators. He provides a supporting role in connection with development schemes provided by the other functionaries of the district including the District Health Officer who controls all health activities. The Superintendent of Police assists Deputy Commissioners in the maintenance of law and order within the district. The District Education Officer controls and supervises the educational institutions of the district. The Extra Assistant Director of Agriculture implements the policies of the government pertaining to agriculture.

 The hierarchy at divisional level starts with Commissioner, DIG Police, Director Health, Director Education, Director Agriculture etc; overall Judiciary in the province is controlled by the High Court. District and Session Judge controls the Judicial Organization in the district.

Organigramme

Provincial Government Administration.

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