Institutional History Quetta
The brief history of local government institutions in the district starts from Quetta Panclinat. The Political Agent and few persons from the merchant class were the members of this body. On October 16, 1896, Quetta Municipal Law was promulgated. As a result Quetta Municipal Committee was constituted on October 17, 1896. The Committee consisted of 10 members; the Political Agent Quetta, a Chairman, 5 ex-officio members and 4 nominated members. In the year 1905 five more members were nominated. The Assistant Political Agent Quetta was appointed as its Vice Chairman. The disastrous earthquake of 1935 destroyed the whole city. The city was redesigned under a plan and special earthquake proof structures were introduced. A number of such structures can be seen in Tin Town area, located in the main city. In the year 1946, the Municipal Law was reformed and a new Committee was constituted under the new law. The Political Agent of Quetta - Pishin remained its Chairman but Fida Ali Bhoy was appointed as its Vice Chairman. It is not out of place mention that the committee along with the members of "Shahi Jirga" decided in favour of joining Balochistan with Pakistan on June, 1947.
Civil Secretariat Quetta.
This Committee was dissolved in 1956 and a new committee was formed. Again the Political Agent Quetta was appointed as its Chairman and Chaudhry Muhammad Ali became its Senior Vice Chairman.
In November, 1959 elections were held under the Basic Democracies system. The Chairmen of all Union Committees within Quetta city became members of the Quetta Municipal Committee. Mr. Abdul Ghafoor Khan Durrani was elected its Vice Chairman whereas the Quetta Political Agent remained its Chairman.
In 1962, through a change in the structure and function of local bodies, the local government institutions were re-organised in the form of union committees, union Councils, town committees and municipalities. The second tier composed of Tehsil Council and District Council. The third tier was formed by the divisional Councils, in which rural and urban areas were given representations. This system was known as Basic Democracies as the role of local government was extended down to the grass root level. In 1970 another development took place with the establishment of Local Government Departments at provincial level.
The status of Quetta Municipal Committee was raised to a first Class Committee and a full time Senior Govt: Official was appointed as its Chairman. In the year 1972 the Local Councils were again dissolved and handed over to the officially appointed administrator. In the year 1975, the Municipal limits were extended from 2.5 Sq miles to 7.5 Sq miles.
The present local government system was introduced in 1979. The purpose of local government system is to give the local population full participation in their development schemes. Therefore, the Balochistan Local Government Ordinance ( BLGO ) 1980 was introduced and implemented.
In 1979, Local Bodies elections were held. As a result 48 elected Councillors, 2 Minority Councillors, 3 Lady Councillors and 1 Labour Councillor were elected. Malik Mohammed Zakria Khan Kasi became its Chairman. The status of the 1st Class Municipal Committee was raised to full fledged "Municipal Corporation" in September 1981 and Zakaria Khan Kasi became its first Chairman.
Thereafter, two local bodies elections were held in the year 1983 and 1987. On July 15, 1991 the local bodies were dissolved in Quetta. Since then the administrator is handling the affairs of the corporation.