Rawalpindi Division
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Rawalpindi Division was one of the administrative subdivisions of the Punjab province of Pakistan, forming part of the third tier of government below the federal and provincial levels. Divisions were composed of districts which formed the fourth tier of government, but the local government reform of 2000 abolished administrative divisions and raised the districts to become the new third tier of government.
[edit] History
During British rule, the region around Rawalpindi a division of the Punjab province, primarily because of the strategic location of the city of Rawalpindi. On independence in 1947, the division was one of four divisions of the province of West Punjab but from 1955 to 1970, the divisions was one of twelve (later thirteen) divisions of West Pakistan province under the One Unit policy. On the dissolution of West Pakistan, the division was restored to the new Punjab province, but parts of the division were transferred with parts of Lahore Division to form the new Gujranwala Division.
[edit] Districts
The division was composed of four districts at abolition in 2000.
[edit] See also
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| Balochistan | Kalat | Makran | Nasirabad | Quetta | Sibi | Zhob |
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| NWFP | Bannu | Dera Ismail Khan | Hazara | Kohat | Malakand | Mardan | Peshawar |
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| Punjab | Bahawalpur | Dera Ghazi Khan | Faisalabad | Gujranwala | Lahore | Multan | Rawalpindi | Sargodha |
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| Sindh | Hyderabad | Karachi | Larkana | Mirpur Khas | Sukkur |
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