Government of Pakistan

Pakistan
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Constitution Previous constitutions:1956 1962 1973 Annex (written 1949, incorporated 1985) Amendments Law
Government President (list): Arif Alvi Parliament Senate Chairman: Sadiq Sanjrani Deputy Chairman: Saleem Mandviwalla National Assembly Speaker: Asad Qaiser Deputy Speaker: Qasim Suri Executive: Prime Minister (list): Imran Khan Federal Cabinet Federal Agencies Civil Service Judiciary Supreme Judicial Council Supreme Court Chief Justice Federal Shariat Court Supreme Appellate Court Gilgit-Baltistan Chief Justices Islamabad High Court Provincial High Courts Chief Court Gilgit-Baltistan District Courts
Elections Election Commission Electoral College Recent elections Presidential: 2008 2013 2018 General: 2008 2013 2018 Political parties Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf Pakistan Muslim League (N) Pakistan Peoples Party
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The Government of Pakistan (Urdu: حکومتِ پاکستان), uses a federal parliamentary system and is also known as the Islamic Republic of Pakistan. The country has a President as the Head of State and an indirectly-elected Prime Minister as the Head of Government. Pakistan has three branches of government based on the parliamentary system they use. These are the executive, legislative and judiciary branches.

Organisation

The national government organises the provinces of Pakistan, these provinces have their own governments that organises the divisions, the heads of the divisions are then in charge of districts and the leaders of the districts are in charge of the tehsils and Union Councils of Pakistan.

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1. 1 2 Politics, Joyce Chepkemoi in (2019-07-30). "What Type Of Government Does Pakistan Have?". WorldAtlas. Retrieved 2026-04-03.
2. ↑ Government of Pakistan - Provinces
3. ↑ City/Tehsil Local Governments (Listed at the top are the divisons: Bannu, D.I.Khan, Hazara, Kohat, Malakand, Mardan, Peshawar and underneath them their districts)