Government of the North-West Frontier Province

"The Government of North West Frontier Province (NWFP)" is in Peshawar, the provincial capital of the North-West Frontier Province, Pakistan. It is one of four provinces of Pakistan, located on both banks of the river Indus. It stretches from the Himalayas in the north to the deserts in the south, where it is bordered by the Baluchistan and Punjab provinces. On its western flank is the rugged terrain of Afghanistan, which is accessed via the historic Khyber Pass through the mountains of the Suleiman Range. Its borders touch or are close to those of China, Tajikistan and the disputed territory of the state of Jammu and Kashmir in the north.

The Government of NWFP

The Government of the North West Frontier Province functions under the provisions of the Constitution of Pakistan (1973).

The Province has a Provincial Assembly with 124 elected members, constituent of 99 Regular seats, 22 seats reserved for women and 3 seats for non-Muslims. The Provincial Assembly elects the Chief Minister of the Province who forms a Cabinet of Ministers to look after various Departments. The Chief Minister is the Chief Executive of the Province. The Federal Government appoints a Governor as head of the Provincial Government.

The bureaucratic machinery of the province is headed by a Chief Secretary, who coordinates and supervises functions of various Departments headed by Departmental Secretaries. All the Secretaries are assisted by Additional Secretaries, Deputy Secretaries, Section Officers and other staff. The Departments may have attached Departments and autonomous or semi-autonomous bodies to look after various functions.

Since the year 2001, the system of elected District Governments has been introduced. The Province is divided into 24 districts. The Districts are headed by a Zilla Nazim assisted by a District Coordination Officer, in charge of district bureaucracy. In a District the functions are devolved further to the Tehsil, Town and Union Council Governments. Each District has an elected Zilla Council, elected Tehsil, Town and Union Councils who look after various activities at their respective levels.

At district level a District Police Officer looks after the Law and Order and he reports to the Zilla Nazim. Each district has a Public Safety Commission which addresses public complaints against the Police. There is a Provincial Police Officer who is in charge of the Police system at the provincial level.

On 10th October 2007, the NWFP Assembly was dissolved by Governor, Ali Muhammad Jan Orakzai.

Personal

*Governor NWFP: Owais Ahmed Ghani
*Chief Minister: Ameer Haider Khan Hoti

Ministries of North West Frontier Province

* Government of North West Frontier Province (NWFP) [ [http://www.nwfp.gov.pk http://www.nwfp.gov.pk] ]
* Government of North West Frontier Province - District Database [ [http://www.nwfpbos.sdnpk.org/ http://www.nwfpbos.sdnpk.org] ]
* Finance Department [ [http://www.nwfpfinance.gov.pk/ http://www.nwfpfinance.gov.pk] ]
* Planning & Development Department [ [http://nwfp.org.pk/ http://nwfp.org.pk] ]

ee also

*North-West Frontier Province
*Peshawar, Provincial Capital of NWFP
*Provincial Assembly of the North-West Frontier Province

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