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A '''nazim''' ([[Urdu language|Urdu]]: ناظم ) (similar to [[Mayor]]) is the coordinator of cities and towns in [[Pakistan]]. Nazim is the title in [[Urdu]] of the chief elected official of a local government in [[Pakistan]], such as a [[Districts of Pakistan|District]], [[Tehsil]], [[Union Council]], or Village Council.<ref>{{citenews|title=Their way to parliament passed through Nazim’s office|publisher=Pakistan Dawn |author= Wajahat Ijaz|date= October 22, 2002 |url=http://www.dawn.com/2002/10/22/nat48.htm}}</ref>
The "Chief Nazim" a.k.a District Nazim is elected by the Nazims of Union Councils, Union Councillors and by Tehsil Nazims, who themselves are elected directly by the votes of the local public.
Pakistan originally had a system, inherited from the time of [[British India|British]] rule, in which a [[Mayor]] was the head of a [[district]]. However under the [[Local Government Act]], the role of the Nazim is different from that of a [[Mayor]] with more power. The Nazim System was introduced after the Commissionerate system, that was imposed during British rule, was lifted by the Government of Pakistan. Now there is no [[Commissioner]] for any of the division, [[Deputy Commissioner]] for the [[district]]s and [[Assistant Commissioner]]s, after the [[Local Government]] act was imposed in the country in 2001, except [[Islamabad]], the federal capital where still the Commissionerate system is running.
==See also==
* [[Subdivisions of Pakistan]]
* [[Districts of Pakistan]]
* [[Mayor]]
==References==
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[[Category:Local government in Pakistan]]
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