Notification of Upgrades Gujrat District To Division on 17-08-2022 with three Districts Gujrat, M Bahauddin, and Hafizabad by Government of the Punjab, Revenue Department. Further detail of said notification in same is as under;
New Division in Punjab Gujrat with three Districts Gujrat, M Bahauddin and Hafizabad
In exercise of the powers conferred upon him under section 5 of the Punjab land revenue act, 1967 (west Pakistan act XVII of 1967) and in supersession of all previous notification/orders on this behalf, to the extent of Gujrat Division, the governor of Punjab is pleased to order that Division specified in Column 01 of the following schedule with headquarter specified in column 02 will comprise of Districts mentioned in column 03 with immediate effect:
Punjab Govt Upgrades Gujrat District To Division
Name of Division | Headquarter | Name of districts |
Gujrat | Gujrat | Gujrat |
Mandi Bahaudin | ||
Hafizabad |
List of Divisions in Punjab as on 17-08-2022
After including this fresh Division Gujrat, now the Punjab province has the following total of 10 Divisions in Punjab:
Sr. No | Name of Division |
1 | Multan |
2 | Bahawalpur |
3 | Faisalabad |
4 | Dera Ghazi Khan |
5 | Lahore |
6 | Gujrat |
7 | Sargodha |
8 | Sahiwal |
9 | Rawalpindi |
10 | Gujranwala |
Previous Structure of Gujranwala Division
Previously these three districts, Mandi Bahauddin, Gujrat, and Hafizabad were included in Gujranwala Division. The structure of the Gujranwala Division was as under:
- Gujrat
- Norowal
- Mandi Bahauddin.
- Hafizabad
- Sialkot
- Gujranwala
Now Gujranwala Division will have only three Districts:
- Norowal
- Sialkot
- Gujranwala