Gujrat_Division
Gujrat Division
Division in Punjab, Pakistan
Gujrat Division (Urdu, Punjabi: گجرات ڈویژن; also called 10th Division or Division X) is an administrative division of the Punjab province of Pakistan,[1] with it being headquartered in the Gujrat city. It came into being on 17 August 2022 after districts Gujrat, Mandi Bahauddin, and Hafizabad of the Gujranwala Division were grouped together in a separate division, increasing the number of divisions in the province to ten.[2] The Wazirabad District (newly created) was later on 14 October 2022 added under Gujrat Division making it a total of four districts.[3] The change was made official after a notification issued by the Board of Revenue under section 5 of the Punjab Land Revenue Act 1967.[4] Before this bifurcation, Gujranwala division was the largest in the province, with a population of approximately 16 million. Ahmad Kamal Maan was notified as the first commissioner of the division [5] and Mohammad Akhtar Abbas will be the Regional police officer (RPO).[6]
Meanwhile, on 15 February 2023 the Punjab caretaker government suspended the notifications of the newly established division of Gujrat, newly created district Wazirabad and three new tehsils in the division.
According to the new notification issued by the Board of Revenue, the notifications of creation of Gujrat Division, Wazirabad District, three new tehsils Jalalpur Jattan and Kunjah in Gujrat District and Alipur Chattha Tehsil in Wazirabad District (newly created) were suspended. According to the new notification, the suspension was valid till the general election in Punjab.
However, on 21 February 2023, Lahore High Court suspended caretaker government's order and revived Gujrat as division.[7]
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