Master Map — Pakistan Administrative & Bureaucratic Structure

🇵🇰 Country-Wide Administration Atlas

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Coverage: Federal Government + all four Provinces + district/tehsil/local administration + ICT + Gilgit-Baltistan + AJK + CSS services + ranks/roles + institutions outside the executive chain.

📚 Master navigation

1. A. Federal Executive, Cabinet & Secretariat — PM, Cabinet, Ministers, Secretary hierarchy and current federal portfolios.
2. B. CSS Occupational Groups & Services — Allocation, Ranks, Duties & Postings — all 12 groups/services, ranks, duties, cadre organizations and common postings.
3. C. Provincial Government — Common Constitutional & Bureaucratic Framework — Governor, CM, Cabinet, Chief Secretary, Secretariat and field administration.
4. D. Punjab Government — Cabinet, Departments & Bureaucratic Hierarchies — departments, Cabinet logic and bureaucratic chains.
5. E. Sindh Government — Cabinet, Departments & Bureaucratic Hierarchies — departments, Cabinet portfolios and bureaucratic chains.
6. F. Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Government — Cabinet, Departments & Bureaucratic Hierarchies — departments, current Cabinet and bureaucratic chains.
7. G. Balochistan Government — Cabinet, Departments & Bureaucratic Hierarchies — departments, S&GAD/Home structures and bureaucratic chains.
8. H. Federal Ministries — Department-by-Department Bureaucracy Map — all 32 current ministries and their administrative/implementation machinery.
9. I. Rank & Role Atlas — Secretariat, Field, Police, Revenue and Technical Departments — Secretariat, PAS, Police, Revenue, prosecution, engineering, health, education, FBR, FSP and technical chains.
10. J. District, Tehsil & Local Government — How Administration Reaches Citizens — how policy reaches citizens and how DC/AC differ from local-government and line-department officers.
11. K. Institutions Outside the Executive Department Chain — Legislature, Judiciary & Constitutional Bodies — Legislature, Judiciary, ECP, Auditor-General, PSCs, regulators and SOEs.
12. L. ICT, Gilgit-Baltistan & AJK — Non-Provincial Administrative Structures — non-provincial administrative systems.

🌳 Whole-country structure at a glance

PAKISTAN
│
├── FEDERATION
│   ├── President
│   ├── Prime Minister
│   ├── Federal Cabinet
│   ├── 32 Ministries / Divisions
│   │    ├── Secretary
│   │    ├── Addl / Joint Secretary
│   │    ├── Deputy Secretary
│   │    ├── Section Officer
│   │    └── Attached Departments / Authorities / Field Formations
│   └── CSS Occupational Groups / Services
│
├── PUNJAB
│   └── Governor → CM → Cabinet → Chief Secretary → Secretaries → Directorates → District/Field
├── SINDH
│   └── Governor → CM → Cabinet → Chief Secretary → Secretaries → Directorates → District/Field
├── KHYBER PAKHTUNKHWA
│   └── Governor → CM → Cabinet → Chief Secretary → Secretaries → Directorates → District/Field
├── BALOCHISTAN
│   └── Governor → CM → Cabinet → Chief Secretary → Secretaries → Directorates → District/Field
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├── TERRITORIAL ADMINISTRATION
│   └── Commissioner → DC → ADC → AC
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├── PARALLEL PROFESSIONAL CHAINS
│   ├── Police: IGP → DIG/RPO → DPO → DSP/ASP → SHO
│   ├── Revenue: BOR → Commissioner → DC/Collector → AC → Tehsildar → Patwari
│   ├── Engineering: Chief Engineer → SE → XEN → SDO → Sub-Engineer
│   ├── Health: Secretary → DG → District Health → Facility
│   ├── Education: Secretary → Directorate → District Education → School
│   └── Prosecution: Prosecutor General → District Prosecutor → Prosecutors
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└── SPECIAL ADMINISTRATIVE UNITS
    ├── Islamabad Capital Territory
    ├── Gilgit-Baltistan
    └── Azad Jammu & Kashmir

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Purpose: One place to understand the complete machinery of government in Pakistan for CSS Public Administration: political executive, Cabinet, federal secretariat, ministries/divisions, CSS occupational groups, provincial secretariats, district administration, technical departments, BPS hierarchy and reporting relationships.

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Exam rule: Do not write as if every civil servant follows one chain. Pakistan has parallel hierarchies: secretariat, territorial/field administration, police, revenue, and technical/functional departments.

🧭 Master conceptual map

STATE
├─ Federal Government
│  ├─ Political Executive: Prime Minister → Cabinet / Ministers
│  ├─ Federal Secretariat: Secretary → Addl Secretary → Joint Secretary → Deputy Secretary → Section Officer
│  ├─ Attached Departments / Authorities / Autonomous Bodies
│  └─ Field Formations
└─ Provincial Government
   ├─ Political Executive: Chief Minister → Provincial Cabinet
   ├─ Chief Secretary → Administrative Secretaries
   ├─ Directorates / Attached Departments
   ├─ Territorial Administration: Commissioner → DC → AC
   └─ Functional chains: Police / Health / Education / Irrigation / Agriculture / etc.

🧠 First correction to remember

• CSS candidates are normally allocated to an Occupational Group or Service, not permanently to a ministry.
• The 12 CSS groups/services can then serve in their cadre organizations and, depending on rules, deputation/secretariat arrangements, in other federal or provincial posts.
• A Minister is the political head of a portfolio; a Secretary is the senior career administrative head of a Division/Department.
• A Directorate / attached department generally handles execution, regulation or technical delivery below the policy secretariat.
• Exact post titles and grade-equivalence vary by service rules; the pages in this section therefore distinguish common/typical postings from fixed statutory ranks.

📚 How to use this section

1. Start with the federal political and secretariat structure.
2. Learn the 12 CSS Occupational Groups/Services and where each can serve.
3. Study ministry/department-specific bureaucratic chains.
4. Learn the common provincial secretariat and all four provinces' departmental maps.
5. Memorise field hierarchies such as Commissioner–DC–AC, IGP–DIG–DPO, and technical chains.
6. Use the final exam page for diagrams and 20-mark answer structure.

📌 Stable vs current information

• Stable: constitutional/administrative hierarchy, role of Secretary, CSS group names, BPS framework, field chains.
• Current / changeable: ministry mergers, portfolio allocation, minister names, department nomenclature and attached bodies.
• Current ministry/cabinet material in this section is dated 30 September 2026 and should be re-checked before the CSS exam.

🔗 Related syllabus chapters

• Chapter II: organisation of federal, provincial and local government.
• Chapter VIII: Civil Service of Pakistan.
• Chapter IX: provincial and local government.
• This Master Map is a supplement, not an additional FPSC syllabus section.