Editing District (section)

===Pakistan===
{{Main|Districts of Pakistan}}

Districts of [[Pakistan]] are local administrative units inherited from the [[British Raj]]. They form third-level Administrative Division in Pakistan after Provinces and Divisions. Districts were generally grouped into administrative divisions, which in turn formed [[Provinces and territories of Pakistan|provinces]]. Pakistan has 160 districts (including ten in [[Azad Jammu and Kashmir]]). They are known as {{transliteration|ur|zillas}} in [[Urdu]]. They comprise villages, towns, and cities. A district is headed by a district {{transliteration|ur|nazim}} (mayor), who is an elected official (in local body elections) and the local controller of the district level officers of all the departments under provincial government, while [[Deputy Commissioner]] is the executive head of the District usually Grade-18 officer from [[Pakistan Administrative Service]]. Deputy Commissioner is entrusted with overall responsibility of law & order, implementation of government schemes and is also authorized to hear revenue cases pertaining to the district. The district mayor ({{transliteration|ur|nazim}}) heads an elected district council composed of councilors, who represent various district-level constituencies. The councils have a constitutional requirement to be composed of a minimum of 33% women or more than that.