Sahiwal (UPA) – The Punjab Local Government Department has granted Municipal Corporation status to Okara and Pakpattan in the new delimitation of local government institutions. With this change, all three district headquarters of the division will now have Municipal Corporations in the new local government setup.
Director Local Government Shahid Farooq Warraich stated that before the new local government act, the population within the limits of Municipal Committee Okara was about 400,000, which will now increase to 547,000 after the inclusion of several surrounding areas. The newly included areas in Okara Municipal Corporation include Chaks 053/2L, 054/2L, 039/3R, 033/2R, 052/2L, 049/2L, 055/2L, 051/2L, 036-37/2RA, 038/2RA, 032/2R, 003/4L, 034/2R, 035/2RA, 031/2R, 056/2L, 049A/2L and 057/2L, increasing the number of Union Councils to 25.
Similarly, Municipal Committee Pakpattan has also been upgraded to Municipal Corporation, and after the inclusion of nearby areas including Malikpur, Chak 37/SP, Rakh Pakpattan, 19/SP, Bahram Pur, 20/SP, Muhammad Pur Jageer (Mehndi), and Kamba Harsai, the population of Pakpattan will increase to 268,000, with 14 Union Councils.
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