Metropolitan Corporation, Municipal Corporation and Municipal Committees are responsible for the water supply & drainage facilities, health and sanitation, street lighting, arboriculture, maintenance of statistics of birth & death, slaughter houses, fire fighting, imposition of taxes, constitution of conciliation courts etc.
Metropolitan Corporation for the Capital City comprising an urban area having population exceeding five lac;
Municipal Corporation for each City comprising an urban area having a population exceeding one lac but not exceeding five lac; and
Municipal Committee for each Municipality, comprising an urban area having a population exceeding 15000 but not exceeding one lac;
The Local Government Institutions in Balochistan are based on the Balochistan Local Government Act, 2010. The Local Councils are institutions of “Self-Government” to provide civic service and also undertake development projects financed mostly by the development grants of the Provincial Government and from their own resources.
