Gujrat notified as 10th Punjab division

Announcement made in 2022 implemented following suspension by caretaker govt

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LAHORE:

The Punjab government has notified Gujrat as the 10th division of the province.

As per a notification issued on December 18, the new division will consist of four districts -- Gujrat, Hafizabad, Mandi Bahauddin and Wazirabad. The notification was issued by the senior member of the Board of Revenue (BoR) after the approval of the Punjab governor.

The formation of the new division of Gujrat had been announced by former chief minister of Punjab Chaudhry Parvez Elahi on August 17, 2022. He and former MNA Moonis Elahi pursued the upgrade of their hometown to divisional headquarters.

Despite opposition by some politicians from Wazirabad and Hafizabad, the two districts will remain part of Gujrat division as per the new notification.

Wazirabad tehsil of Gujranwala district had been upgraded as a new district with Wazirabad and Ali Pur Chatha as its tehsils.

The caretaker Punjab chief minister Mohsin Naqvi's government had de-notified the Gujrat division on February 16, 2023.

The decision had been challenged in the Lahore High Court by Noman Akbar Warraich, an aide to PTI Leader Moonis Elahi.

The court had restored Gujrat as a division by suspending the notification issued by the caretaker Punjab government on Feb 21 last year. The new notification has cleared uncertainty regarding Gujrat as the 10th administrative division of Punjab.