The Local State

Lahore · As of 1 August 2026

Lahore has been divided into nine town corporations.

A March 2026 order names the towns and the revenue estates inside them. The preliminary plan has 433 Union Councils.

VerifiedEffective 2 March 2026Checked 1 August 2026Punjab Gazette order

VerifiedEffective 8 April 2026Checked 1 August 2026Population corrigendum

OpenChecked 1 August 2026No operating elected council record found in the official sources checked

Reconstructed from Gazette membership and reviewed PULSE mouza geometry. Two Gazette estates have no distinct geometry in the source.Read the method.

One published total does not add up.

Shalimar's corrected rows sum to 2,133,799. The corrigendum prints 2,138,324. We show the printed total and keep the 4,525 difference visible.

A boundary is not a working government

The order completes one legal step. Elections, transfers of staff and assets, finance and operating control are separate steps. We track each one on its own date and evidence.