The commissionerate system has been restored in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Malakand Division and Provincially Administered Tribal Areas (PATA) repealing the Local Government System 2001 enforced by former president Pervez Musharraf. In view of this development, the serving deputy coordination office (DCO) would become deputy commissioner. According to official sources, deputy commissioners will take over the charge of their offices from today in 25 districts of the province. Also, assistant commissioners and additional assistant commissioners will also work under the new system. Commissioners are already working in different divisions of the province. The provincial government, during the last week of December, promulgated Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Local Government Act 2012 with effect from January 1, 2013. The provincial assembly on May 8, 2012, passed the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Local Government Act 2012 to revive local bodies system that was prevalent in the country before the government of Gen (r) Pervez Musharraf with minor changes.
