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PAKISTAN POST OFFICE

The office of the Divisional Superintendent Postal Offices, Muzaffargarh was
established in 1927, with Mr. Birbarwas as its head. The territorial
jurisdiction of the then Division extended to almost all major districts of
current southern Punjab including those of Dera Ghazi Khan Division and
Bahawalpur Division, as well as Mianwali and Bhakkar. Gradually, due to
administrative reasons, new postal divisions were created. In 1956, Postal
Division Bahawalpur was established; in 1974, the districts of Bhakkar and
Mianwali were detached from Muzaffargarh; and finally, Dera Ghazi Khan
Postal Division was separated from Muzaffargarh in 1982.

In 1982, the post of Divisional Superintendent Postal Offices was replaced
with the post of Divisional Superintendent Postal Services. At present,
Divisional Superintendent Postal Services, an officer of BPS-17, exercises
control over all post offices in Muzaffargarh and Layyah districts. There are
3 Sub-Divisions namely Muzaffargarh, Kot Addu and Layyah each headed by
an Assistant Superintendent Postal Services (BPS-14). General Post Office
Muzaffargarh is headed by a Senior Postmaster (BPS-16), whereas a sub-
post office is headed by a Postmaster in BPS-9. The total sanctioned strength
of the Muzaffargarh Postal Division is 298, of which 46 positions are
currently lying vacant.

Besides providing postal services, the Post Office performs a number of
agency functions on behalf of federal as well as provincial governments such
as collection of motor vehicles taxes, token taxes, and arms licenses fees etc.
In addition, the office of the Assistant Director Postal Life Insurance,
Muzaffargarh is also located in General Post Office Muzaffargarh. Similarly,
in 2018, a project of renewal of expired national identity cards was started
in collaboration with NADRA at Post Office Shehr Sultan. The NADRA
authorities provided necessary equipment as well as the training to the postal
staff for the purpose.

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