The city of Bahawalnagar is the headquarters of the tehsil which is administratively subdivided into 31 Union Councils.

[4] In February 2015, an action by Bahawalnagar TMA imposed commercial fees on buildings, prompting protests from local students and teachers due to the sealing of seven schools which could not afford to comply with TMA notices.

[6] In March 2018, residents protested Bahawalnagar TMA's decision to give a politically backed factory owner authority over the local water supply.

[8] The Punjab Municipal Development Fund Company made an agreement with the Bahawalnagar TMA for the construction of a landfill site in 2008.

Nine acres and three kanals were acquired at Mauza Musa Bhota for the site, and the project was inaugurated by Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif in October, 2012.