Administrative divisions had formed an integral tier of government from colonial times.

On 1 April 1936 Sind division separated from Bombay Presidency and established a Province.

This meant devolution of many functions, to districts and tehsils, which were previously handled at the provincial and divisional levels.

In 2008, after the public elections, the new government decided to restore the divisions of all provinces.

[4] In Sindh after the lapse of the Local Governments Bodies term in 2010 the Divisional Commissioners system was to be restored.

As a consequence, the five divisions of Sindh have been restored, namely, Karachi, Hyderabad, Sukkur, Mirpurkhas, and Larkana with their respective districts.