MAP STORIES
Numbers with a place.
Short explanations you can explore, check and share.
Administrative models do not change identity: Baloch remain Baloch, Punjabi remain Punjabi, Sindhi remain Sindhi, Pashtun remain Pashtun, and everyone keeps its cultural and regional identity.
New provinces. What changes for people?
Seven countries changed how their regions are governed. Explore what changed for citizens, with charts and detailed country stories.
Explore world examples → FROM THE FOUNDER / METHODOLOGYWhy I built Subay Pakistan
The approach, the census data and the questions still open—with a practical map walkthrough.
Read the article → 01 / CENSUS EXPLAINERWhere did population grow fastest?
A look at the 2017–2023 comparison base supplied with the census.
Read the story → 02 / CENSUS EXPLAINERPakistan’s largest census districts
How population is distributed across the district entries in this snapshot.
Read the story → 03 / CENSUS EXPLAINERWhat changes between 12 and 36 provinces?
The same census population, grouped at different scales.
Read the story → 04 / REAL EXAMPLEPunjab across the proposal models
A practical example showing how Punjab districts appear across 12, 18, 24 and 36 models.
Read the story → 05 / CAPITAL ACCESSWhy the capital is not a small detail
Follow Gujranwala, Multan, Bahawalpur and Dera Ghazi Khan through proposed capitals.
Read the story → 06 / REAL EXAMPLESindh across the proposal models
How Karachi, Hyderabad, Sukkur and Mirpur Khas appear as the proposal scale changes.
Read the story → 07 / REAL EXAMPLEKhyber Pakhtunkhwa across the proposal models
How Peshawar, Swat, Mardan, Kohat and Dera Ismail Khan appear across the models.
Read the story → 08 / REAL EXAMPLEBalochistan across the proposal models
How Quetta, Makran, Khuzdar, Zhob and eastern Balochistan appear at different scales.
Read the story →New stories appear here when published. Figures refer to their stated census year.