Directorate General of Civil Defence (Pakistan)

Directorate General of Civil Defence

Agency overview
Jurisdiction| Pakistan
Website| Directorate General of Civil Defence

The Directorate General of Civil Defence (Urdu: نظامتِ عامہ برائے شہری دفاع پاکستان) provides civil defence and emergency services in Pakistan. The Directorate General of Civil Defence is a department of the Ministry of Interior, Government of Pakistan.[1]

The Directorate General of Civil Defence also operates the Civil Defence Academy, Lahore and the National Institute of Fire Technology, Islamabad.[2][3]

Provincial Civil Defence departments are under the home departments of every province. so it consists of following Civil Defence departments

1. Civil Defence Department Islamabad Capital Territry
2. Civil Defence Department Punjab
3. Civil Defence Department Sindh
4. Civil Defence Department Baluchistan
5. Civil Defence Department KPK
6. Civil Defence Department Gilgit Baltistan
7. Civil Defence Department Azad Jammu And Kashmir

Each Department is distributed on district level Civil Defence Departments which are further divided into Organization Wing and Departmental employees. Civil Defence Organization is continuity of Air Raid Precaution Volunteer units existed before 1951. that year Civil Defence (Special Powers) Ordinance, 1951 (VI of 1951) was enacted which later on became Civil Defence Act, 1952 and in 1968 it was furthermore extended to Civil Defence Rules 1966 and 1968. Overall it is called Civil Defence Special Powers rules 1951.

Organization Structure

Directorate General Of Pakistan (Federal Level)

1. Director General Of Civil Defence Pakistan (A BPS Grade 20 Officer) Responsible for Policy, Planning, Coordination Administration & supervision of the working of Federal Civil Defence structure across Pakistan
2. Director (Admin/Coordination ) (A BPS grade 19 Officer) Responsible To assist DGCD in the above spheres.To supervise the working of all sections in the Dte. Gen. Civil Defence.Coordination with the Training Institutions.Represent the DGCD at different forums.
3. Deputy. Director (Technical) (An officer of Grade 18 BPS) Responsible To assist the DCD in above spheres.To provide assistance in the technical matters.
4. Assistant Director (A&C) (An officer of Grade 17 BPS) Responsible To assist the DCD in administrative affairs.To supervise the working of admn section.
5. Assistant Director (Trg) (An officer of Grade 17 BPS) Responsible To assist the DCD in Training affairs.To supervise the working of Training SectionCoordination with Training Institutes
6. Assistant Director (Budget & Accounts) (An officer of Grade 17 BPS) Responsible To assist the DCD in Financial affairs. To supervise the working of Budget section.Preparation & Distribution of Budget / Auditing
7. Assistant Director (P&T/ Camouflage) (An officer of Grade 17 BPS) Responsible To assist the DCD in maintaining camouflage files / documents Supervision of section work.

rest of the organization structure and officers details can be had from the website of Director General Civil Defence Pakistan.

At provincial level Punjab Civil defence have following organogram on their site which shows how structured this department in Provience of Punjab is. the organogram can be seen here

Civil Defence Service Rules 1966 is the rules and regulation which regulate pakistan civil defence service structure and rules related to it and there was an update to Civil Defence Uniform Rules in 1986 which is current final set of rules related to Pakistan Civil Defence and Civil Defence Organization. According to these rules The Uniform of All staff and Razakars was defined and described and well documented.

## See also[edit]

* National Institute of Fire Technology
* Ministry of Interior and Narcotics Control
* Government of Pakistan

## External links[edit]

* Directorate General of Civil Defense

## References[edit]

1. ^ Directorate General of Civil Defense
2. ^ "Directorate General of Civil Defence - Civil Defence Academy". Directorate General of Civil Defence - Civil Defence Academy. Retrieved 16 January 2016.
3. ^ "National Institute of Fire Technology - Directorate General of Civil Defence". National Institute of Fire Technology - Directorate General of Civil Defence. Retrieved 16 January 2016.

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Pakistan Ministry of Interior

Minister: Rana Sanaullah Khan

Departments|

* Directorate General of Civil Defence
* Directorate General of Immigration & Passports
* Federal Investigation Agency
* National Academy for Prisons Administration
* National Counter Terrorism Authority
* National Crises Management Cell
* Nadra
* National Police Academy of Pakistan
* National Police Bureau
* Pakistan Coast Guards
* Gilgit Baltistan Scouts
* Frontier Constabulary

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* Balochistan (North)
* Balochistan (South)
* Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (North)
* Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (South)

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Pakistan Rangers|

* Punjab Rangers
* Sindh Rangers

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