National Disaster Management Authority (Pakistan)

Pakistan National Disaster Management Authority
NDMA
‏‎مقتدرہ قومی‎ آفات انتظامی پاکستان
Agency overview
FormedAugust 17, 2007; 17 years ago (2007-08-17)
JurisdictionConstitution of Pakistan
HeadquartersIslamabad
Agency executive
  • Lt Gen Inam Haider Malik, Chairman NDMA
Parent departmentPrime Minister's Office (Pakistan)
Child agency
Websitewww.ndma.gov.pk

The National Disaster Management Authority (Urdu: ‏‎مقتدرہ قومی‎ آفات انتظامی پاکستان, abbreviated as NDMA), is an autonomous and constitutionally established federal authority mandated to deal with the whole spectrum of disasters and their management in the country.[1]

The NDMA formulates and enforces national disaster policies at federal and provisional levels and collaborates closely with various government ministries, military forces, and United Nations-based organizations to jointly coordinate efforts to conduct its disaster management, search and rescue, and wide range of humanitarian operations in the country and abroad. The NDMA aims to develop sustainable operational capacity and professional competence to undertake its humanitarian operations at its full capacity.[1]

  1. ^ a b Profile and mission of National Disaster Management Authority Archived 2016-02-01 at the Wayback Machine, Retrieved 29 June 2017