Provincial Disaster Management Authority (PDMA) is a
provincial government
A state government is the government that controls a subdivision of a country in a federal form of government, which shares political power with the federal or national government. A state government may have some level of political autonomy, ...
organization, which deals with natural or man-made disasters in
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (; ps, خېبر پښتونخوا; Urdu, Hindko: خیبر پختونخوا) commonly abbreviated as KP or KPK, is one of the Administrative units of Pakistan, four provinces of Pakistan. Located in the Geography of Pakistan, ...
province of
Pakistan
Pakistan ( ur, ), officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan ( ur, , label=none), is a country in South Asia. It is the world's List of countries and dependencies by population, fifth-most populous country, with a population of almost 24 ...
.
PDMA's mandate is to engage in activities concerning to all four stages of
Disaster Management
Emergency management or disaster management is the managerial function charged with creating the framework within which communities reduce vulnerability to hazards and cope with disasters. Emergency management, despite its name, does not actuall ...
Spectrum.
It was established on 14 May 2010 under the
National Disaster Management Act, 2010
National Disaster Management Act, 2010 was passed by Parliament of Pakistan in 2010, it received the assent of the President on 8 December 2010. The Act applies to whole Pakistan including tribal areas of FATA. The Act was passed in backdrop of 2 ...
.
In May 2019, the Fata Disaster Management Authority (FDMA) was abolished and its functions were transferred to Provincial Disaster Management Authority (Khyber Pakhtunkhwa), after the
Federally Administered Tribal Areas
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, nation = Pakistan
, subdivision = Autonomous territory
, image_flag = Flag of FATA.svg
, image_coat = File:Coat of arms ...
were merged into Khyber Pakhtunkhwa after the passing of the
Twenty-fifth and Twenty-sixth Amendments to the Constitution of Pakistan.
See also
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National Disaster Management Authority (Pakistan)
The National Disaster Management Authority ( ur, , 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.[Gilgit Baltistan Disaster Management Authority
Gilgit-Baltistan Disaster Management Authority (GBDMA) is an organization which deals with natural or man-made disasters in Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan. GBDMA's mandate is to engage in activities concerning to all four stages of Disaster Manage ...]
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State Disaster Management Authority (Azad Jammu & Kashmir)
References
External links
Official website
Emergency management in Pakistan
Organisations based in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
Government agencies established in 2010
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