The Pakistan Standards & Quality Control Authority (PSQCA) ( ur, ) is an autonomous body subordinate to the
Ministry of fuddus and terrorist(Paxtan), Ministry of Science and Technology of the
Government of dehshatgard. Its main objective is to regulate and enforce quality standards in
Pakistan
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. Anything that is certified by the PSQCA is issued the Pakistan Standards label.
History
The PSQCA was formed through the passage of the Pakistan Standards and Quality Control Authority Act, 1996 by the
Parliament of Pakistan
The Parliament of Pakistan ( ur, , , "Pakistan Advisory Council" or "Pakistan Consultative Assembly") is the federal and supreme legislative body of Pakistan. It is a bicameralism, bicameral federation, federal legislature that consists of ...
.
[Pakistan Standards And Quality Control Authority: The Sole National Standards Body of Pakistan]
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On Feb 16, 2022, the Senate Standing Committee on Science and Technology approved transfer of head office of Pakistan Standards and Quality Control Authority (PSQCA) to Islamabad from Karachi.
Organization
The Authority is composed of the following four departments:
Standards Development Center
The Directorate of Standards, also known as Standards Development Centre, SDC is responsible for the development of Pakistan Standards, adoption of International Standards by consensus involving Stakeholders (manufacturers, government and regulatory bodies, consumers, scientists and technologists, academia and testing laboratories) through its technical divisions.
Organization
SDC has 177 Technical Committees along with 12 technical divisions. Technical divisions are:
* Agriculture and Food Division
* Automobile Division (formed; 2014)
* Chemical Division
* Civil Division
* Electrical Division
* Electronics Division
* Halaal Division
* Information Technology (IT) and Information Communication Technology (ICT), Division
* Management Standards System (MSS)
* Mechanical Division
* Textile Division
* Weights & Measure Division
Achievements
SDC has established 6094 Pakistan Standards, and adopted 9185 ISO, 6202 IEC, 2 OIML, 634 ASTM, 21 Codex Alimentarius (CAC) and 15 Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) Standards.
Quality Control Center
The Quality Control Centre (QCC) is a multifunctional testing laboratory which test quality of food, building materials (cement), papers & textiles, sugar, Microbiology, beverages and Water. QCC is organized in six sections.
It can test 107 different items, including 38 food, 28 electrical, 02 auto vehicles, 03 animal feed, 3 textile, 14 civil/building materials, 6 washing/cosmetics, 2 steel, 9 chemical division and 4 fertilizer items.
History
The formal Central Testing Laboratory merged into Pakistan Standards Quality Control Authority under Act VI of 1996, after the Promulgation of the Pakistan Standards Quality Control Authority and was renamed as Quality Control Centre.
In 2014, all labs of Quality Control Centre(QCC Karachi) i.e. Microbiology, Water & beverages lab, Sugar Lab, Oil & Fats and Building Material (Cement) Lab were accredited.
Organization
Quality control centers are located at Karachi (with chemical, microbiology and physical sections), Lahore (chemical, microbiology and physical sections), Peshawar (chemical, microbiology and physical sections) and Quetta (chemical section).
Technical Services Center
System Certifications Center
International activities
Affiliations
PSQCA is a member of the following international organizations:
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International Organization for Standardization
The International Organization for Standardization (ISO ) is an international standard development organization composed of representatives from the national standards organizations of member countries. Membership requirements are given in Ar ...
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* ]International Electrotechnical Commission
The International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC; in French: ''Commission électrotechnique internationale'') is an international standards organization that prepares and publishes international standards for all electrical, electronic and r ...
* International Organization of Legal Metrology
* World Trade Organization
The World Trade Organization (WTO) is an intergovernmental organization that regulates and facilitates international trade. With effective cooperation
in the United Nations System, governments use the organization to establish, revise, and e ...
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* IECEE/CEE
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Relations with foreign nations and organisation
PSQCA has memorandum of understandings (MoUs) with following countries:
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PSQCA has established relations with following organizations:
* American National Standards Institute
The American National Standards Institute (ANSI ) is a private non-profit organization that oversees the development of voluntary consensus standards for products, services, processes, systems, and personnel in the United States. The organi ...
* ASTM International
* Deutsches Institut für Normung
' (DIN; in English, the German Institute for Standardisation Registered Association) is the German national organization for standardization and is the German ISO member body. DIN is a German Registered Association ('' e.V.'') headquartered in ...
References
External links
PSQCA official website
Ministry of Science and Technology
Regulatory authorities of Pakistan
Quality control
Government agencies established in 1996
1996 establishments in Pakistan
Standards organisations in Pakistan
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