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 2010 Floods in Pakistan and strengthen Disaster Management system.http://www.na.gov.pk/uploads/documents/1302135719_202.pdf {{Bare URL PDF|date=March 2022}}

== National Disaster Management Commission ==

The Act created a National Disaster Management Commission whose responsible for laying down the policies, plans and guidelines for disaster management.{{Cite web |url=http://www.ndma.gov.pk/ndmc.php |title=NDMA National Disaster Management Authority Pakistan |access-date=20 May 2017 |archive-date=23 May 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170523093747/http://www.ndma.gov.pk/ndmc.php |url-status=dead }}

National Disaster Management Authority

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The federal authority mandated to deal with whole spectrum of disasters and their management in the country.

Provincial Disaster Management Commission

The article 13 of the Act, Provincial Disaster Management Commissions in all provinces were established. The Provincial Commissions have the responsibility of laying down policies and plans for disaster management in the province.{{Cite web |url=http://www.ndma.gov.pk/pdmc.php |title=NDMA National Disaster Management Authority Pakistan |access-date=20 May 2017 |archive-date=2 June 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170602224845/http://www.ndma.gov.pk/pdmc.php |url-status=dead }}

Provincial Disaster Management Authority

Provincial Authorities are responsible for implementing policies and plans for Disaster Management in the Province. Provincial Authorities were created under article 15

Each province has its own Disaster management authority:{{Cite web |url=http://www.ndma.gov.pk/pdma.php |title=NDMA National Disaster Management Authority Pakistan |access-date=20 May 2017 |archive-date=4 June 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170604225638/http://www.ndma.gov.pk/pdma.php |url-status=dead }}

District Disaster Management Authority

Under the act each District Disaster Management Authority are established in each of the districts. District Authority shall be as the district planning, coordinating and implementing body for disaster management and take all measures for the purposes of disaster management in the districts in accordance with the guidelines laid down by the National Authority and the Provincial Authority.{{Cite web |url=http://www.ndma.gov.pk/ddma.php |title=NDMA National Disaster Management Authority Pakistan |access-date=20 May 2017 |archive-date=3 June 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170603224437/http://www.ndma.gov.pk/ddma.php |url-status=dead }}

References

External links

[http://www.ndma.gov.pk/ NDMA]

Category:Emergency management in Pakistan

Category:Acts of the Parliament of Pakistan