Pakistan Standards & Quality Control Authority

The Pakistan Standards & Quality Control Authority is an autonomous body subordinate to the ministry of science and technology of the Government of Pakistan. Its main objective is to regulate and enforce quality standards in Pakistan. Anything that is certified by the PSQCA is issued the Pakistan Standards label.

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History

The PSQCA was formed through the passage of the Pakistan Standards and Quality Control Authority Act, 1996 by the Parliament of Pakistan.
On Feb 16, 2022, the Senate Standing Committee on Science and Technology approved transfer of head office of Pakistan Standards and Quality Control Authority 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 through its technical divisions.

Organization

SDC has 177 Technical Committees along with 12 technical divisions. Technical divisions are:

Agriculture and Food Division
Automobile Division
Chemical Division
Civil Division
Electrical Division
Electronics Division
Halaal Division
Information Technology and Information Communication Technology, Division
Management Standards System
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 and 15 Food and Agriculture Organization Standards.

Quality Control Center

The Quality Control Centre is a multifunctional testing laboratory which test quality of food, building materials, 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 i.e. Microbiology, Water & beverages lab, Sugar Lab, Oil & Fats and Building Material Lab were accredited.

Organization

Quality control centers are located at Karachi, Lahore, Peshawar and Quetta.

International activities

Affiliations

PSQCA is a member of the following international organizations:

Relations with foreign nations and organisation

PSQCA has memorandum of understandings with following countries:
PSQCA has established relations with following organizations: