The Directorate General of Civil Defence (Urdu: نظامتِ عامہ برائے شہری دفاع پاکستان) provides civil defence and emergency services in Pakistan. It's a department of the Ministry of Interior, Government of Pakistan.[1]
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The Directorate General of Civil Defence also operates the Civil Defence Academy, Lahore and National Institute of Fire Technology, Islamabad.[2][3]
Civil Defence Organization is the continuity of Air Raid Precaution Volunteer units which existed before 1951. That year Civil Defence (Special Powers) Ordinance, 1951 was enacted which later on became Civil Defence Act, 1952 and in 1968 it was furthermore extended to Civil Defence Rules 1966 and 1968. Overall it is called Civil Defence Special Powers Rules 1951. Civil Defence Service Rules 1966 regulate Pakistan civil defence service structure and rules related to it and there was an update to Civil Defence Uniform Rules in 1986. According to these rules the uniforms of all staff and razakars were defined, described and documented.
Provincial Civil Defence departments are under the home departments of every province. They consist of:
Each Department is distributed on district level Civil Defence Departments which are further divided into Organization Wing and Departmental employees.