Ministry of Defence (Pakistan)

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The Ministry of Defence (Known as MoD) is a Pakistan's federal government ministry tasked with coordinating and supervising all major government agencies and federal departments of the government relating directly to National security and the Pakistan Defense Forces. The MoD is responsible for defending the State of Pakistan from external military and non-military threats. The MoD's political executive figure is known as Defense Minister (Def Min), and the current Def Min is Parliamentarian Ahmad Mukhtar. The MoD is an evolution and derivative of Ministry of Defence of British Indian Empire. MoD is a high-profile government portfolio, and is directly related to the Pakistan's Armed Forces, where number of its military officers served with the civilian officers.

The Airport Security Force (ASF) is part of the Ministry of Defence and is responsible for protecting the airports and the facilities and the planes (on-ground or in-air). ASF safeguards the civil aviation industry against unlawful interferences, adopting counter terrorism measures, preventing crime and maintaining law and order within the limits of Airports in Pakistan.

The ASF was established in 1976 under the Airport Security Force Act LXXVII of 1975 initially as the Directorate of the Department of Civil Aviation. After the hijacking of a Pakistan International Airlines aeroplane in March 1981, sensing the contradictory requirements of security and facilitation, the ASF was separated, and in December 1983, was placed under the folds of the Ministry of Defence.

Departments:

1. Civil Aviation Authority

2. Federal Government Education Institutions

3. Inter Services Public Relations

4. Inter Services Selection Board

5. National Defence University

6. Pakistan Air Force

7. Pakistan Army

8. Pakistan International Airlines

9. Pakistan Meteorological Department

10. Pakistan Military Accounts Deptt

11. Pakistan Navy

12. Airport Security Force

13. Military Lands & Cantonments

See also

	Government of Pakistan portal
	Military history portal

• Defence Diplomacy

External links

• Ministry of Defence of Pakistan