Ministry of Communications of Pakistan

Ministry of Communications functions as a central policy making and administrative authority on Communications and Transport Sector in Pakistan. Ministry of Communications consists of one division Communications Division

Introduction

Set up in 1947, Sardar Abdur Rab Nishtar was appointed as the first Communications Minister. In 1971-72, it was merged with the Ministry of Hajj and separated in 1974, and in the same year, Ministry of Railways was attached with it renaming the Ministry as Ministry of Communications and Railways. Railways was separated in later years. In the year 2002, Ministry of Railways was again merged with Ministry of Communications as Division of the Ministry. This arrangement ended in the year 2003. Recently on 2nd September, 2004, Ministry of communications has been bifurcated and Ports & Shipping Wing becoming an independent / new Division.

Functions

Prioritization of development projects and operational activities according to economic, social and strategic needs of the country. Provide effective support to the economy. Promote international competitiveness of our exports and increase operational effectiveness to meet challenges of globalization. Integrate remote areas of the country into the economic mainstream. Improve project monitoring and implementation. Train and improve quality of human resources. Enhance good governance through incentives and disciplinary action. Improve values and ethics to build responsive organizations. Provide safe and smooth travel on National Highways & Motorways. Provide an efficient, reliable and speedy postal service matching the private sector courier services. Carry out research on road engineering, building and management. Modernize post and provide exemplary service to the public. Open up unexplored areas through expanding national roads networks.

Organisation

The Ministry of Communications consists of the main Ministry headed by a Federal Secretary. It has been organized into 2 wings (namely) Administration Wing headed by Joint Secretary-I and Roads & Road Transport Wing headed by Joint Secretary-II. There are a number of autonomous as well as attached / subordinate departments under the Ministry. The existing staff strength of Ministry of Communications (Main) is 198.

The Ministry of Communications exercise administrative control over the following Departments / Organizations:

• National Transport Research Centre.
• National Highway & Motorway Police
• National Highway Authority
• Construction Machinery Training Institute

Allocation of business

The Federal Government has allocated following business to the Ministry as per schedule-II of Rules of Business 1973.

1) National Planning, research and international aspects of road and road transport 2) National highways and strategic roads; National Highway Council and Authority; Administration of Central Road Fund and Fund for Roads of National Importance. 3) Mechanically propelled vehicles; Transport Advisory Council; Urban Road Transport Corporation. 4) Enemy Property. 5) National Highways and Motorway Police.

External links

• Ministry of Communications