The National Command Authority (Urdu: مختاریہَ قومی کمان) is the apex Government-led command to oversee the employment, policy formulation, exercises, deployment, research and development, and operational command and control of Pakistan's nuclear arsenals.[3]
The National Command Authority is charged with joint-space operations (such as military satellites), information operations (such as information warfare), missile defense, internal and external command and control, intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (C4ISR), and strategic deterrence, and combating weapons of mass destruction. The National Command Authority oversees the operations of the Pakistani Army, Air Force, and Navy's Strategic Commands, along with their functional basis. The unified military strategic command structure is intended to give the Prime Minister and Cabinet of Pakistan a unified resource for greater understanding of specific threats (military, nuclear, chemical, biological, radiological, conventional, and non-conventional, and intelligence) and the means to respond to those threats as quickly as possible to prevent the collateral damage. The civilian Prime Minister is the Chairman of this Command, with all military assets, components of NCA, and strategic commands directly reporting to Chairman of their course of development and deployment.[3]Chairman Joint Chiefs of staff committee , Service Chiefs , and DG ISI are members of NCA , and DG SPD is the ex officio secretary of NCA , with SPD functioning as the NCA’s secretariat
The Director-General of the NCA's Strategic Plans Division (SPD) is the ex officio Secretary of the NCA and the SPD functions as the NCA's secretariat.[5] The current Secretary of NCA is Lt. General Yusuf Jamal.
Decision making in the NCA takes place through consensus and, in the event that consensus is not achieved, then through voting, with each member having a single vote.
It is alleged by the former Chief of Army Staff, General Mirza Aslam Beg in 1994, that the Command was established in 1972 by former Prime Minister Zulfikar Ali Bhutto when he authorized the atomic bomb project.[11] The Joint Staff Headquarters (JS HQ) served its combatant operational command and is chaired by the Prime Minister. In 1994, General Beg retains: " (...).... The NCA determines the state of readiness which has to be maintained at all times... (sic)... and lays down in great detail the policy of how the various components will be placed, protected and safeguarded.".[11]
In April 1999, the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee and the Chief of Army Staff, General Pervez Musharraf developed a unified central command system to use nuclear and missile technology as part of the defence and security of nuclear assets under government control.[4] Finally, the command was formally established and given commissioned on February 3, 2000, after approval by Pakistan's National Security Council.[1] The command compromises the Economic Coordination Committee (ECC), the Development Control Committee (DCC), and a Strategic Plans Division (SPD).[12] The Prime Minister— Chief Executive (Head of Government) of the country served as its chairman while other members included the high-profile Ministers of Foreign Affairs, Defense (Military Production), Economic, Science, and Interior, the Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff, the chiefs of the Pakistani Armed Forces, and the Director-General of the SPD.[12] The DCC includes the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff committee (as deputy chairman of DCC), the chiefs of the armed forces, the director general of the SPD, and a "representative of the strategic organization and scientific community (science adviser)".[12][1]
Since the 1970s onward, the National Command Authority is responsible for policy formulation and will exercise employment and development control over all strategic nuclear forces and strategic organizations.[11] It consists of an Employment Control Committee and a Development Control Committee, as well as the Strategic Plans Division (SPD) which acts as its secretariat. The SPD is responsible for the management and administration of the country's tactical and strategic nuclear weapons stockpile. It was created the same year as the NCA was formed.[11]
Their directives are to be operationalized by a new SPD under the control of a Director-General at the rank of Lieutenant-General (Air Marshal or Vice-Admiral) in charge of the management and administration of the tactical and strategic nuclear forces. The current[when?] director-general of the SPD is Lt Gen Sarfraz Sattar after replacing Lieutenant-General Mazhar Jamil.
Since its establishment, Pervez Musharraf, as President of Pakistan, had served its first chairman. However, after the 2008 General Elections, Pakistani lawmakers introduced a new law which was passed unanimously by the Pakistani Parliament.[13] The bill placed the NCA's Authority under the Prime Minister’s command.[3]
Subordinate Commands
The directives of the NCA are to be operationalised by the:
^ abc"National Command Authority formed". Dawn archives 2000 (Press release). 2 February 2000. Retrieved 7 June 2018.
^900 SPD soldiers pass graduation from Abbotabad centers, April 20, 2012, CNBC Pakistan, "NameBright - Coming Soon". Archived from the original on 15 February 2013. Retrieved 7 June 2018.
^ abcdBaqir Sajjad Syed (25 February 2016). "National Command Authority calls for strategic restraint pact in South Asia". Dawn (newspaper). Retrieved 7 June 2018.
^ ab"The National Command Authority". Federation of American Scientists (fas.org) website. Retrieved 7 June 2018.
^"Bilawal takes oath as foreign minister". Express Tribune (news). 27 April 2022. Retrieved 22 May 2022.
^"Rana Sanaullah Khan as Minister of Interior". Ministry of Interior Pakistan (official). 21 April 2022. Retrieved 22 May 2022.
^"Miftah Ismail's Portfolio at as finance minister". Government of Pakistan Finance Division (official). 27 April 2022. Retrieved 22 May 2022.
^"On 19 April 2022, H.E KHAWAJA MUHAMMAD ASIF took oath as 39th Federal Minister for Defence of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan". Ministry of Defence, Pakistan (official). 19 April 2022. Retrieved 22 May 2022.
^"MUHAMMAD ISRAR TAREEN , FEDERAL MINISTER FOR DEFENCE PRODUCTION". Ministry of Defence Production, Pakistan (official). 19 April 2022. Retrieved 22 May 2022.
^ abcdeNTI, Nuclear Threat Initiatives (5 May 1994). "Bare All and Be Damned" (PDF). Far Eastern Economic Review. p. 47. Retrieved 17 May 2012 – via NTI Nuclear and Missile Database. The NCA determines the state of readiness which has to be maintained at all times...and lays down in great detail the policy of how the various components will be placed, protected and safeguarded
^ abc"Pakistan Sets Up Weapons Control Authority". Times of India (Press release). 4 February 2000. Retrieved 7 June 2018.
^"Senate passes amended National Command Authority Bill 2016". Daily Times (newspaper). 22 December 2016. Retrieved 7 June 2018.
External links
CSIS Missile Threat - Pakistan
National Command Authority Act, 2010
Global Security Report
FAS Report
April 26, 2023
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The National Command Authority Urdu مختاریہ قومی کمان is the apex Government led command to oversee the employment policy formulation exercises deployment research and development and operational command and control of Pakistan s nuclear arsenals 3 National Command Authority NCA مختاریہ قومی کمانAgency overviewFormed2 February 2000 23 years ago 2000 02 02 1 Preceding agencyNoneTypeNuclear command and controlJurisdictionGovernment of PakistanHeadquartersIslamabad PakistanEmployees30 000 2 Agency executivePrime Minister of Pakistan 3 acts as its ChairmanThe National Command Authority was established in 2000 as a successor to Air Force Strategic Command which was established by the then Chief of Air Staff Air Chief Marshal Anwar Shamim in 1983 4 The National Command Authority is charged with joint space operations such as military satellites information operations such as information warfare missile defense internal and external command and control intelligence surveillance and reconnaissance C4ISR and strategic deterrence and combating weapons of mass destruction The National Command Authority oversees the operations of the Pakistani Army Air Force and Navy s Strategic Commands along with their functional basis The unified military strategic command structure is intended to give the Prime Minister and Cabinet of Pakistan a unified resource for greater understanding of specific threats military nuclear chemical biological radiological conventional and non conventional and intelligence and the means to respond to those threats as quickly as possible to prevent the collateral damage The civilian Prime Minister is the Chairman of this Command with all military assets components of NCA and strategic commands directly reporting to Chairman of their course of development and deployment 3 Chairman Joint Chiefs of staff committee Service Chiefs and DG ISI are members of NCA and DG SPD is the ex officio secretary of NCA with SPD functioning as the NCA s secretariat Contents 1 Organizational structure 2 Background 3 Subordinate Commands 4 See also 5 References 6 External linksOrganizational structure EditThe NCA consists of the following nine ex officio members 5 Civil military leadership composition and representations Ex officio officials Designation Official NotesPrime Minister of Pakistan Chairman Shehbaz Sharif Chairman NCAForeign Minister of Pakistan Officiates Bilawal Bhutto Zardari 6 Interior Minister of Pakistan Officiates Rana Sanaullah 7 Finance Minister of Pakistan Officiates Miftah Ismail 8 Defence Minister of Pakistan Officiates Khawaja Muhammad Asif 9 Defence Production Minister of Pakistan Officiates Muhammad Israr Tareen 10 Military leadership and representationsFour star officers Inter Services NotesChairman of Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee Joint Staff HQ General Sahir Shamshad Mirza Principal Military Adviser to the GovernmentChief of the Army Staff Army General Asim MunirChief of Naval Staff Navy Admiral Amjad Khan NiaziChief of Air Staff Air Force Air Chief Marshal Zaheer Ahmed BaburSPD amp Intelligence leadership and representationsThree star general Inter Service NotesDirector General Strategic Plans Division SPD Lt General Yusuf Jamal Secretary NCADirector General of ISI ISI Lt General Nadeem Anjum Intelligence AdviserThe Director General of the NCA s Strategic Plans Division SPD is the ex officio Secretary of the NCA and the SPD functions as the NCA s secretariat 5 The current Secretary of NCA is Lt General Yusuf Jamal Decision making in the NCA takes place through consensus and in the event that consensus is not achieved then through voting with each member having a single vote Background EditThe Government of Pakistan felt the need to establish an administrative authority after Pakistan s first publicly announced atomic tests Chagai I and Chagai II in late May 1998 at the Ras Koh weapon testing labs in the Chagai Hills range of Chagai District and the Kharan Desert of Balochistan Province The roots of such mechanism traced back to the 1970s when Prime Minister Zulfikar Ali Bhutto authorized the atomic bomb project to keep the projects safe from being exploited politicized or infiltrated by enemy powers attempting to sabotage them 11 It is alleged by the former Chief of Army Staff General Mirza Aslam Beg in 1994 that the Command was established in 1972 by former Prime Minister Zulfikar Ali Bhutto when he authorized the atomic bomb project 11 The Joint Staff Headquarters JS HQ served its combatant operational command and is chaired by the Prime Minister In 1994 General Beg retains The NCA determines the state of readiness which has to be maintained at all times sic and lays down in great detail the policy of how the various components will be placed protected and safeguarded 11 In April 1999 the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee and the Chief of Army Staff General Pervez Musharraf developed a unified central command system to use nuclear and missile technology as part of the defence and security of nuclear assets under government control 4 Finally the command was formally established and given commissioned on February 3 2000 after approval by Pakistan s National Security Council 1 The command compromises the Economic Coordination Committee ECC the Development Control Committee DCC and a Strategic Plans Division SPD 12 The Prime Minister Chief Executive Head of Government of the country served as its chairman while other members included the high profile Ministers of Foreign Affairs Defense Military Production Economic Science and Interior the Chairman Joint Chiefs of Staff the chiefs of the Pakistani Armed Forces and the Director General of the SPD 12 The DCC includes the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff committee as deputy chairman of DCC the chiefs of the armed forces the director general of the SPD and a representative of the strategic organization and scientific community science adviser 12 1 Since the 1970s onward the National Command Authority is responsible for policy formulation and will exercise employment and development control over all strategic nuclear forces and strategic organizations 11 It consists of an Employment Control Committee and a Development Control Committee as well as the Strategic Plans Division SPD which acts as its secretariat The SPD is responsible for the management and administration of the country s tactical and strategic nuclear weapons stockpile It was created the same year as the NCA was formed 11 Their directives are to be operationalized by a new SPD under the control of a Director General at the rank of Lieutenant General Air Marshal or Vice Admiral in charge of the management and administration of the tactical and strategic nuclear forces The current when director general of the SPD is Lt Gen Sarfraz Sattar after replacing Lieutenant General Mazhar Jamil Since its establishment Pervez Musharraf as President of Pakistan had served its first chairman However after the 2008 General Elections Pakistani lawmakers introduced a new law which was passed unanimously by the Pakistani Parliament 13 The bill placed the NCA s Authority under the Prime Minister s command 3 Subordinate Commands EditThe directives of the NCA are to be operationalised by the Strategic Plans Division Army Strategic Forces Command Naval Strategic Forces Command Air Force Strategic CommandSee also EditNuclear doctrine of Pakistan List of missiles of Pakistan Pakistan and weapons of mass destructionReferences Edit a b c National Command Authority formed Dawn archives 2000 Press release 2 February 2000 Retrieved 7 June 2018 900 SPD soldiers pass graduation from Abbotabad centers April 20 2012 CNBC Pakistan NameBright Coming Soon Archived from the original on 15 February 2013 Retrieved 7 June 2018 a b c d Baqir Sajjad Syed 25 February 2016 National Command Authority calls for strategic restraint pact in South Asia Dawn newspaper Retrieved 7 June 2018 a b The National Command Authority Federation of American Scientists fas org website Retrieved 7 June 2018 a b http www na gov pk acts act 2010 national command authority act2010 090310 pdf dead link Bilawal takes oath as foreign minister Express Tribune news 27 April 2022 Retrieved 22 May 2022 Rana Sanaullah Khan as Minister of Interior Ministry of Interior Pakistan official 21 April 2022 Retrieved 22 May 2022 Miftah Ismail s Portfolio at as finance minister Government of Pakistan Finance Division official 27 April 2022 Retrieved 22 May 2022 On 19 April 2022 H E KHAWAJA MUHAMMAD ASIF took oath as 39th Federal Minister for Defence of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan Ministry of Defence Pakistan official 19 April 2022 Retrieved 22 May 2022 MUHAMMAD ISRAR TAREEN FEDERAL MINISTER FOR DEFENCE PRODUCTION Ministry of Defence Production Pakistan official 19 April 2022 Retrieved 22 May 2022 a b c d e NTI Nuclear Threat Initiatives 5 May 1994 Bare All and Be Damned PDF Far Eastern Economic Review p 47 Retrieved 17 May 2012 via NTI Nuclear and Missile Database The NCA determines the state of readiness which has to be maintained at all times and lays down in great detail the policy of how the various components will be placed protected and safeguarded a b c Pakistan Sets Up Weapons Control Authority Times of India Press release 4 February 2000 Retrieved 7 June 2018 Senate passes amended National Command Authority Bill 2016 Daily Times newspaper 22 December 2016 Retrieved 7 June 2018 External links EditCSIS Missile Threat Pakistan National Command Authority Act 2010 Global Security Report FAS Report Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title National Command Authority Pakistan amp oldid 1146661811, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
