PSQCA pakisan standard and quailty controll authority

1. Pakistan Standards and quality
control Authority
(PSQCA)

2. PSQCA
• National Standard Body of Pakistan
• Under the administrative control of Ministry of Science &
Technology
• Started its operations since 1st December, 2000, (self-finance
organization)
• Authorizes to perform as per International practices and
Government of Pakistan’s agreement with WTO & ISO
• PSQCA and Government of Pakistan have adopted 22070 ISO
Standards and developed 8857 Pakistan Standards

3. • Member of International Organization for Standardization (ISO)
• Pakistan is full member of International Standards Organization
(ISO) through PSQCA (under Administrative control of Ministry
of Science & Technology, Government of Pakistan)
• The Codex Alimentarius Commission, established by FAO and
WHO in 1963 develops harmonized international food standards,
guidelines and codes of practice to protect the health of the
consumers and ensure fair practices in the food trade

4. • The Commission also promotes coordination of all food standards
work undertaken by international governmental and non-
governmental organizations
• PSQCA has also adopted and developed Codex Alimentarius
Commission standards on Food products accordingly
• A not-for-profit organisation that co-ordinates standardisation
activities and facilitates the development of Pakistan Standards by
working with Government, industry and the community

5. • PSQCA has also been established to advise the Government on
standardisation policies, programmes and activities to promote
industrial efficiency and development, as well as for consumer
protection
• PSQCA in its capacity of National Standards Body is member to
International Organisation for Standardisation (ISO), International
Electro-technical Commission (IEC), and International
Organisation of Legal Metrology (OIML)

6. Functions
• Main function of the Authority is to
• foster and promote standards and conformity assessment as a means of
advancing the national economy, promoting industrial efficiency and
development, ensuring the health and safety of the public, protecting the
consumers, facilitating domestic and international trade and furthering
international co-operation in relation to standards and conformity
assessment

7. • Globalisation, competition, innovation, and sustainability are just
some of the many challenges of running a successful business in
the new millennium
• Standards and conformity assessment play a vital role in helping
industry to meet rapidly evolving business requirements
• PSQCA has been established with this very objective to enable
industry to make the most of voluntary standardisation and
integrate with global trading system

8. Activities of PSQCA
• a) Standards Development
• b) Product Conformity Assessment
• c) Laboratory Testing Services
• d) International Activities
• e) Consumer Liaison
• f) Training Services
• h) WTO Enquiry Point

9. • Standards development Pakistan Standards are consensus
documents developed by Technical Committees (TCs) and
approved by the National Standard Committees in accordance with
PSQCAAct and Pakistan Standards Rules, 2008
• Pakistan Standards (PS) specifies the optimum requirements of
quality and safety for voluntary use by the public
• However, the law empowers Federal Government to notify any
national standard to be complied with mandatorily

10. • Categories of Pakistan Standards (PS) prescribe:
• Specification,
• Testing methods,
• Codes of good practice / recommendations,
• Terminology / glossaries / vocabulary / symbols / nomenclature, and
• Classification / grading
• So for 6284 Pakistan Standards have been developed locally while
more than 20000 ISO/IEC standards have been adopted

11. • Conformity Assessment
• (Quality Control)
• Prime functions of the Authority and very basic reason of its
existence
• Mandatory standards notified by the Government of Pakistan are
enforced through elaborate system of licensing, inspection,
sampling, testing, and market surveillance
• Entire scheme relies upon the international system of Conformity
assessment; and the Authority for the purpose has number of
officers trained in relevant areas of science to carryout quality
control function
• All the mandatory items are to be marked with Authority's Mark as
mark of conformance with respective national standards

12. Laboratory Services
• PSQCA laboratories (ie Quality Control Centre and Technical
Service Center) are basically non commercial laboratories and
have been set up for independent testing of samples which are
drawn both from factory and market under PSQCA product
certification scheme
• During the process of testing, confidentiality of samples is
maintained right from their receipt in sample section to testing and
issuance of test reports

13. • At present, PSQCA's laboratories are providing testing facilities in the field of
chemical, mechanical, microbiology, civil engineering, metallurgical and
electrical disciplines
• Quality Assurance is an important activity in all PSQCA's laboratories to
ensure the credibility of test results with their Quality Management System in
line with the requirements of PS/ISO/IEC 17025: 2005.

14. Expanding international trade
• Harmonizing conformity assessment procedures around the world
also has far-reaching benefits for international trade in general
• PSQCA is actively engaged in developing reciprocal recognition
arrangements between National Standards Bodies all over the
world
• Agreements among nations or regions on the mutual acceptability
of requirements, assessment methods, inspection or test results,
minimise if not eliminate completely, the technical barriers to trade
• PSQCA's initiatives can help made-in-Pakistani goods and
services enter foreign markets with little or no hindrance

15. • PSQCA is currently working with its partners and has signed
bilateral (with Saudi Arabian Standards Organisation, American
National Standards Institute, ASTM International) and multilateral
Recognition Arrangement with regional groups in SAARC and
ECO
• Pakistani industry will benefit from improved terms of trade
through application of standards and conformity assessment
practices which are relevant to them
• With an estimated overall impact of 80 per cent of world trade tied
to standards and related conformity assessment activities,
PSQCA's promotion of the relationship between standardisation
and trade is vital to Pakistan's competitiveness

16. Consumer Liaison
• Every person in the society whether an individual or an industry is
consumer of at least something
• Being conscious of importance to take them along in activities, the
Authority have two fully functional offices in Karachi and
Rawalpindi to maintain close liaison with the consumers and
consumer associations to safeguard their interest in standards
formulation and other spheres of their concern

17. Training Services
• The law entrusts Authority for preparation, implementation, co-
ordination or arranging of the training programmers on
standardisation, quality control testing and weights and measures,
for technical staff of the Authority, other organisations and trainees
from foreign countries
• By virtue of being member to ISO, the Authority is invited to send
its officials to participate international activities conducted by it
throughout the year and world-wide
• This enables its functionaries to add value to their expertise

18. WTO National Enquiry Point
• As designated WTO/TBT Enquiry Point, PSQCA serves as the
nodal point of contact in Pakistan for WTO member countries to
disseminate and provide information on standardisation-related
market entry requirements
• It also serves as one window to other member countries of WTO
as data bank on standards, technical regulations and conformity
assessment requirements
• The Enquiry Point being obligation under transparency provisions
of the TBT Agreement has to be in position to answer all
reasonable queries in soonest possible time frame; therefore has
very important function to perform