Organization:Punjab Forensic Science Agency
| Agency overview | |
|---|---|
| Formed | October 30, 2009 |
| Jurisdiction | Punjab, Pakistan |
| Headquarters | PFSA Thokar Niaz Baig, Multan Road, Lahore |
| Employees | About 800 |
| Agency executive |
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| Parent department | Home Department, Govt. of Punjab |
| Website | www.pfsa.gop.pk |
| Footnotes | |
| Initiated for Construction in 2006 & Inaugurated by Chief Minister Mian Shehbaz Sharif in 2009 | |
The Punjab Forensic Science Agency (Urdu: پنجاب فرانزک سائینس ایجنسی, abbreviated as PFSA) is a government agency under the Home Department, of the provincial Government of Punjab of Pakistan . It provides forensic science services primarily to law enforcement in the province. The Punjab Forensic Science Agency act was passed by the Punjab Assembly on 4 October 2007; assented to by the Governor of Punjab on 29 October 2007; and, was published in the Punjab Gazette (Extraordinary), dated 30 October 2007.[1]
Punjab Forensic Science agency management maintains a quality management system to meet the requirements of international standard for laboratories ISO 17025:2005 and ASCLD-LAB International (American society for crime laboratory directors Laboratory accreditation Board) to achieve high level of customer (Law Enforcement agencies) satisfaction.[2]
Structure
Some services the Agency provides are[3]
- Computer Forensic Unit
- Crime & Death Scene Investigation
- DNA & Serology
- Forensic Photography
- Firearm & Tool Marks
- Narcotics and drug abuse
- Latent Finger Prints
- Pathology
- Polygraph
- Questioned Documents
- Toxicology
- Trace Chemistry
References
- ↑ "Punjab Forensic Science Agency Act". http://punjablaws.gov.pk/laws/492.html. Retrieved February 2, 2018.
- ↑ "Pakistan National Accreditation Council". https://www.pnac.gov.pk/TestingCalibrationLaboratoies.
- ↑ "Punjab Forensic Science Agency – Forensic Services". Archived from the original on March 21, 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20150321210421/http://pfsa.gop.pk/forensic-services. Retrieved March 18, 2015.
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