Strategic Plans Division
The Strategic Plans Division (abbreviation: SPD ) oversees and controls Pakistan's civil and military nuclear facilities .
Function and structure
The SPD was founded in March 1999. It takes over the day-to-day business of security and control of Pakistan's civil and military nuclear facilities. It exercises administrative authority over research, development and production of Pakistan's nuclear arsenal and commands its own security forces who are responsible for protecting the nuclear facilities. It reports to the highest body of the Pakistani nuclear force, the National Command Authority , which is headed by the Prime Minister. It sets the dates and the agenda of the NCA meetings, formulates and develops long-term strategies for the three branches of armed forces, monitors the safety of the nuclear facilities, controls the budget of the nuclear forces, formulates the policy of Pakistan at the Geneva Disarmament Conference , coordinates the nuclear forces and the others Military branches and inspections according to the chemical weapons convention . Their relatives take part in disarmament talks with India and inform parliamentary committees about nuclear policy.
The security department of the SPD takes over the protection of the nuclear facilities. It consists of 25,000 specially trained soldiers and reports directly to the General Director. He is appointed by the Prime Minister in his capacity as Head of the NCA on the proposal of the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. One of her safety duties is the screening of persons employed in the nuclear sector through the Personal Reliability Program (PRP), which was introduced in 2003 following consultations with the United States. In 2015 she monitored around 150,000 people. It has its own secret service that is not controlled by the ISI .
The headquarters of the SPD is in Rawalpindi , near the headquarters of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. Their general directors were:
| No. | Official | Beginning of the term of office | Term expires |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lieutenant General Khalid Kidwai | May 1999 | December 2013 |
| 2 | Lieutenant General Zubair Mahmood Hayat | December 2013 | April 2015 |
| 3 | Lieutenant General Mazhar Jamil | April 2015 | September 2017 |
| 4th | Lieutenant General Sarfraz Sattar | September 2017 | officiating |
literature
- Wagner, Christian: Focus on Pakistan . Verlag JHW Dietz Nachf., Bonn 2012, ISBN 978-3-8012-0424-2
- Naeem Ahmad Salik: Nuclear Learning in Pakistan since 1998 , Thesis for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy, School of Social Sciences, The University of Western Australia 2005, online as PDF
Web links
- Pakistan's Nuclear Posture: Security and Survivability , Nonproliferation Policy Education Center, Dr. Peter Lavoy, Jan. 21, 2007, with organization charts for the National Command Authority and Strategic Plans Division
Individual evidence
- ^ A b Wagner, Christian: Focus Pakistan . Verlag JHW Dietz Nachf., Bonn 2012, ISBN 978-3-8012-0424-2 , pp. 74-76
- ^ A b Kidwai to retire as head of Pakistan's n-program caretakers , Tribune, December 18, 2013
- ^ 1,000 SPD Security Soldiers complete training in Abbotabad centers , Samaa TV, April 23, 2013
- ^ A b Nuclear Learning in Pakistan since 1998 , Naeem Ahmad Salik, Thesis for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy, School of Social Sciences, The University of Western Australia 2005, pp. 151–153, 174, 179, 182
- ^ Daily Times , September 27, 2017