Department of Plant Protection

Department of the Ministry of National Food Security and Research of the Government of Pakistan

Department of Plant Protection (DPP)
Agency overview
محکمہ تحفظِ نباتات ، پاکستان

Jurisdiction	Pakistan
Headquarters	Islamabad, Pakistan
Website	plantprotection.gov.pk

The Department of Plant Protection (DPP) (Urdu: محکمہ تحفظِ نباتات ، پاکستان is a department of the Ministry of National Food Security and Research of the Government of Pakistan ^[1]^[2] and a Federal Minister is the head of the ministry.

It works under the following pieces of legislation and regulation of the Government of Pakistan: (i) Plant Quarantine Act 1976 (ii) Agricultural Pesticide Rules and (iii) Agricultural Pesticide Ordinance.^[3]

The Department consists of the following four divisions and wings:^[4]^[5]

Plant Quarantine
Pesticide Registration
Locust Control and Survey
Aerial Wing

In addition, the Department also operates the following two laboratories:

Central Plant Quarantine Lab
Federal Pesticide Testing and Reference Lab

Federal Minister: Rana Tanveer Hussain, Federal Secretary: Waseem Ajmal Chaudhary, Director General: Tahir Abbas, Chief Pilot: Capt Muhammad Zaman Cheema,

Controversy

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Corruption and mismanagement

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Department of Plant Protection functioning without permanent director general since 1998 and inflicting heavy losses on the economy.^[6] Mr. Muhammad Sohail Shahzad. Deputy Director (Quarantine) and DR. Syed Waseem-ul-Hassan, Deputy Food Security Commissioner are under intense pressure after their corruption stories surfaced in 2018.^[7]