Agency Name: | Provincial Disaster Management Authority (Khyber Pakhtunkhwa) |
Jurisdiction: | Government of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa |
Headquarters: | PDMA headquarters Peshawar, Pakistan |
Chief1 Name: | Sharif Hussain |
Chief1 Position: | Director General |
Provincial Disaster Management Authority (PDMA) is a provincial government organization, which deals with natural or man-made disasters in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan.[1] PDMA's mandate is to engage in activities concerning to all four stages of Disaster Management Spectrum.
It was established on 14 May 2010 under the National Disaster Management Act, 2010.
In May 2019, the Fata Disaster Management Authority (FDMA) was abolished and its functions were transferred to Provincial Disaster Management Authority (Khyber Pakhtunkhwa), after the Federally Administered Tribal Areas were merged into Khyber Pakhtunkhwa after the passing of the Twenty-fifth and Twenty-sixth Amendments to the Constitution of Pakistan.[2]