Management System Standards Division (MSSD)

In-charge of Division: Miss Ainy Zehra, Assistant Director (Tech.)

Brief History of Division:

The Management System Standards is divided into three components;

• Management System Standards Division (MSSD)
• Environmental Management Division
• Health Safety Mangement Division

One component of MSS Division (Environmental Management Division) is functional since 2014 wherein only Environmental standards were being dealt. However, the two components are functional since last five years.

The MSSD has directly adopted  38 ISO Standards as Pakistan Standards so far.

Scope of MSS Division:

The Management System Standards Division (MSSD), under Standards Development Centre (SDC) of Pakistan Standards and Quality Control Authority (PSQCA),  aims to foster and promote Standardization in the field of Management System Standards (MSS) by keeping in view the national needs and priorities. Overall, the MSS set out requirements or guidance to help organizations manage their policies and processes to achieve specific objectives. The MSS are designed to be applicable across all economic sectors, various types and sizes of organizations and diverse geographical, cultural and social conditions. The MSS enable organizations to define their corporate responsibility and thus devise strategies to enhance their contribution to sustainable development.

NSC Name:

National Standards Committee on Management System Standards (NSC-MSS)

The main function of NSC-MSS is to formulate the national standards in the field of Management System Standards (MSS), to set up technical committee with define scope for formulation/adoption of standards as Pakistan standards, to approve proposals for work, advise matters relating to R&D and provide guidance and framework to all types of organizations, regardless of their type, size, activity or location, as well as to study the work of international organizations in standard formulation as related to the area of work of the national standards.

Chairman of NSC-MSS: Mr. Madni Ahmed Ali Arfat Siddiqui

Vice-Chairman of NSC- MSS: Mr. Kaukab Iqbal

Secretary to NSC-MSS: Ainy Zehra, Assistant Director, PSQCA

Members:[Notification Attached]

Secretariat: MSS Division, PSQCA Complex, Karachi

Future Work Plans:

Ensure the progress of Technical Committees with respect to technical recommendations, formulation of standards and review of existing standards.

Total number of standards finalized:   = 67

Technical Committees:

TC No.	ISO Reference	Description  of Technical Committees	Name of Chairman
TC – 01	ISO/TC 176	Quality Management System	Mr. Shahid Warsi
TC – 02	ISO/PC 288	Education Management System	Mr. Shahid Warsi
TC -03	ISO/TC 260	HRM- Human Resource Management System	Mr. Zahid Mubarak
TC – 04	ISO/TC 262	Risk  Management	Mr. Tariq Mahmood
TC – 05	ISO/TC 283	Occupational Health & Safety	Mr. Kh. Asif Mushtaq
TC – 06	ISO/TC 292	Safety,  Security & Resilience Management System	Brig. (Retd.) Fiaz Hussain Shah
TC – 07	National TC	Research Management for Sustainable development	Mr. Raza Shah
TC – 08	National TC	National Security and Safety Management System	Maj. (Retd) Irfanullah
TC – 09	ISO	Social Responsibility Management System	Mr. Arshad Mahmood
TC-10	ISO/TC 251	Asset Management	Mr. Muhammad Ovais
TC – 11	ISO/TC 258	Project Management	Mr. Muhammad Ovais
TC -12	ISO/TC 301	Energy Management & Energy Saving	Mr. Kashif Butt
TC -13	ISO/PC 278	Ant bribery Management System	Mr. Khalid Masud
TC – 14	ISO/TC 241	Road Traffic Safety Management System	Prof. Dr. Mir Shabbar
TC – 15	(ISO/TC 268)	Sustainable Cities and Communities	Dr. Fazal Noor
TC -16	ISO/TC 302	Auditing – Guidelines for Auditing  Management System	Mr. Abdul Rafay
TC – 17	ISO/TC 286	Collaborative Business Relationship Management System	Mr. Kh. Asif Mushtaq