Punjab Forensic Science Agency
 | This article relies largely or entirely on a single source. (April 2016) |
| Agency overview | |
|---|---|
| Formed | October 30, 2009 |
| Jurisdiction | Punjab, Pakistan |
| Headquarters | PFSA Thokar Niaz Baig, Multan Road, Lahore |
| Employees | 400-600 |
| 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 | |
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The Punjab Forensic Science Agency (Urdu: پنجاب طب قانونی ادارہ, abbreviated as PFSA) is an 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]
Structure
Some services the Agency provides are[2]
- Computer Forensic Unit
- Crime & Death Scene
- DNA & Serology
- Forensic Photography
- Firarm & Tool Marks
- Narcotics
- Latent Finger Prints
- Pathology
- Polygraph
- Questioned Document
- Toxicology
- Trace Chemistry
References
- ^ "Punjab Forensic Science Agency Act". Retrieved February 2, 2018.
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