Pakistan Council for Architects and Town Planners
Abbreviation | PCATP |
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Type | GO and IGO |
Region served
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Nationwide South Asia |
Official language
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Urdu and English |
Leader | Constitution of Pakistan |
Website | http://www.pcatp.org.pk |
Pakistan Council for Architects and Town Planners (abbreviated as PCATP), established in 1983, is a federal regulatory authority for architects and town planners based in Pakistan. Its headquarters are located in Karachi. "The Pakistan Council of Architects and Town Planners Ordinance 1983 has been promulgated with a view to give recognition and protection to the profession of architecture and town planning in Pakistan . The council has wide ranging powers and is authorized to perform all functions and to take steps connected with or ancillary to all aspects of the two professions including laying down standards of conduct, safeguarding interests of its members, assisting the Government and national institutions in solving national problems relating to the professions, promotion of reforms in the professions, promotion of education of these professions, reviewing and advising the Government in the matter of architecture and town planning education, etc."