Pakistan Aeronautical Complex Board Ordinance, 2000

This Ordinance establishes the Pakistan Aeronautical Complex Board, the governing body for the Pakistan Aeronautical Complex at Kamra, which runs factories under the Federal Government's control. It was promulgated during a period when the National Assembly and Senate stood suspended, under the Provisional Constitution Order of 1999.

Section 3 establishes the Board with a Chairman appointed on the recommendation of the Chief of the Air Staff, plus five members: a Member Finance (appointed in consultation with the Ministry of Finance), a Member Ministerial Co-ordination, Members Technical and Commercial, and a Member (Private) drawn from the corporate sector on the recommendation of the Secretary, Defence Production Division. Section 4 gives the Chairman and members a four-year term at the pleasure of the Federal Government, with the Member (Private) serving in an honorary capacity; other members must give up outside business interests before taking office. Section 5 requires a quorum of three members for Board business, with the Chairman holding a casting vote in case of a tie.

Section 6 makes the Board's main job managing and running the Kamra factories on sound commercial lines to meet defence needs in war and peace, while following Federal Government policy direction on matters of national interest. Section 7 gives the Board sweeping powers over factory staff and operations, including setting service terms, hiring and firing, purchasing plant and machinery at home or abroad, undertaking commercial activities domestically and internationally, and creating a non-lapsable revolving fund to promote exports and R&D — though existing employees' terms cannot be worsened and they get a one-time choice between old and new service rules.

Sections 8 to 10 require the Board to submit annual budget estimates, maintain accounts audited by the Auditor-General of Pakistan, and submit an annual report to the Federal Government by 31 December each year, along with any other information the government requests. Section 13 lets the Federal Government issue binding directions to the Board for efficient management and commercialization of the factories, and Section 15 allows the Federal Government to dissolve the Board by notification.

This is a relatively recent Ordinance (2000), amended once in 2002 regarding delegation of powers, so most of its content should reflect current practice, though readers dealing with specific governance matters should still check for any further amendments since 2023, the date through which this text was last updated.