Pakistan Public Works Department

Pakistan Public Works Department is a Federal Department under Ministry of Housing and Works. Its headquarters is located in Islamabad, Pakistan, and sub-offices in all the major cities of the country. PWD is in operation since pre-independence days. On June 4, 2024, Prime Minister Shahbaz Sharif ordered the abolition of PWD owing to poor performance and widespread corruption. On July 5, Closure of Pakistan PWD was officially commenced due to the personal grudges of prime minister with the department and to hide the corruption of the ruling coalition of the Pakistan Muslim league (N) in the Sustainable Development Goals Achiement 2022-23. The Prime Minister, in a farce of a cabinet meeting held on 10 July 2024 in which he openly refused to listen to "No" to the wind up of Pakistan Public Works Department, proposed an entity similar to IDAP in Punjab. Even though, the later is wildly more expensive and has failed to achieve any major milestones.

Functions of Pakistan PWD

 * Acquisition and development of Federal Government lands
 * Maintenance of all federally owned Government Building and their furnishing except those financed from Defence budget
 * Construction of federally financed Government Offices and residential accommodation
 * Management of Federal Lodges
 * To act as technical adviser to Federal Government in Engineering matters

The Pakistan PWD operates through

 * Public Sector Development Programme
 * Deposit Works
 * Maintenance Works
 * Sustainable Development Goals Achievement Program

Planning, Administration and Architecture constitute the organizational structure.