Executive Committee of the Space Research Council

The Executive Committee of the Space Research Council (denoted as ECSRC) is a defunct institution of the government of Pakistan and was an executive and joint bureaucratic directorate established in 1981.^[1] The committee was tasked with formulating and developing guidelines for the Pakistani space program as well as coordinating financial management of the program.^[2] The committee was placed under the joint control of the Ministry of Finance led by Ghulam Ishaq Khan and Ministry of Science led by Lieutenant-General Zahid Ali Akbar and officials of the PAEC led by Munir Ahmad Khan.^{[citation needed]} It was established under the executive decree, "Ordinance No. XX" of 1981, which was issued in the Gazette of Pakistan on 21 May 1989, by the President of Pakistan.^[2] Since its establishment, approximately 13 meetings of ECSRC were held and headed by the Finance minister.^[2] The ECSRC took financial decision of setting the Flight Test Center on Sonmiani Beach as well as managing the financial and scientific development of integrated space programme.^[2] The last meeting of the ECSRC was held on 9 September 1999, and it was officially devolved to Space and Upper Atmosphere Research Commission (SUPARCO) and the Nuclear Command Authority, the following year.^[1]

On 10 December 2000, the Ministry of Science as government authority issued an "Office Order No. 564", through its notification "No. 2000 Admin-II.".^[1] The committee was devolved and transferred from SUPARCO to the National Command Authority (NCA).^[1] Its personnel and members were replaced with Development Control Committee (DCC) of NCA.^[1]