service . for the magazine see pakistan post magazine . this article needs additional citations for verification . please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources . unsourced material may be challenged and removed . july 2009 learn how and when to remove this template message pakistan post office department industry mail founded 1947 headquarters g 8 4 islamabad pakistan key people fakir syed shaharyaruddin director general employees 44 000 products mail courier logistics insurance website pakistan post pakistan post is a state enterprise dedicated to providing wide range of postal products and public services in pakistan . it is the largest postal service in the country . its motto is serving everyone everyday everywhere . 1 contents 1 history 1.1 early years 1.2 independent department 1.3 1972 to 1992 1.4 pakistan postal services corporation 1.5 department 1996 2008 1.6 ministry of postal services 2 services 2.1 postal services 2.2 federal services 2.3 government owned businesses 2.4 provincial services 2.5 private enterprise 3 training 4 post offices 5 revenue 6 see also 7 references 8 external links history edit early years edit part of the joint department of posts and telegraph of the ministry of communications since 1947 the post office started operating under the modified post office act no vi of 1898 . 2 the office of the postmaster general became operational at lahore from 15 august 1947 . 2 in november that year pakistan joined the universal postal union as its 89th member . 3 in 1948 it issued its first postage stamps a set of 4 commemorating the country s independence . in 1959 an all up airmail scheme was introduced by which all letters were airlifted between stations on the air network . 4 independent department edit in july 1962 the government bifurcated the old department 5 and independently placed the postal service under the ministry of communications . during this period sikorsky helicopter services of pakistan international airlines pia were utilised to deliver mail in east pakistan . 1972 to 1992 edit on 1 january 1987 urgent mail service ums was introduced in the country . 6 and on 22 april 1987 local packet and parcel service lps was started . 6 on 1 january 1988 five digit postcodes were introduced nationwide and in pok 6 to facilitate sortation and delivery . pakistan postal services corporation edit between 1 august 1992 and 6 july 1996 the post office was separated from the ministry and made an independent corporation . 7 from 1 december 1992 a new overseas postal circle with its headquarters at islamabad was started to streamline the working of foreign post units . before this all international mail was sent through karachi . department 1996 2008 edit during 2006 to 2007 mail was sent using 19 domestic airports including chitral karachi lahore moenjodaro multan and skardu . 8 during the same period four international airports were also used islamabad karachi lahore and peshawar . 8 in 2007 the post office embarked on a new vision with a change in its logo . ministry of postal services edit on 3 november 2008 the department was placed under the postal division of the newly created ministry of postal services . 9 senator israr ullah zehri was appointed its first minister . services edit pakistan post is not merely confined to a number of postal services . its areas of activities span on larger scale . the national character strong brand recognition and a wide network of post offices bestows a unique position to the pakistan post in playing a vital role in the economic and social development of pakistan . it serves as the principal agency for the government in implementing key policies . pakistan post is providing a variety of services on behalf of many federal and provincial government departments . postal services edit the following are postal services offered within the country . letter mail ordinary and registered parcel post certificate of posting post boxes special services 10 the following are special services with their date of commencement given in brackets . not all services are provided in every post office . air express airex 2 august 1986 fax mail service fm 1 august 1988 fax money order fmo 15 august 1988 international speed post isp 1 september 1986 local express delivery les 22 april 1987 postal draft service 15 november 1987 postal giro service 15 march 1988 saving bank mobile account 12 january 1988 urgent mail service ums 1 january 1987 urgent money order service umo 15 april 1988 emo electronic money order service . federal services edit payment to benazir income support programme beneficiaries collection of taxes income and withholding on nss profit payment collection of customs duty and sales tax on foreign postal articles delivery of computerised national identity cards cnic disbursement of welfare financial assistance food support programme payment to pakistan armed forces pensioners sale of highway and motorway safety books government owned businesses edit cash management services for khushali bank collection of utility bills including electricity wapda and kesc ; natural gas suigas ; and telephone ptcl delivery of ntn certificates payment to capital development authority cda pensioners payment to pakistan telecommunication company ltd ptcl pensioners sale of ptcl phonecards sale of agricultural loan pass books sale of postal life insurance provincial services edit renewal of arms licences renewal of driving licences sale of route permit fee stamps sale of motor vehicle fitness stamps motor vehicle tax collection private enterprise edit the following are services provided in partnership with private enterprise . with bisp payment to over 2.2 million beneficiaries of benazir income support program at gpos and post offices throughout pakistan with the first microfinancebank ltd pakistan fmfb p microfinance services through post offices . 11 cash management and courier services for citibank training edit in 1987 the post office established a postal staff college in islamabad to provide training to its employees in various fields . over the years it has also imparted training to employees of 57 other postal services 12 including albania cambodia fiji kenya maldives nepal trinidad and tobago and zambia . 13 it also has 5 regional training centres at islamabad karachi lahore nowshera and quetta . 12 post offices edit post offices in pakistan by fiscal year july to june 14 fiscal year urban rural total 1990 1991 1 867 11 546 13 413 1991 1992 1 909 11 471 13 380 1992 1993 1 983 11 213 13 196 1993 1994 1 970 11 315 13 285 1994 1995 2 026 11 294 13 320 1995 1996 2 092 11 327 13 419 1996 1997 2 024 11 192 13 216 1997 1998 2 044 11 250 13 294 1998 1999 2 103 10 751 12 854 1999 2000 2 103 10 751 12 854 2000 2001 2 302 9 932 12 267 2001 2002 1 983 10 284 12 267 2002 2003 1 808 10 446 12 254 2003 2004 2 267 9 840 12 107 2004 2005 1 831 10 499 12 330 2005 2006 1 845 10 494 12 339 2006 2007 1 845 10 494 12 339 revenue edit this is a chart of trend of incomes of pakistan post from diversified public services such as post parcel banking insurance with figures in millions of pakistani rupees . citation needed year revenue profit loss 1947 10 4 1950 32 3 1955 40 3 1960 65 6 1965 98 1 1970 91 12 1975 197 28 1980 361 69 1985 630 151 1990 1 214 176 1995 2 045 471 2000 3 281 270 2005 4 830 20 see also edit postage stamps and postal history of pakistan postal orders of pakistan list of postal codes of pakistan list of people on stamps of pakistan references edit pakistan post office department . pakpost.gov.pk . retrieved 18 january 2015 . a b 50 year of pakistan volume i summary fbs statistics division gop islamabad 1998 pg 155 50 year of pakistan volume i summary fbs statistics division gop islamabad 1998 pgs 155 karapex 87 stamp exhibition souvenir . organised by pakistan philatelic society karachi pg 11 . 50 year of pakistan volume i summary fbs statistics division gop islamabad 1998 pg 156 a b c 50 year of pakistan volume i summary fbs statistics division gop islamabad 1998 pg 157 50 year of pakistan volume i summary fbs statistics division gop islamabad 1998 pgs 157 158 a b major traffic flow by airports during 2006 07 pakistan civil aviation authority . retrieved 23 august 2010 . year book 2007 08 pdf . islamabad government of pakistan privatisation division . may 2008 . retrieved 2010 04 02 . ahmed sultan a critical look at the special service in pakpost vol 1 no 1 pg 51 . published by pakistan post islamabad aga khan agency for microfinance . akdn.org . retrieved 18 january 2015 . a b postal staff college . director general pakistan post . retrieved 2010 04 04 . foreign participants postal staff college . director general pakistan post . retrieved 2010 04 04 . economic survey of pakistan 2006 07 pdf . government of pakistan . 2007 . retrieved 2010 04 04 . external links edit pakistan post official website v t e postal administrations of asia afghanistan 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