Pakistan Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) is a public sector autonomous body working under the Federal Government of Pakistan through the Aviation Division Cabinet Secretariat. CAA was established on 7th December 1982 through the Pakistan Civil Aviation Authority Ordinance 1982. Prior to the creation of the CAA, a Civil Aviation Department (CAD) in the Ministry of Defence (MoD) was used to manage Civil Aviation-related activities. The Ministry of Defence (MoD) continued to be the controlling Ministry even after the creation of CAA on 7th December 1982. However, in June 2013, the Government of Pakistan assigned this responsibility to Cabinet Secretariat (Aviation Division).
The purpose of establishing CAA is to provide for the promotion and regulations of Civil Aviation activities and to develop an infrastructure for safe, efficient, adequate, economical and properly coordinated Civil Air Transport Service in Pakistan.
