DESTO meaning in Governmental ?

Answer: What is Defence Science and Technology Organization mean?

The Defence Science & Technology Organization (DESTO) (Urdu: تنظیم برائے دفاعی سائنس و ٹیکنالوجی‎) is a multi-disciplinary programme agency under the Ministry of Defence Production, dedicated for evaluation of science and technology for use by the military.

Its Director-General is a serving two-star general officer of the Pakistan Army, and is located at Chaklala cantonment. However, as an inter-services organisation it is overseen by the Joint Services Headquarters, and works closely with the Strategic Plans Division (SPD).

Created in 1963 in the Ministry of Defence, DESTO's clandestine work included in reverse engineering of the foreign technology and to avoid technological surprise from India. A limited amount knowledge of DESTO's project is available and much of its work is kept under secrecy.

Among its various responsibilities it is Pakistan's national centre of expertise in chemical and biological defence.

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