Home Department has established the Provincial Crisis Management and Control Centre (PCM&CC), Government of the Punjab, at Civil Secretariat, Lahore in order to effectively control any emergency and ensure timely transmission of information to the concerned quarters for taking further necessary action, in August, 2000. This Centre is functioning round the clock. Home Secretary is the Principal Head of the Centre. The core function of this Centre is to collect all kinds of emergent information from District and Divisional Heads of Administration and Police and furnish the significant information to the higher authorities for taking prompt action to meet the emergency.