NESPAK is a product of the national renaissance of the early 1970s in Pakistan. The idea was to attain self-reliance in engineering consultancy at national level and to reduce dependence on foreign consulting firms by developing an indigenous talent pool, which culminated in creation of a private limited company in 1973, aptly named as the "National Engineering Services Pakistan (Pvt) Limited". A small group of experts in various engineering disciplines were handpicked from the existing Government and private organizations to run NESPAK.

Undertaking projects of such large magnitude as the Left Bank Irrigation Tunnel at Tarbela Dam, Port Qasim and Karachi Steel Mills right at the outset was no mean challenge for an organization in its infancy. It was due to the commitment and dedication of the founding members that such projects were successfully commissioned on schedule, contributing significantly to the burgeoning national economy. With this magnificent head start, the company soon expanded rapidly to accommodate the substantial business, which has kept pouring in since then, and by now, NESPAK has rendered services for 3,005 projects with a cumulative cost of Rs. 6,650 billion (US $ 164 billion), yielding a revenue of Rs. 26,110 million (US $ 641 million) to NESPAK up to June 30, 2009.

Within a year of inception, NESPAK had entered the international arena by winning projects in Africa. After that there was no looking back; by now the company has provided, or is providing, consultancy services for 429 projects in 36 countries including Afghanistan, Azerbaijan, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Benin, Cameroon, Chad, Dominica, Ethiopia, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Iran, Iraq, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Libya, Nepal, Nigeria, Oman, Pakistan, Qatar, Republic of Yemen, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Somalia, Sudan, Syria, Tajikistan, Tanzania, Thailand, Turkey, Turkmenistan, United Arab Emirates and Uzbekistan. Today foreign business accounts for nearly 30% of NESPAK's total earnings.

Having gone through its formative, growth and consolidation phases during the last 36 years, the strength of the Company's staff now stands at 2,651 as on October 31, 2009. This includes 1,161 professionals and 1,025 para-professionals, the remaining being support staff. NESPAK is proud to have retained a solid core of experts in various fields despite ups and downs in the consultancy market. This asset has proved to be the company's backbone and the company owes a lot to the skills and dedication of its employees at all levels.

The greatest advantage NESPAK has over many other national and international consulting firms is that it can provide services in almost every field of engineering and economic development including water resources, agriculture, energy, transportation, communications, SCADA, environment, water supply and sanitation, architecture, urban planning, industry, oil & gas, IT and GIS under one roof. The nature of services ranges from conceiving a project, carrying out master planning, pre-feasibility, feasibility and planning studies, preparing designs, tender documentation, management consultancy, construction supervision, contract management, preparing operation and maintenance manuals and specialized services for periodic inspection of engineering works. This is a great advantage it provides a single window to the Clients for all aspects of their projects.