Ministry of Interior (Pakistan)

Pakistan Ministry of Interior and Narcotics Control
وزارت داخلہ اور انسداد منشیات
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Agency overview
Formed August 14, 1947 (1947-08-14)
Jurisdiction Federal Government of Pakistan
Headquarters Block R, Pak Secretariat
Islamabad, ICT, Pakistan. 44000.
Agency executive
Website Official Website
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The Ministry of Interior and Narcotics Control (Urdu: وزارت داخلہ‬‎, abbreviated as MoI) is a Cabinet-level ministry of the Government of Pakistan, tasked and primarily responsible for implementing the internal policies, state security, administration of internal affairs involving the state, and assisting the government on territorial affairs of Federally Administered Tribal Areas (Fata), and insular areas of Provincially Administered Tribal Areas (PATA).

The ministry is led by the Interior Minister and the Interior Secretary. The Interior Secretary is a Grade 22 officer whereas the Interior Minister is a leading member of the federal cabinet. The ministry is located in Islamabad and is currently led by Imran Khan.

The minister is required to be a member of parliament. During the martial regimes of Generals Ayub Khan and Yahya Khan, from 1962 until 1971, the Interior Minister was called Home Affairs Minister.

Organisation

  • Minister of Interior
    • Secretary of Interior
      • Additional Secretary I
        • Joint Secretary Administration
        • Joint Secretary Political
      • Additional Secretary II
        • Joint Secretary Information & Communication Technology
        • Joint Secretary Civil Armed Forces
      • Additional Secretary III
        • Joint Secretary Immigration & Nationality
        • Joint Secretary Legal Affairs

Agencies

Anti-Narcotics Force

The Anti-Narcotics Force (ANF) is a federal executive bureau under ministry, tasked with combating the drug smuggling and use within Pakistan.[1]

Directorate General of Civil Defence

The Directorate General of Civil Defence provides civil defence and emergency services.[2]

Immigration & Passports

Deal with all the issues of Pakistani citizenship, passports and visas.[3]

Federal Investigation Agency

National Academy for Prisons Administration

Federal Government's training institute for prison staff of all four provinces of Pakistan.[5][6]

National Aliens Registration Authority

National Counter Terrorism Authority

Internal Counterterrorism Authority of Pakistan[7]

National Crises Management Cell

NCMC is a primary domestic intelligence assessment and management institution.

National Database and Registration Authority (NADRA)

NADRA regulates government databases and statistically manages the sensitive registration database of all the national citizens of Pakistan[8]

National Police Academy of Pakistan

National Police Academy of Pakistan is a federal training centre for the senior officers of the civilian law enforcement agencies of Pakistan.[9]

National Police Bureau

Exit Control List

Pakistan Coast Guards

Pakistan Rangers

Pakistan Rangers, Sindh

Frontier Corps, Balochistan

Frontier Constabulary

Frontier Corps, KPK

Gilgit Baltistan Scouts

List of Interior Ministers of Pakistan

Name of Interior Minister Entered Office Left Office
Fazl-ur-Rehman August 15, 1947 May 8, 1948
Khwaja Shahabuddin May 8, 1948 November 26, 1951
Mushtaq Ahmad Gurmani November 26, 1951 October 24, 1954
Iskander Mirza October 24, 1954 August 7, 1955
A. K. Fazlul Huq August 11, 1955 March 9, 1956
Abdus Sattar March 17, 1956 September 12, 1956
Mir Ghulam Ali Talpur September 12, 1956 March 18, 1958
Jalal-ud-din Jalal Baba March 18, 1958 October 14, 1958
Zakir Husain June 14, 1960 June 8, 1962
Khan Habibullah Khan Marwat June 13, 1962 March 23, 1965
Ayub Khan March 23, 1965 August 17, 1965
Chaudhry Ali Akbar Khan August 17, 1965 November 30, 1966
V-Adm. Afzal Rahman Khan December 5, 1966 March 25, 1969
Lt-Gen. Abdul Hamid Khan April 15, 1969 August 3, 1969
Sardar Abdur Rashid Khan August 4, 1969 February 22, 1971
Zulfikar Ali Bhutto December 24, 1971 May 1, 1972
Abdul Qayyum Khan May 13, 1972 January 13, 1977
Zulfikar Ali Bhutto January 13, 1977 March 28, 1977
Air Marshal Inamul Haq Khan January 14, 1978 July 5, 1978
Mahmoud Haroon July 5, 1978 November 18, 1984
Lt Gen Sardar Farooq Shaukat Khan Lodi January 22, 1985 March 23, 1985
Muhammad Khan Junejo April 10, 1985 May 21, 1985
Muhammad Aslam Khan Khattak May 22, 1985 March 29, 1987
Wasim Sajjad March 29, 1987 July 28, 1987
Raja Nadir Pervez July 28, 1987 December 4, 1988
Aitzaz Ahsan December 4, 1988 August 6, 1990
Mian Zahid Sarfraz Arain (caretaker) August 11, 1990 November 6, 1990
Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain November 9, 1990 July 18, 1993
Fateh Khan Bandial (caretaker) July 23, 1993 October 19, 1993
Maj Gen (R) Naseerullah Babar October 21, 1993 November 5, 1996
Omar Khan Affridi (caretaker) November 5, 1996 February 17, 1997
Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain February 25, 1997 October 12, 1999
Lt Gen (R) Moinuddin Haider November 6, 1999 November 23, 2002
Faisal Saleh Hayat November 23, 2002 August 25, 2004
Aftab Ahmad Sherpao August 25, 2004 November 15, 2007
Lt Gen (R) Hamid Nawaz Khan (caretaker) November 16, 2007 March 25, 2008
Rehman Malik March 25, 2008 March 16, 2013
Malik Habib Khan (caretaker) April 2, 2013 June 5, 2013
Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan June 7, 2013 July 27, 2017
Ahsan Iqbal August 4, 2017 May 31, 2018
Azam Khan (caretaker) June 5, 2018 August 18, 2018
Imran Khan[10] August 18, 2018 Present
Shehryar Khan Afridi August 31, 2018 Present

See also

References

  1. ↑ "ANF :: History". www.anf.gov.pk.
  2. ↑ "Directorate General Civil Defence Islamabad". www.civildefence.gov.pk.
  3. ↑ "Directorate General of Immigration & Passports, Ministry of Interior, Government of Pakistan". www.dgip.gov.pk.
  4. ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2013-08-11. Retrieved 2013-05-03.
  5. ↑ "National Academy for Prisons Administration".
  6. ↑ "Interior Ministry turned down NAPA requests for security - The Express Tribune". 13 July 2012.
  7. ↑
  8. ↑ NADRA. "National Database and Registry Authority". Government of Pakistan. National Database and Registry Authority. Retrieved 22 January 2013.
  9. ↑ "National Police Academy - national police academy". www.npa.gov.pk.
  10. ↑ بریکنگ نیوز. "وزیراعظم عمران خان کے متوقع وزرا کے نام سامنے آگئے" (in Urdu). 24newshd.tv. Retrieved 2018-08-18.
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