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Pakistan Ministry of Interior
وزارتِ داخلہ
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Agency overview
Formed August 14, 1947; 77 years ago (1947-08-14)
Jurisdiction Federal Government of Pakistan
Headquarters Block R, Pak Secretariat
Islamabad, Pakistan 44000
Minister responsible
  • Mohsin Raza Naqvi, Minister for Interior
Agency executive
  • Mr. Aftab Akbar Durrani Secretary Interior, Interior Secretary

The Ministry of Interior (Urdu: وزارتِ 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.

The ministry is led by the Interior Minister, the Minister of State for Interior 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 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
    • Minister of State for 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

Directorate General of Civil Defence

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

Immigration & Passports

Deals with all the issues of Pakistani citizenship, Passports and Visas.

Federal Investigation Agency

A border control, criminal investigation, counter-intelligence and security agency under the control of the Interior Secretary of Pakistan.

National Academy for Prisons Administration (NAPA)

Federal Government's training institute for prison staff of all four provinces of Pakistan.

National Counter Terrorism Authority (NACTA)

Domestic counterterrorism Authority of Pakistan.

National Database and Registration Authority (NADRA)

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

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.

National Police Bureau (NPB)

Exit Control List (ECL)

Pakistan Coast Guards

Frontier Constabulary

Pakistan Rangers

Frontier Corps, Balochistan

Frontier Corps, KPK

Gilgit Baltistan Scouts

List of Interior Ministers of Pakistan

N Name of Interior Minister Entered Office Left Office
1 Fazl-ur-Rehman August 15, 1947 May 8, 1948
2 Khwaja Shahabuddin May 8, 1948 November 26, 1951
3 Mushtaq Ahmad Gurmani November 26, 1951 October 24, 1954
4 Iskander Mirza October 24, 1954 August 7, 1955
5 A. K. Fazlul Huq August 11, 1955 March 9, 1956
6 Abdus Sattar March 17, 1956 September 12, 1956
7 Mir Ghulam Ali Talpur September 12, 1956 March 18, 1958
8 Jalal-ud-din Jalal Baba March 18, 1958 October 14, 1958
9 Lt Gen K.M Sheikh October 15, 1958 June 13, 1960
10 Zakir Husain June 14, 1960 June 8, 1962
11 Khan Habibullah Khan Marwat June 13, 1962 March 23, 1965
12 Ayub Khan March 23, 1965 August 17, 1965
13 Chaudhry Ali Akbar Khan August 17, 1965 November 30, 1966
14 V-Adm. Afzal Rahman Khan December 5, 1966 March 25, 1969
15 Lt-Gen. Abdul Hamid Khan April 15, 1969 August 3, 1969
16 Sardar Abdur Rashid Khan August 4, 1969 February 22, 1971
17 Zulfikar Ali Bhutto December 24, 1971 May 1, 1972
18 Abdul Qayyum Khan May 13, 1972 January 13, 1977
19 Zulfikar Ali Bhutto January 13, 1977 March 28, 1977
20 Air Marshal January 14, 1978 July 5, 1978
21 Inamul Haq Khan July 5, 1978 July 5, 1978
22 Mahmoud Haroon July 5, 1978 November 18, 1984
23 Lt Gen Sardar Farooq Shaukat Khan Lodi January 22, 1985 March 23, 1985
24 Muhammad Khan Junejo April 10, 1985 May 21, 1985
25 Muhammad Aslam Khan Khattak May 22, 1985 March 29, 1987
26 Wasim Sajjad March 29, 1987 July 28, 1987
27 Malik Naseem Ahmed Aheer July 28, 1987 December 4, 1988
28 Aitzaz Ahsan December 4, 1988 August 6, 1990
29 Mian Zahid Sarfraz Arain

(Caretaker)

August 11, 1990 November 6, 1990
30 Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain November 9, 1990 July 18, 1993
31 Fateh Khan Bandial

(Caretaker)

July 23, 1993 October 19, 1993
32 Maj Gen Naseerullah Babar October 21, 1993 November 5, 1996
33 Omar Khan Afridi

(Caretaker)

November 5, 1996 February 17, 1997
34 Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain February 25, 1997 October 12, 1999
35 Lt Gen (R) Moinuddin Haider November 6, 1999 November 23, 2002
36 Faisal Saleh Hayat November 23, 2002 August 25, 2004
37 Aftab Ahmad Sherpao August 25, 2004 November 15, 2007
38 Lt Gen (R) Hamid Nawaz Khan

(Caretaker)

November 16, 2007 March 25, 2008
39 Rehman Malik March 25, 2008 March 16, 2013
40 Malik Habib Khan

(Caretaker)

April 2, 2013 June 5, 2013
41 Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan June 7, 2013 July 27, 2017
42 Ahsan Iqbal August 4, 2017 May 31, 2018
43 Azam Suleman Khan

(Caretaker)

June 5, 2018 August 18, 2018
44 Imran Khan August 18, 2018 April 18, 2019
45 Brig. (R) Ijaz Shah April 18, 2019 December 12, 2020
46 Shiekh Rasheed Ahmed December 12, 2020 April 10, 2022
47 Rana Sanaullah April 19, 2022 August 10, 2023
48 Sarfraz Bugti

(Caretaker)

August 17, 2023 December 16, 2023
49 Gohar Ejaz

(Caretaker)

December 20, 2023 March 10, 2024
50 Mohsin Raza Naqvi March 11, 2024 Incumbent

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