Ministry of Interior (Pakistan)
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.
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Formed | August 14, 1947 |
Jurisdiction | Federal Government of Pakistan |
Headquarters | Block R, Pak Secretariat Islamabad, Pakistan 44000 |
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Website | Official Website |
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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
- Additional Secretary I
Agencies
Directorate General of Civil Defence
The Directorate General of Civil Defence provides civil defence and emergency services. [1]
Immigration & Passports
Deals with all the issues of Pakistani citizenship, Passports and Visas. [2]
Federal Investigation Agency
A border control, criminal investigation, counter-intelligence and security agency under the control of the Interior Secretary of Pakistan. [3]
National Academy for Prisons Administration (NAPA)
Federal Government's training institute for prison staff of all four provinces of Pakistan.[4][5]
National Counter Terrorism Authority (NACTA)
Domestic counterterrorism Authority of Pakistan. [6]
National Database and Registration Authority (NADRA)
NADRA regulates government databases and statistically manages the sensitive registration database of all the national citizens of Pakistan. [7]
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. [8]
Pakistan Coast Guards
Pakistan Rangers
Frontier Corps, Balochistan
Frontier Corps, KPK
List of Interior Ministers of Pakistan
N | Name of Interior Minister | Entered Office | Left Office |
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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 |
See also
- Constitution of Pakistan
- President of Pakistan
- Prime Minister of Pakistan
- Defence Minister of Pakistan
- Foreign Minister of Pakistan
- Finance Minister of Pakistan
- Police Service of Pakistan
- Civil Defense of Pakistan
References
- "Directorate General Civil Defence Islamabad". www.civildefence.gov.pk. Archived from the original on 2017-04-21. Retrieved 2017-05-21.
- "Directorate General of Immigration & Passports, Ministry of Interior, Government of Pakistan". www.dgip.gov.pk. Archived from the original on 2014-07-26. Retrieved 2014-07-17.
- "Federal Investigation Agency - Government of Pakistan". Archived from the original on 2013-08-11. Retrieved 2013-05-03.
- "National Academy for Prisons Administration". Archived from the original on 2014-08-12. Retrieved 2014-07-17.
- "Interior Ministry turned down NAPA requests for security - The Express Tribune". 13 July 2012. Archived from the original on 25 July 2014. Retrieved 17 July 2014.
- "Decision to activate National Counter Terrorism Authority". Archived from the original on 2014-07-26. Retrieved 2014-07-17.
- NADRA. "National Database and Registry Authority". Government of Pakistan. National Database and Registry Authority. Archived from the original on 16 January 2013. Retrieved 22 January 2013.
- "National Police Academy - national police academy". www.npa.gov.pk. Archived from the original on 2014-07-24. Retrieved 2014-07-17.