Ministry of Interior (Pakistan) Government ministry of Pakistan
The Ministry of Interior and Narcotics Control (Urdu : وزارتِ داخلہ 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 affairs related to narcotics control.
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 .
On 11 February 2025, Narcotics Control ministry was merged in to Ministry of Interior as an attached department/wing of ministry and now it is called Ministry of Interior and Narcotics Control.
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.[ 1]
Deals with all the issues of Pakistani citizenship, Passports and Visas.[ 2]
Federal Government's training institute for prison staff of all four provinces of Pakistan.[ 4] [ 5]
Domestic counterterrorism Authority of Pakistan.[ 6]
Specialized agency to investigate cyber crime within the country.
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]
List of Interior Ministers of Pakistan
No.
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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
Ghulam Ali Talpur September 12, 1956
March 18, 1958
8
Jalal-ud-din Jalal Baba March 18, 1958
October 14, 1958
9
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
Afzal Rahman Khan December 5, 1966
March 25, 1969
15
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 Haque Khan July 5, 1978
July 5, 1978
22
Mahmoud Haroon July 5, 1978
November 18, 1984
23
F. S. Lodhi 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 (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
Naseerullah Babar October 21, 1993
November 5, 1996
33
Omar Afridi (caretaker)November 5, 1996
February 17, 1997
34
Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain February 25, 1997
October 12, 1999
35
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
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
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
Ijaz Shah April 18, 2019
December 12, 2020
46
Sheikh Rasheed Ahmad 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 Naqvi March 11, 2024
Incumbent
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