Ministry of Interior (Pakistan)

Pakistan Ministry of Interior and Narcotics Control
وزارت داخلہ و انسداد منشیات
Agency overview
Formed	August 14, 1947; 77 years ago
Jurisdiction	Federal Government of Pakistan
Headquarters	Block R, Pak Secretariat; Islamabad, Pakistan 44000
Minister responsible	Mohsin Naqvi, Minister for Interior and Narcotics Control;
Agency executive	Mr. Aftab Akbar Durrani Secretary Interior, Interior Secretary;
Website	Official Website

The Ministry of Interior and Narcotics Control (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 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

Islamabad Police

Capital Development Authority (CDA)

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]

National Police Bureau (NPB)

Exit Control List (ECL)

Pakistan Coast Guards

Frontier Constabulary

Pakistan Rangers

Frontier Corps, Balochistan

Frontier Corps, KPK

Gilgit Baltistan Scouts

Anti Narcotics Force

List of Interior Ministers of Pakistan

No.	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	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 Haq Khan	July 5, 1978	July 5, 1978
22	Mahmoud Haroon	July 5, 1978	November 18, 1984
23	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	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	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