# Ministry of Interior (Pakistan)

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
### 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.

### 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 |