The Ministry of Interior ( ur, , abbreviated as MoI) is a
Cabinet-level
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ministry of the
Government of Pakistan
The Government of Pakistan ( ur, , translit=hakúmat-e pákistán) abbreviated as GoP, is a federal government established by the Constitution of Pakistan as a constituted governing authority of the Administrative units of Pakistan, four provin ...
, tasked and primarily responsible for implementing the internal policies, state security, administration of internal affairs involving the state, and assisting the government on territorial affairs of
Federally Administered Tribal Areas
, conventional_long_name = Federally Administered Tribal Areas
, nation = Pakistan
, subdivision = Autonomous territory
, image_flag = Flag of FATA.svg
, image_coat = File:Coat of arms ...
(Fata), and insular areas of
Provincially Administered Tribal Areas
The Provincially Administered Tribal Area (PATA) was the former administrative subdivision of Pakistan designated in the Article 246(b) of the Constitution of Pakistan. No Act of Provincial Assembly can be applied to PATA whereas the Governor of th ...
(PATA).
The ministry is led by the
Interior Minister
An interior minister (sometimes called a minister of internal affairs or minister of home affairs) is a cabinet official position that is responsible for internal affairs, such as public security, civil registration and identification, emergency ...
, the
Minister of State for Interior and the
Interior Secretary
The United States secretary of the interior is the head of the United States Department of the Interior. The secretary and the Department of the Interior are responsible for the management and conservation of most federal land along with natural ...
. The Interior Secretary is a
Grade 22 officer whereas the Interior Minister is a leading member of the
federal cabinet. The ministry is located in
Islamabad
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and is currently led by
Rana Sanaullah Khan.
The minister is required to be a member of
parliament
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. During the martial regimes of Generals
Ayub Khan
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and
Yahya Khan
General Agha Muhammad Yahya Khan , (Urdu: ; 4 February 1917 – 10 August 1980); commonly known as Yahya Khan, was a Pakistani military general who served as the third President of Pakistan and Chief Martial Law Administrator following his pr ...
, from 1962 until 1971, the Interior Minister was called Home Affairs Minister.
Organisation
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Minister of Interior
An interior minister (sometimes called a minister of internal affairs or minister of home affairs) is a Cabinet (government), cabinet official position that is responsible for internal affairs, such as public security, civil registration and iden ...
**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
Anti-Narcotics Force
The Anti-Narcotics Force (ANF) is a federal executive bureau under ministry, tasked with combating the
drug smuggling
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and use within Pakistan.
Directorate General of Civil Defence
The Directorate General of Civil Defence provides civil defence and emergency services.
Immigration & Passports
Deal with all the issues of Pakistani citizenship, passports and visas.
Federal Investigation Agency
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Federal Investigation Agency
The Federal Investigation Agency ( ur, ; reporting name: FIA) is a border control, criminal investigation, counter-intelligence and security agency under the control of the Interior Secretary of Pakistan, tasked with investigative jurisdictio ...
National Academy for Prisons Administration
Federal Government's training institute for prison staff of all four provinces of Pakistan.
National Aliens Registration Authority
National Counter Terrorism Authority
Internal Counterterrorism Authority of Pakistan
National Crises Management Cell
NCMC is a primary domestic intelligence assessment and management institution.
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
Exit Control List
Pakistan Coast Guards
Pakistan Rangers
Pakistan Rangers, Sindh
Frontier Corps, Balochistan
Frontier Constabulary
Frontier Corps, KPK
Gilgit Baltistan Scouts
List of Interior Ministers of Pakistan
See also
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Constitution of Pakistan
The Constitution of Pakistan ( ur, ), also known as the 1973 Constitution, is the supreme law of Pakistan. Drafted by the government of Zulfikar Ali Bhutto, with additional assistance from the country's Pakistani political parties, opposition ...
*
President of Pakistan
The president of Pakistan ( ur, , translit=s̤adr-i Pākiṣṭān), officially the President of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, is the ceremonial head of state of Pakistan and the commander-in-chief of the Pakistan Armed Forces.[Prime Minister of Pakistan
The prime minister of Pakistan ( ur, , romanized: Wazīr ē Aʿẓam , ) is the head of government of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan. Executive authority is vested in the prime minister and his chosen cabinet, despite the president of Paki ...]
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Defence Minister of Pakistan
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Foreign Minister of Pakistan
The Minister of Foreign Affairs (or simply the Foreign Minister) is the head of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Pakistan), Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Government of Pakistan. The minister is responsible for overseeing the federal governmen ...
*
Finance Minister of Pakistan
The Minister of Finance of Pakistan (Urdu: 'Wazīr-ē-Khazana') is a leading cabinet member who heads the Ministry of Finance in the Government of Pakistan. The Minister is responsible each year for presenting the federal government's budget to ...
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Police Service of Pakistan
Law enforcement in Pakistan ( ur, ) is one of the three main components of the criminal justice system of Pakistan, alongside the judiciary and the prisons.
The country has a mix of federal, provincial and territorial police forces with both gen ...
*
Civil Defense of Pakistan
The Directorate General of Civil Defence ( ur, ) provides civil defence and emergency services in Pakistan. The Directorate General of Civil Defence is a department of the Ministry of Interior, Government of Pakistan.
The Directorate General of ...
References
External links
Ministry of the InteriorAbout the Ministry of InteriorParliamentary Cabinet of Pakistan
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Interior
Pakistan
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