The Ministry of Interior ( ur, , abbreviated as MoI) is a

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ministry of the

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, 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

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(Fata), and insular areas of

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(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

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. 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 Islamabad (; ur, , ) is the capital city of Pakistan. It is the country's ninth-most populous city, with a population of over 1.2 million people, and is federally administered by the Pakistani government as part of the Islamabad Capital T ...

and is currently led by Rana Sanaullah Khan. The minister is required to be a member of

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. During the martial regimes of Generals

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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

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

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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

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

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 ...

Defence Minister of Pakistan The Minister of Defence (Urdu: 'وزیرِ دفاع') heads the Ministry of Defence. The minister serves in the cabinet of the Prime Minister and is required to be a member of Parliament. In the history of the country, the defence portfolio has ...

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 ...

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 Interior

About the Ministry of Interior

Parliamentary Cabinet of Pakistan
{{Cabinet of Pakistan, state=collapsed

Interior Interior may refer to: Arts and media * ''Interior'' (Degas) (also known as ''The Rape''), painting by Edgar Degas * ''Interior'' (play), 1895 play by Belgian playwright Maurice Maeterlinck * ''The Interior'' (novel), by Lisa See * Interior de ...

Pakistan Pakistan ( ur, ), officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan ( ur, , label=none), is a country in South Asia. It is the world's List of countries and dependencies by population, fifth-most populous country, with a population of almost 24 ...