The National Crisis Management Cell ( ur, ) (
reporting name
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: NCMC) was primarily a domestic intelligence
assessment and
management
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Management includes the activities o ...
institution/agency, operational under the
Ministry of Interior (MoI),
Government of Pakistan
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.
The agency secondarily acted as a co-ordinating platform for all the other intelligence agencies in
Pakistan
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. Other activities of the cell involved building efforts towards
counter-intelligence
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,
counter-proliferation
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,
counter-insurgency
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and
counter-terrorism
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as well as assisting the
government
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, at all levels of commands, in
managing
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Management includes the activities o ...
intelligence.
The National Crisis Management Cell was established in 2001 to tackle the domestic and foreign
terrorism
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and to get rid of religious extremism in the country.
Its influence and role in the
intelligence community encompasses in issuing warnings and formulating efforts against all kinds of
threat
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matrix posed to the state.
After tragic incident of Army Pubic School, NCMC promoted efforts towards rigorous implementation of
National Action Plan (Pakistan).
After Establishment of National Counter Terrorism Authority, Pakistan in March 2013, National Crises Management Cell was annulled w.e.f. July 1, 2016.
List of director generals
*2007–09:
Brig(R) Javed Iqbal Cheema
*2009–10:
Wing Cmdr(R). Tariq Ahmad Lodhi
*2010–12: Brig(R) Javed Iqbal Lodhi
*2012-12: Lt. Col(R) Umar Hayat Luk
*2012–13: Brig(R) Javed Iqbal Lodhi
*2013-13: Mr. Muhammad Ehsanullah Bajwa PSP
*2013–14:
Wing Cmdr(R). Tariq Ahmad Lodhi
*2014–16: Mr. Saud Aziz PSP
List of directors
* 2006-2013 Mr. Farid Ahmad Khan, Joint Secretary
See also
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National Counter Terrorism Authority
The National Counter Terrorism Authority (NACTA) ( ur, ), commonly called Nacta, is a Pakistani internal security organization responsible for making counter terrorism and counter extremism policies and strategies. It also develops action plans a ...
References
Bibliography
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External links
Ministry of Interior
{{Pakistani intelligence agencies
Law enforcement in Pakistan
2001 establishments in Pakistan
Pakistani intelligence agencies
Government agencies established in 2001
Pakistan federal departments and agencies