The Ministry of Interior ( ur, , abbreviated as MoI) is a Cabinet-level 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 Federally Administered Tribal Areas (Fata), and insular areas of Provincially Administered Tribal Areas (PATA). The ministry is led by the Interior Minister, 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 ...

and is currently led by

Rana Sanaullah Khan Rana Sanaullah Khan (Punjabi, ur, born 1 January 1955) is a Pakistani politician serving as the 39th Interior Minister of Pakistan. He has been a member of the National Assembly of Pakistan since August 2018. He is a senior member of PML-N ...

. The minister is required to be a member of

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. During the martial regimes of Generals

Ayub Khan Ayub Khan is a compound masculine name; Ayub is the Arabic version of the name of the Biblical figure Job, while Khan or Khaan is taken from the title used first by the Mongol rulers and then, in particular, their Islamic and Persian-influenced s ...

and Yahya Khan, 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 official position that is responsible for internal affairs, such as public security, civil registration and identification, emergency ...

**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 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

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

References

External links

Ministry of the Interior

About the Ministry of Interior

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

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 ...