The Ministry of Interior and Narcotics Control (, abbreviated as MoI) is a
Cabinet-level ministry of the
Government of Pakistan
The Government of Pakistan () (abbreviated as GoP), constitutionally known as the Federal Government, commonly known as the Centre, is the national authority of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, a federal republic located in South Asia, con ...
, 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
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 ...
, 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
In modern politics and history, a parliament is a legislative body of government. Generally, a modern parliament has three functions: Representation (politics), representing the Election#Suffrage, electorate, making laws, and overseeing ...
. During the martial regimes of Generals
Ayub Khan and
Yahya Khan
Agha Muhammad Yahya Khan (4 February 191710 August 1980) was a Pakistani army officer who served as the third president of Pakistan from 1969 to 1971. He also served as the fifth Commander-in-Chief, Pakistan, commander-in-chief of the Pakistan ...
, from 1962 until 1971, the Interior Minister was called Home Affairs Minister.
Organisation
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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
Islamabad Police
Capital Development Authority (CDA)
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
Criminal investigation is an applied science that involves the study of facts that are then used to inform criminal trials. A complete criminal investigation can include Search and seizure, searching, interviews, interrogations, Evidence (law), ...
,
counter-intelligence
Counterintelligence (counter-intelligence) or counterespionage (counter-espionage) is any activity aimed at protecting an agency's intelligence program from an opposition's intelligence service. It includes gathering information and conducting ac ...
and
security agency
A security agency is a governmental organization that conducts intelligence activities for the internal security of a state. They are the domestic cousins of foreign intelligence agencies, and typically conduct counterintelligence to thwart other ...
under the control of the
Interior Secretary of Pakistan
The interior secretary of Pakistan (Urdu: ) is the Federal Secretary (Pakistan), federal secretary for the Ministry of Interior (Pakistan), Ministry of Interior. As in-charge of the country's law and order machinery, the interior secretary is one ...
.
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 Cyber Crime Investigation Agency (NCCIA)
Specialized agency to investigate cyber crime within the countr
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 (NPB)
Exit Control List (ECL)
Pakistan Coast Guards
Frontier Constabulary
Pakistan Rangers
Frontier Corps, Balochistan
Frontier Corps, KPK
Gilgit Baltistan Scouts
Anti Narcotics Force
List of Interior Ministers of Pakistan
See also
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Constitution of Pakistan
The Constitution of Pakistan ( ; ISO 15919, ISO: '' Āīn-ē-Pākistān''), also known as the 1973 Constitution, is the supreme law of Pakistan. The document guides Pakistan's law, political culture, and system. It sets out the state's outlin ...
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President of Pakistan
The president of Pakistan () is the head of state of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan. The president is the nominal head of the executive and the supreme commander of the Pakistan Armed Forces.
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Prime Minister of Pakistan
The prime minister of Pakistan (, Roman Urdu, 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 of Pakistan, cabinet, desp ...
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Defence Minister of Pakistan
The Minister of Defence (Urdu: 'وزیرِ دفاع') heads the Ministry of Defence (Pakistan), Ministry of Defence. The minister serves in the cabinet of the Prime Minister of Pakistan, Prime Minister and is required to be a member of Parliament ...
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Foreign Minister of Pakistan
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Finance Minister of Pakistan
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Police Service of Pakistan
Law enforcement in Pakistan () 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 general ...
*
Civil Defense of Pakistan
References
External links
Ministry of the Interior
{{Cabinet of Pakistan, state=collapsed
Interior
Pakistan
Pakistan, officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, is a country in South Asia. It is the List of countries and dependencies by population, fifth-most populous country, with a population of over 241.5 million, having the Islam by country# ...