The Ministry of Religious Affairs and Interfaith Harmony (, abbreviated as MoRA) is a government agency of Pakistan responsible for religious matters such as pilgrimage outside Pakistan, especially to Iran and Iraq for Ziyarat, and Saudi Arabia for Umrah and Hajj. It is also responsible for the welfare and safety of pilgrims. The agency has its headquarters in Islamabad.

The Ministry was established by Prime Minister Zulfikar Ali Bhutto. Its first minister was Maulana Kausar Niazi.

Wings The ministry is composed of several subordinate bodies including:

Hajj Wing Administration and Finance Wing Dawah and Ziyarat Wing Development and Coordination Wing Research and Reference Wing Interfaith Harmony Wing Office of Pilgrims' Affairs Pakistan (OPAP), KSA

List of ministers The following it the list of Federal Ministers for Religious Affairs: No.NameTenure startTenure end1Maulana Kausar Niazi14 August 19735 July 19772A. K. Brohi5 July 197823 August 19783Mahmoud A. Haroon21 April 19799 March 19814General Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq9 March 198115 March 19815Alhaj Mohammad Abbas Khan Abbasi15 March 198118 March 19846Raja Zafar-ul-Haq19 March 198426 February 19857Dr. Muhammad Afzal28 February 198524 March 19858Muhammad Khan Junejo10 April 198528 January 19869Mir Haji Tareen28 January 198628 August 198610Iqbal Ahmed Khan28 August 198620 December 198611Syed Qasim Shah1 February 198729 March 198712Haji Muhammad Saifullah Khan29 March 198729 May 198813Maulana Wasi Mazhar Naqvi (Caretaker Government)9 June 198819 November 198814Khan Bahadur Khan23 March 19896 August 199015Hazar Khan Bijarani7 October 19906 November 199016Sardar Mehtab Ahmed Khan28 March 199110 September 199117Maulana Muhamad Abdus Sattar Khan Niazi10 September 199118 July 199318Justice (R) Abdul Shakurul Islam18 July 199319 October 199319Jehangir Bader31 July 19965 November 199620Faridullah Khan (Caretaker Government)6 November 199617 February 199721Raja Zafar-ul-Haq11 July 199712 October 199922Abdul Malik Kasi6 November 199915 August 200023Dr. Mahmood Ahmad Ghazi15 August 20005 August 200224Owais Ahmed Ghani5 August 200223 November 200225Ijaz-ul-Haq24 March 200416 November 200726Khawaja Attaullah Taunsa Sharif (Caretaker Government)16 November 200725 March 200827Syed Khurshid Ahmed Shah11 April 20083 November 200828Hamid Saeed Kazmi14 November 200814 December 201029Syed Khurshid Ahmed Shah14 December 201016 March 201330Shahzada Jamal Nazir (Caretaker Government)3 April 20134 June 201331Sardar Muhammad Yousaf7 June 201331 May 201732Muhammad Yusuf Shaikh (Caretaker Government)5 June 201820 August 2018 -Imran Khan18 August 201820 August 201833Noor-ul-Haq Qadri20 August 201810 April 202234Mufti Abdul Shakoor19 April 202215 April 202335Muhammad Talha Mahmood15 April 202310 August 2023 36Aniq Ahmed (Caretaker Government)17 August 202304 March 202437Chaudhry Salik Hussain3 April 202425 February 202538Sardar Muhammad Yousuf7 March 2025Incumbent

See also

Punjab Auqaf and Religious Affairs Department

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