The interior secretary of Pakistan (Urdu: ) is the federal secretary for the Ministry of Interior. As in-charge of the country's law and order machinery, the interior secretary is one of the most coveted and sensitive positions in the Government of Pakistan. The position holder is a BPS-22 grade officer, usually belonging to the Pakistan Administrative Service.
Notable organisations that come under the control of the interior secretary include the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA), National Database and Registration Authority (NADRA), Directorate General of Immigration & Passports (I&P) and the paramilitary forces namely Frontier Constabulary (FC) and Pakistan Rangers. The administration of the Islamabad Capital Territory is also under the interior secretary, as the chief commissioner of Islamabad directly reports to the interior secretary.
List of interior secretaries This table lists down the names of interior secretaries that have been in office since January 2001.
No.Name of Interior SecretaryEntered officeLeft office1Tasneem NooraniJanuary 2001May 20042Tariq MahmudJune 2004February 20063Syed Kamal ShahFebruary 2005September 20094Chaudhry Qamar ZamanSeptember 2009June 20115Khawaja Siddique AkbarJune 2011April 20136Javed IqbalApril 2013May 20137Raja Muhammad AbbasMay 2013June 20138Chaudhry Qamar ZamanJune 2013October 20139Shahid KhanOctober 2013February 201610Arif Ahmed KhanFebruary 2016April 201711Tariq Mahmood KhanApril 2017September 201712Arshad MirzaSeptember 2017June 201813Yousuf Naseem KhokharJune 2018October 201814Azam Suleman KhanOctober 2018November 201915Yousuf Naseem KhokarNovember 2019April 202016Azam Suleman KhanApril 2020June 202017Yousuf Naseem KhokarJuly 20207 March 202319Syed Ali Murtaza7 March 202318 August 202320Abdullah Sumbal18 August 20237 September 202321Aftab Durrani18 September 202330 March 202422Muhammad Khurram Agha30 March 2024 present
See also Planning and Development Secretary of Pakistan Finance Secretary of Pakistan Maritime Secretary of Pakistan Foreign Secretary of Pakistan Establishment Secretary of Pakistan Federal Secretary National Security Division Aviation Secretary of Pakistan Commerce Secretary of Pakistan Defence Secretary of Pakistan
References
External links Ministry of Interior