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Interior Minister of Pakistan

The Interior Minister of Pakistan

Pakistan

Pakistan , officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, is a country located in South Asia and borders Central Asia and the Middle East. It has a 1,046 kilometre coastline along the Arabian Sea and Gulf of Oman in the south, and is bordered by Afghanistan and Iran in the west, India in the east and People's Republic of China in th...
heads the Ministry of Interior. He serves in the cabinet of the Prime Minister

Prime Minister of Pakistan

The Prime Minister of Pakistan, in Urdu language ???? ???? Wazir-e- Azam meaning "Grand Minister", is the Head of Government of Pakistan....
. The Minister is required to be a member of Parliament. During the martial regimes of Generals Ayub Khan

Ayub Khan

Field Marshal Muhammad Ayub Khan , Hilal-i-Jurat, Nishan-e-Pakistan, was a Field Marshal during the mid-1960s, and the President of Pakistan from 1958 to 1969....
and Yahya Khan

Yahya Khan

Agha Muhammad Yahya Khan was the President of Pakistan from 1969 to 1971, following the resignation of Ayub Khan. He has one son, Ali Yahya and one daughter, Yasmeen Khan....
, from 1962 till 1971, the Interior Minister was called Home Affairs Minister.

The current de-facto Interior Minister if Rehman Malik

Rehman Malik

A. Rehman Malik is the current Adviser to the Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gillani on Interior Affairs and Narcotics Control since 27 March, 2008....
, whose official designation is Adviser to the PM on Interior and Narcotics Affairs.

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Name of Interior Minister

Entered Office

Left Office

Fazlur Rehman

August 15, 1947

May 8, 1948

Khwaja Shahabuddin

Khwaja Shahabuddin was a former governor of the North-West Frontier Province of Pakistan.He also served as a minister of Pakistan central government.Originally he hailed from Dhaka and was an activist of Muslim League....

May 8, 1948

November 26, 1951

Mushtaq Ahmed Gurmani

Mushtaque Ahmed Gurmani was a Pakistani politician. In his role as Minister without Portfolio he signed the Karachi Agreement of 1949 that established a ceasefire line between Pakistani and Indian areas of Kashmir, which later become known as the Line of Control....

November 26, 1951

October 24, 1954

Iskander Mirza

Major-General Sahibzada Sayyid Iskander Ali Mirza, Order of the Indian Empire, Order of the British Empire was the last Governor-General of Pakistan of the Dominion of Pakistan and the first President of Pakistan of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan ....

October 24, 1954

August 7, 1955

A. K. Fazlul Huq

Sher-e-Bangla redirects here. For other uses of the term, see Sher-e-Bangla .Abul Kashem Fazlul Huq , often referred to as Sher-e-Bangla was a well-known Bengali statesman in the first half of the 20th century....

August 11, 1955

March 9, 1956

Abdus Sattar

Judge Abdus Sattar was a Bangladeshi jurist and politician who served as the president of Bangladesh following the assassination of Ziaur Rahman....

March 17, 1956

September 12, 1956

Mir Ghulam Ali Talpur

September 12, 1956

March 18, 1958

Lt Gen K.

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The Interior Minister of Pakistan

Pakistan

Prime Minister of Pakistan

Ayub Khan

Field Marshal Muhammad Ayub Khan , Hilal-i-Jurat, Nishan-e-Pakistan, was a Field Marshal during the mid-1960s, and the President of Pakistan from 1958 to 1969....
and Yahya Khan

Yahya Khan

Rehman Malik

List of Interior Ministers of Pakistan

Name of Interior Minister	Entered Office	Left Office
Fazlur Rehman	August 15, 1947	May 8, 1948
Khwaja Shahabuddin Khwaja Shahabuddin Khwaja Shahabuddin was a former governor of the North-West Frontier Province of Pakistan.He also served as a minister of Pakistan central government.Originally he hailed from Dhaka and was an activist of Muslim League....	May 8, 1948	November 26, 1951
Mushtaq Ahmed Gurmani Mushtaq Ahmed Gurmani Mushtaque Ahmed Gurmani was a Pakistani politician. In his role as Minister without Portfolio he signed the Karachi Agreement of 1949 that established a ceasefire line between Pakistani and Indian areas of Kashmir, which later become known as the Line of Control....	November 26, 1951	October 24, 1954
Iskander Mirza Iskander Mirza Major-General Sahibzada Sayyid Iskander Ali Mirza, Order of the Indian Empire, Order of the British Empire was the last Governor-General of Pakistan of the Dominion of Pakistan and the first President of Pakistan of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan ....	October 24, 1954	August 7, 1955
A. K. Fazlul Huq A. K. Fazlul Huq Sher-e-Bangla redirects here. For other uses of the term, see Sher-e-Bangla .Abul Kashem Fazlul Huq , often referred to as Sher-e-Bangla was a well-known Bengali statesman in the first half of the 20th century....	August 11, 1955	March 9, 1956
Abdus Sattar Abdus Sattar Judge Abdus Sattar was a Bangladeshi jurist and politician who served as the president of Bangladesh following the assassination of Ziaur Rahman....	March 17, 1956	September 12, 1956
Mir Ghulam Ali Talpur	September 12, 1956	March 18, 1958
Lt Gen K. M. Sheikh	October 28, 1958	June 14, 1960
Zakir Husain Zakir Husain (governor) Zakir Husain was a politician who served as the Governor of East Pakistan and Interior Minister of Pakistan, both in the General Ayub Khan military regime....	June 14, 1960	June 8, 1962
Khan Habibullah Khan Khan Habibullah Khan Justice Habibullah Khan was a former Pakistani politician and Peshawar High Court Judge. He served as first and second Chairman of the Senate of Pakistan during Zulfikar Ali Bhutto administration and Interior Minister of Pakistan during Ayub Khan's regime....	June 13, 1962	March 23, 1965
General General A General officer is an Officer of high military rank. The term or equivalent is used by nearly every country in the world. General can be used as a generic term for all grades of general officer, or it can specifically refer to a single rank that is just called general.... Ayub Khan Ayub Khan Field Marshal Muhammad Ayub Khan , Hilal-i-Jurat, Nishan-e-Pakistan, was a Field Marshal during the mid-1960s, and the President of Pakistan from 1958 to 1969....	March 23, 1965	August 17, 1965
Chaudhry Ali Akbar Khan	August 17, 1965	November 30, 1966
V/Adm (r) A. R. Khan	December 5, 1966	March 25, 1969
Lt Gen Abdul Hamid Khan Abdul Hamid Khan (general) General Officer Abdul Hamid Khan was the Army Chief of Staff under President of Pakistan General Yahya Khan, and the de-facto Army Chief of Army Staff of the Pakistan Army during the 1971 Bangladesh Liberation War and the subsequent Indo-Pakistani War of 1971....	April 15, 1969	August 3, 1969
Sardar Abdur Rashid Khan Sardar Abdur Rashid Khan Sardar Abdur Rashid Khan was a senior police officer from the North-West Frontier Province and cabinet minister in Pakistan.Born in Dera Ismail Khan, Sardar Rashid was educated at Islamia College Peshawar....	August 4, 1969	February 22, 1971
Zulfikar Ali Bhutto Zulfikar Ali Bhutto Zulfikar Ali Bhutto was a Pakistani politician who served as the President of Pakistan from 1971 to 1973 and as Prime Minister of Pakistan from 1973 to 1977....	December 24, 1971	May 1, 1972
Abdul Qayyum Khan Abdul Qayyum Khan Khan Abdul Qayyum Khan , nicknamed the "Lion of the Frontier" by his supporters, was a major figure in Pakistan politics, in particular in the North-West Frontier Province where he served as deputy speaker, Chief Minister and Minister in the Central Government as well as Federal Interior Minister....	May 13, 1972	January 13, 1977
Zulfikar Ali Bhutto Zulfikar Ali Bhutto Zulfikar Ali Bhutto was a Pakistani politician who served as the President of Pakistan from 1971 to 1973 and as Prime Minister of Pakistan from 1973 to 1977....	January 13, 1977	March 28, 1977
Air Mshl Inamul Haq Khan	January 14, 1978	July 5, 1978
Mahmoud Haroon Mahmoud Haroon Mahmoud Abdullah Haroon was a veteran Pakistani politician with career spanning over five decades and chairman of the Dawn Media Group. He was the second son of Abdullah Haroon, the first being Yusuf Haroon, one of the leaders of Pakistan Movement....	July 5, 1978	November 18, 1984
Lt Gen Sardar F.S. Khan Lodi	January 22, 1985	March 23, 1985
Muhammad Khan Junejo	April 10, 1985	May 21, 1985
Muhammad Aslam Khan Khattak Muhammad Aslam Khan Khattak Muhammad Aslam Khan Khattak was a Pakistani politician and diplomat....	May 22, 1985	March 29, 1987
Wasim Sajjad Wasim Sajjad Wasim Sajjad was President of Pakistan on two occasions, serving as interim President prior to elections....	March 29, 1987	July 28, 1987
Malik Nasim Ahmed Aheer	July 28, 1987	November 17, 1988
Aitzaz Ahsan Aitzaz Ahsan Barrister Chaudhry Aitzaz Ahsan is a Barrister-at-Law by profession, Senior Advocate Supreme Court and former President of the Supreme Court Bar Association of Pakistan....	December 4, 1988	August 6, 1990
Mian Zahid Sarfraz (caretaker)	August 11, 1990	November 6, 1990
Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain is a politician from Pakistan who was the Prime Minister of that country from June 30, 2004 until August 28 2004. He hails from the province of the Punjab , where his cousin Chaudhry Pervez Elahi served as Chief Minister of Punjab from 2002 to 2007....	November 9, 1990	July 18, 1993
Fateh Khan Bandial (caretaker)	July 23, 1993	October 19, 1993
Maj Gen (r) Naseerullah Babar Naseerullah Babar Major General Naseerullah Babar was born in 1928 in Peshawar, Pakistan. His family is from the Babar tribe of Pashtuns and hails from the village of Pirpiai in district Nowshera....	October 21, 1993	November 5, 1996
Omar Khan Affridi (caretaker)	November 5, 1996	February 17, 1997
Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain is a politician from Pakistan who was the Prime Minister of that country from June 30, 2004 until August 28 2004. He hails from the province of the Punjab , where his cousin Chaudhry Pervez Elahi served as Chief Minister of Punjab from 2002 to 2007....	February 25, 1997	October 12, 1999
Lt Gen (r) Moinuddin Haider Moinuddin Haider Moinuddin Haider is a retired lieutenant general of the Pakistan Army, who after retirement served as the Governor of Sindh and then as the Interior Minister of Pakistan....	November 6, 1999	November 23, 2002
Faisal Saleh Hayat	November 23, 2002	August 25, 2004
Aftab Ahmad Sherpao	August 25, 2004	November 15, 2007
Lt Gen (r) Hamid Nawaz Khan Hamid Nawaz Khan Lieutenant General Hamid Nawaz Khan, Hilal-i-Imtiaz, is a career Pakistan Army soldier who served as Interior Minister of Pakistan and Defence Secretary of Pakistan after retirement....	November 16, 2007	March 25, 2008
Rehman Malik Rehman Malik A. Rehman Malik is the current Adviser to the Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gillani on Interior Affairs and Narcotics Control since 27 March, 2008....	March 27, 2008	Incumbent

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