Ministry of Interior (Pakistan)
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The Ministry of the Interior is Pakistan
's ministry of the interior. Its head office is in Islamabad
.
The Interior Minister of Pakistan
heads the Ministry of Interior. He serves in the cabinet of the Prime Minister
. The Minister is required to be a member of Parliament. During the martial regimes of Generals Ayub Khan and Yahya Khan
, from 1962 till 1971, the Interior Minister was called Home Affairs Minister.
The current Interior Minister is Rehman Malik
, who is also a Pakistan Peoples Party
senator
.
Pakistan
Pakistan , officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan is a sovereign state in South Asia. It has a coastline along the Arabian Sea and the Gulf of Oman in the south and is bordered by Afghanistan and Iran in the west, India in the east and China in the far northeast. In the north, Tajikistan...
's ministry of the interior. Its head office is in Islamabad
Islamabad
Islamabad is the capital of Pakistan and the tenth largest city in the country. Located within the Islamabad Capital Territory , the population of the city has grown from 100,000 in 1951 to 1.7 million in 2011...
.
The Interior Minister of Pakistan
Pakistan
Pakistan , officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan is a sovereign state in South Asia. It has a coastline along the Arabian Sea and the Gulf of Oman in the south and is bordered by Afghanistan and Iran in the west, India in the east and China in the far northeast. In the north, Tajikistan...
heads the Ministry of Interior. He serves in the cabinet of the Prime Minister
Prime Minister of Pakistan
The Prime Minister of Pakistan , is the Head of Government of Pakistan who is designated to exercise as the country's Chief Executive. By the Constitution of Pakistan, Pakistan has the parliamentary democratic system of government...
. The Minister is required to be a member of Parliament. During the martial regimes of Generals Ayub Khan and Yahya Khan
Yahya Khan
General Agha Mohammad Yahya Khan Qizilbash, H.Pk, HJ, S.Pk, psc was the third President of Pakistan from 1969 to 1971, following the resignation of Ayub Khan...
, from 1962 till 1971, the Interior Minister was called Home Affairs Minister.
The current Interior Minister is Rehman Malik
Rehman Malik
27 April 2009 He has been the interior adviser since 27 March 2008.Senator A. Rehman Malik is a Pakistani politician, member of the Senate of Pakistan, and the current Interior Minister of Pakistan under the Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani administration. His Second name is Shetan Malik and he...
, who is also a Pakistan Peoples Party
Pakistan Peoples Party
The Pakistan Peoples Party , is a democratic socialist political party in Pakistan affiliated with Socialist International. Pakistan People's Party is the largest political party of Pakistan...
senator
Senate of Pakistan
The Senate of Pakistan is the upper house of the bicameral Parliament of Pakistan. Elections are held every three years for one half of the senate and each senator has a term of six years...
.
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 Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa 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 | October 24, 1954 | August 7, 1955 |
| A. K. Fazlul Huq A. K. Fazlul Huq Not to be confused with the cricket ground in Dhaka Sher-e-Bangla Cricket Stadium Sher-e-Bangla Abul Kashem Fazlul Huq was a well-known Bengali statesman in the first half of the 20th century... |
August 11, 1955 | March 9, 1956 |
| Abdus Sattar | March 17, 1956 | September 12, 1956 |
| Mir Ghulam Ali Talpur | September 12, 1956 | March 18, 1958 |
| Lt Gen Khalid Masud 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.-Early life:... |
June 14, 1960 | June 8, 1962 |
| Khan Habibullah Khan Marwat | June 13, 1962 | March 23, 1965 |
| Ayub Khan | March 23, 1965 | August 17, 1965 |
| Chaudhry Ali Akbar Khan Chaudhry Ali Akbar Khan Chaudhry Ali Akbar Khan was a Pakistani politician and diplomat who stayed as the Member of Legislative Assembly 1945, Minister of Education, Minister of Industries 1950s, Federal Minister for Home Affairs , Ambassador to Sudan , Ambassador to Saudi Arabia .... |
August 17, 1965 | November 30, 1966 |
| Vice Admiral Vice Admiral Vice admiral is a senior naval rank of a three-star flag officer, which is equivalent to lieutenant general in the other uniformed services. A vice admiral is typically senior to a rear admiral and junior to an admiral... (R) Afzal Rahman Khan Afzal Rahman Khan Vice-Admiral Afzal Rahman Khan , , was a high profile military official who served as the Interior and Defence Minister under the military government of Field Marshal Ayub Khan... |
December 5, 1966 | March 25, 1969 |
| Lt Gen Abdul Hamid Khan Abdul Hamid Khan (general) General Abdul Hamid Khan, HQA, SPk, SQA, was a Pakistan Army General. He was the Chief of Staff Pakistan Army under President General Yahya Khan during the 1971 Indo-Pakistani War.-1965 Battle of Khem Karan:... |
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 Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa 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 9th Prime Minister of Pakistan from 1973 to 1977, and prior to that, 4th President of Pakistan from 1971 to 1973. Bhutto was the founder of the Pakistan Peoples Party — the largest and most influential political party in Pakistan— and served as its chairman until his... |
December 24, 1971 | May 1, 1972 |
| Abdul Qayyum Khan Abdul Qayyum Khan Abdul Qayyum Khan was a major figure in Pakistan politics, in particular in the Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province where he served as deputy speaker, Chief Minister and Minister in the Central Government and as Federal Interior Minister.-Early life:His father Khan Abdul Hakim was a Tehsildar in N.W.F.P... |
May 13, 1972 | January 13, 1977 |
| Zulfikar Ali Bhutto Zulfikar Ali Bhutto Zulfikar Ali Bhutto was 9th Prime Minister of Pakistan from 1973 to 1977, and prior to that, 4th President of Pakistan from 1971 to 1973. Bhutto was the founder of the Pakistan Peoples Party — the largest and most influential political party in Pakistan— and served as its chairman until his... |
January 13, 1977 | March 28, 1977 |
| Air Marshal Air Marshal Air marshal is a three-star air-officer rank which originated in and continues to be used by the Royal Air Force... Inamul Haq Khan |
January 14, 1978 | July 5, 1978 |
| Mahmoud Haroon Mahmoud Haroon Mahmoud Abdullah Haroon Urdu: محمود ہارون was a veteran Pakistani politician with career spanning over five decades and chairman of the Dawn Media Group. He was the second son of Haji Sir Abdullah Haroon, the first being Yusuf Haroon, one of the leaders of Pakistan Movement... |
July 5, 1978 | November 18, 1984 |
| Lt Gen Sardar Farooq Shaukat Khan Lodi | January 22, 1985 | March 23, 1985 |
| Muhammad Khan Junejo Muhammad Khan Junejo Muhammad Khan Junejo was the tenth Prime Minister of Pakistan.-Early life:He was born at Sindhri in Tharparkar of Sindh. He belongs to Sindhi Muslim Rajput family of Junejo clan. Junejo started his political career at the age of twenty one... |
April 10, 1985 | May 21, 1985 |
| Muhammad Aslam Khan Khattak Muhammad Aslam Khan Khattak Muhammad Aslam Khan Khattak was a Pakistani politician and diplomat.-Biography:He was the President of Pakistan Movement in U.K with Dr. Abdur Rahim as Vice President and Chaudhry Rehmat Ali as Secretary. This Organisation gave the world the name "PAKISTAN"... |
May 22, 1985 | March 29, 1987 |
| Wasim Sajjad Wasim Sajjad Wasim Sajjad was interim President of Pakistan on two occasions, serving as interim President prior to elections. Currently, being a member of PML-Q, he is the Leader of the Opposition in Senate of Pakistan.- Early life :... |
March 29, 1987 | July 28, 1987 |
| Malik Nasim Ahmed Aheer | July 28, 1987 | November 17, 1988 |
| Aitzaz Ahsan Aitzaz Ahsan Chaudhry Aitzaz Ahsan is a Pakistani lawmaker, barrister, and politician from Pakistan's People's Party who served as President of the Supreme Court Bar Association of Pakistan.-Early life and education:... |
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... |
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 Khan Babar , SJ, HJ, was a retired 2-star rank general officer in the Pakistan Army, and later career military officer-turned statesman from the leftist democratic soclialist, the Pakistan Peoples Party... |
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... |
February 25, 1997 | October 12, 1999 |
| Lt Gen (R) Moinuddin Haider Moinuddin Haider Moinuddin Haider, HI 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.-Army career:... |
November 6, 1999 | November 23, 2002 |
| Faisal Saleh Hayat Faisal Saleh Hayat Makhdoom Syed Faisal Saleh Hayat is a Pakistani politician from Jhang, Punjab, Pakistan. Faisal Saleh Hayat was born in Lahore in 1952 to a landlord Shia Muslim family of Jhang, Punjab.- Education :Faisal Saleh Hayat is also a successful businessman... |
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, HI, is a career Pakistan Army soldier who served as Federal Interior Minister from November 2007 to April 2008 and Defence Secretary of Pakistan from 2001 to 2005... (caretaker) |
November 16, 2007 | March 25, 2008 |
| Rehman Malik Rehman Malik 27 April 2009 He has been the interior adviser since 27 March 2008.Senator A. Rehman Malik is a Pakistani politician, member of the Senate of Pakistan, and the current Interior Minister of Pakistan under the Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani administration. His Second name is Shetan Malik and he... |
March 27, 2008 | Incumbent |
See also
- Constitution of PakistanConstitution of PakistanThe Constitution of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan is the supreme law of Pakistan. Known as the Constitution of 1973, it was drafted by the government of Zulfikar Ali Bhutto and, following additions by the opposition parties, was approved by the legislative assembly on April 10, 1973...
- President of PakistanPresident of PakistanThe President of Pakistan is the head of state, as well as figurehead, of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan. Recently passed an XVIII Amendment , Pakistan has a parliamentary democratic system of government. According to the Constitution, the President is chosen by the Electoral College to serve a...
- Prime Minister of PakistanPrime Minister of PakistanThe Prime Minister of Pakistan , is the Head of Government of Pakistan who is designated to exercise as the country's Chief Executive. By the Constitution of Pakistan, Pakistan has the parliamentary democratic system of government...
- Foreign Minister of PakistanForeign Minister of PakistanThe Foreign Minister of Pakistan heads the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The current Foreign Minister is Hina Rabbani Khar who took office as Minister of State for Foreign Affairs on 11 February 2011, and as full Minister of Foreign Affairs on 20 July, 2011...
- Finance Minister of PakistanFinance Minister of PakistanThe Finance Minister of Pakistan heads the Ministry of Finance and serves in the Prime Minister's cabinet. The Minister is required to be a member of the Parliament.The current finance minister is Abdul Hafeez Shaikh...
- Defence Minister of PakistanDefence Minister of PakistanThe Defence Minister of Pakistan heads the Ministry of Defence, under which serve the three armed forces of the country, Pakistan Army, Pakistan Air Force, and Pakistan Navy...