Interior Secretary of Pakistan


The Interior Secretary of Pakistan 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 includes the Federal Investigation Agency, National Database and Registration Authority, Directorate General of Immigration & Passports and the paramilitary forces namely Frontier Constabulary and Pakistan Rangers. The administration of the Islamabad Capital Territory is also under the Interior Secretary, as the Chief Commissioner 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 Office
1Tasneem NooraniJanuary 2001May 2004-
2Tariq MehmoodJune 2004February 2006-
3Syed Kamal ShahFebruary 2005September 2009-
4Chaudhry Qamar ZamanSeptember 2009June 2011-
5Khawaja Siddique AkbarJune 2011April 2013-
6Javed IqbalApril 2013May 2013-
7Raja Muhammad AbbasMay 2013June 2013-
8Chaudhry Qamar ZamanJune 2013October 20138-
9Shahid KhanOctober 2013February 2016-
10Arif Ahmed KhanFebruary 2016April 2017-
11Tariq Mahmood KhanApril 2017September 2017-
12Arshad MirzaSeptember 2017June 2018-
13Yousuf Naseem KhokharJune 2018October 2018-
14Azam Suleman KhanOctober 2018November 2019-
15Yousuf Naseem KhokarNovember 2019April 2020-
16Azam Suleman KhanApril 2020June 2020-
17Yousuf Naseem KhokarJuly 2020Incumbent-