Interior Secretary (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 include 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 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 office
1Tasneem NooraniJanuary 2001May 2004
2Tariq MahmudJune 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 2013
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 20207 March 2023
19Syed Ali Murtaza7 March 202318 August 2023
20Abdullah Sumbal18 August 20237 September 2023
21Aftab Durrani18 September 202330 March 2024
22Muhammad Khurram Agha30 March 2024present