National Intelligence Coordination Committee (Pakistan)


The National Intelligence Coordination Committee of Pakistan is headed by the Director General of Inter-Services Intelligence. The overarching intelligence coordination body was given assent by the Prime Minister of Pakistan Imran Khan in November 2020. It held its inaugural session on June 24, 2021, marking the date the committee became functional.

Background

The Abbottabad Commission had recommended that a mechanism to integrate civil and military intelligence be set up. On November 24, 2020, Prime Minister Imran Khan approved the creation of the committee. On June 24, 2021, the body held its inaugural session at the Inter-Services Intelligence's headquarters. The meeting was presided over by Prime Minister Imran Khan and attended by Interior Minister Sheikh Rashid Ahmed, Information Minister Fawad Chaudhry, and the heads of the services’ intelligence agencies, including the Intelligence Bureau and the Federal Investigation Agency.

Constituents

Over two dozen intelligence organizations will coordinate under the NICC including: