Agency Name: | Ministry of Narcotics Control |
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Jurisdiction: | Government of Pakistan |
Headquarters: | Islamabad, Islamabad Capital Territory |
Minister1 Name: | Mohsin Raza Naqvi |
Minister1 Pfo: | Minister for Narcotics Control |
Chief1 Name: | Akbar Hussain Durrani[1] |
Chief1 Position: | Federal Secretary for Narcotics Control |
The Ministry of Narcotics Control (Urdu: {{nastaliq|وزارتِ انسدادِ منشیات) is the Pakistan Government's federal and executive level ministry created on 4 August 2017 by Shahid Khaqan Abbasi (the then Prime Minister of Pakistan). The ministry was created out of the Ministry of Interior and Narcotics Control (now just Ministry of Interior). Its sole agency or unit is the Anti-Narcotics Force.[2] [3]
Portrait | Name | Tenure | Party | Government | Prime Minister | |||||
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From | To | Length | ||||||||
1 | Salahuddin Tirmizi | 4 August 2017 | 31 May 2018 | Pakistan Muslim League (N) | Abbasi | Shahid Khaqan Abbasi | ||||
C | Muhammad Azam Khan | 5 June 2018 | 13 August 2018 | Independent | Mulk | Nasirul Mulk | ||||
2 | Ali Mohammad Mahar | 4 October 2018 | 21 May 2019 | Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf | Khan | Imran Khan | ||||
3 | Shehryar Afridi (State Minister) | 11 June 2019 | 6 April 2020 | |||||||
4 | Azam Khan Swati | 7 April 2020 | 11 December 2020 | |||||||
5 | Ijaz Ahmed Shah | 11 December 2020 | 10 April 2022 | |||||||
6 | Shahzain Bugti | 19 April 2022 | 9 August 2023 | Jamhoori Wattan Party | Shehbaz I | Shehbaz Sharif | ||||
C | Sarfraz Bugti | 17 August 2023 | 15 December 2023 | Independent | Kakar | Anwaar ul Haq Kakar | ||||
7 | Mohsin Raza Naqvi | 11 March 2024 | Incumbent | Independent | Shehbaz II | Shehbaz Sharif | ||||