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DeutschMinistry of Narcotics Control (Pakistan)
| وزارتِ سدِّ بابِ منشیات | |
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| Formed | 4 August 2017 |
| Jurisdiction | Government of Pakistan |
| Headquarters | Islamabad, Islamabad Capital Territory |
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| Website | www |
The Ministry of Narcotics Control (Urdu: وزارتِ انسدادِ منشیات, romanized: vizārat-e-insidād-e-munaśśiyāt) was the Pakistan Government's federal and executive level ministry created on 4 August 2017 by Shahid Khaqan Abbasi (the then Prime Minister of Pakistan)<.ref>"PM constitutes seven new ministries". The Nation. Retrieved 6 August 2017.</ref> 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]
It has been merged with the Ministry of Interior as of 11 February 2025.[3]
Ministers
[edit]| No. | Portrait | Name (Born–Died) | Tenure | Party | Government | Prime Minister | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| From | To | Length | ||||||||
| 1 | | Lieutenant General (Retd) Salahuddin Tirmizi (born 1943) Senator for Khyber Pakhtunkhwa | 4 August 2017 | 31 May 2018 | 300 days | PMLN | Abbasi government | Shahid Khaqan Abbasi | ||
| C | | Muhammad Azam Khan (1933–2023) | 5 June 2018 | 13 August 2018 | 69 days | IND | Mulk caretaker government (Caretaker) | Nasirul Mulk | ||
| 2 | | Ali Mohammad Mahar (1970–2019) MNA for 205 Ghotki-II | 4 October 2018 | 21 May 2019[†] | 229 days | PTI | Imran Khan government | Imran Khan | ||
| 3 | .jpg) | Shehryar Afridi (born 1971) MNA for 32 Kohat (State Minister) | 11 June 2019 | 6 April 2020 | 300 days | |||||
| 4 | _(32228707548)_(cropped).jpg) | Azam Swati (born 1956) Senator for Khyber Pakhtunkhwa | 7 April 2020 | 11 December 2020 | 248 days | |||||
| 5 |  | Brigadier (Retd) Ijaz Ahmed Shah MNA for 118 Nankana Sahib-II | 11 December 2020 | 10 April 2022 | 1 year, 120 days | |||||
| 6 | | Nawab Shahzain Bugti (born 1970) MNA for 259 Ziarat-cum-Harnai-cum-Sibbi-cum-Kohlu-cum-Dera Bugti | 19 April 2022 | 9 August 2023 | 1 year, 112 days | Jamhoori Wattan Party | First Shehbaz Sharif ministry | Shehbaz Sharif | ||
| C | | Sarfraz Bugti | 17 August 2023 | 15 December 2023 | 120 days | PPP | Kakar caretaker ministry (Caretaker) | Anwaar ul Haq Kakar | ||
| Position vacant during this interval | ||||||||||
| 7 | | Mohsin Naqvi (born 1978) | 11 March 2024 | 11 February 2025 | 1 year, 111 days | IND | Second Shehbaz Sharif ministry | Shehbaz Sharif | ||
References
[edit]- ^ "Ministry, IIU agree on joint efforts for narcotics control". The News International (newspaper). 3 June 2021. Retrieved 18 September 2021.
- ^ "DailyTimes | Cabinet takes oath: Abbasi creates seven new ministries". dailytimes.com.pk. Retrieved 6 August 2017.
- ^ https://www.brecorder.com/news/40347787/narcotics-control-goes-to-interior-aviation-ministry-merged-with-mod
