Ministry of Narcotics Control (Pakistan)
| وزارتِ سدِّ بابِ منشیات | |
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| Agency overview | |
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| Formed | 4 August 2017 |
| Jurisdiction | Government of Pakistan |
| Headquarters | Islamabad, Islamabad Capital Territory |
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| Agency executive |
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| Website | www |
The Ministry of Narcotics Control (Urdu: وزارتِ انسدادِ منشیات, romanized: vizārat-e-insidād-e-munaśśiyāt) 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]
Ministers
[edit]| No. | Portrait | Name (Born–Died) |
Tenure | Party | Government | Prime Minister | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| From | To | Length | ||||||||
| 1 |
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Lieutenant General (Retd) Salahuddin Tirmizi (born 1943) Senator for Khyber Pakhtunkhwa |
4 August 2017 |
31 May 2018 |
300 days | Pakistan Muslim League (N) | Abbasi | Shahid Khaqan Abbasi | ||
| C |
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Muhammad Azam Khan (1933–2023) |
5 June 2018 |
13 August 2018 |
69 days | Independent | Mulk (Caretaker) |
Nasirul Mulk | ||
| 2 |
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Ali Mohammad Mahar (1970–2019) MNA for 205 Ghotki-II |
4 October 2018 |
21 May 2019[†] |
229 days | Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf | Khan | Imran Khan | ||
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Shehryar Afridi (born 1971) MNA for 32 Kohat (State Minister) |
11 June 2019 |
6 April 2020 |
300 days | |||||
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Azam Khan Swati (born 1956) Senator for Khyber Pakhtunkhwa |
7 April 2020 |
11 December 2020 |
248 days | |||||
| 5 | 
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Brigadier (Retd) Ijaz Ahmed Shah MNA for 118 Nankana Sahib-II |
11 December 2020 |
10 April 2022 |
1 year, 120 days | |||||
| 6 |
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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 | Shehbaz I | Shehbaz Sharif | ||
| C |
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Sarfraz Bugti | 17 August 2023 |
15 December 2023 |
120 days | Independent | Kakar (Caretaker) |
Anwaar ul Haq Kakar | ||
| Position vacant during this interval | ||||||||||
| 7 |
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Mohsin Naqvi (born 1978) Senator for Punjab |
11 March 2024 |
Incumbent | 267 days | Independent | Shehbaz II | 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.
- ^ "PM constitutes seven new ministries". The Nation. Retrieved 6 August 2017.
