Ministry of Narcotics Control (Pakistan)

Not to be confused with Ministry of Interior (Pakistan).

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).^[2] 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.^[3]

Ministry of Narcotics Control

وزارتِ سدِّ بابِ منشیات
Agency overview
Formed	4 August 2017; 8 years ago (2017-08-04)
Jurisdiction	Government of Pakistan
Headquarters	Islamabad, Islamabad Capital Territory
Minister responsible	Abdul Aleem Khanzada, Minister for Narcotics Control
Agency executive	Akbar Hussain Durrani [1], Federal Secretary for Narcotics Control
Website	www.narcon.gov.pk

It has been merged with the Ministry of Interior as of 11 February 2025.^[4]

Ministers

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		Shehryar Afridi (born 1971) MNA for 32 Kohat (State Minister)	11 June 2019	6 April 2020	300 days
	4		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, 230 days	IND	Second Shehbaz Sharif ministry		Shehbaz Sharif