National Crisis Management Cell

The National Crisis Management Cell (Urdu: قومی تنظیمِ بحرانات سیل) (reporting name: NCMC) was primarily a domestic intelligence assessment and management agency, operational under the Ministry of Interior (MoI), Government of Pakistan.^[2][3] The agency secondarily acted as a coordinating platform for all the other intelligence agencies in Pakistan. Other activities of the cell involved building efforts towards counter-intelligence, counter-proliferation, counter-insurgency and counter-terrorism, as well as assisting the government, at all levels of command, in managing intelligence.^[4]

National Crisis Management Cell
قومی تنظیمِ بحرانات سیل

Agency overview
Formed	2001; 24 years ago (2001)
Dissolved	2016; 9 years ago (2016)
Jurisdiction	Government of Pakistan
Headquarters	Islamabad, Pakistan
Agency executives	Muhammad Ehsanullah Bajwa[1] Director-General Dr.Kashif Shabbir Lali SP-SSU[1] Director

The National Crisis Management Cell was established in 2001 to tackle domestic and foreign terrorism, and to eliminate religious extremism in the country.^[4] Its influence and role in the intelligence community included issuing warnings and formulating efforts against all kinds of threats posed to the state.^[4] After the December 2014 terrorist attack on Army Public School by Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan terrorists, the NCMC promoted efforts towards rigorous implementation of the National Action Plan (Pakistan).

After establishment of the National Counter Terrorism Authority, Pakistan, in March 2013, the National Crises Management Cell was annulled with effect from July 1, 2016.

List of director generals

• 2002–08: Brig(R) Javed Iqbal Cheema
• 2008–10: Wing Cmdr(R). Tariq Ahmad Lodhi
• 2010–12: Brig(R) Javed Iqbal Lodhi
• 2012–12: Lt. Col(R) Umar Hayat Luk
• 2012–13: Brig(R) Javed Iqbal Lodhi
• 2013–13: Mr. Muhammad Ehsanullah Bajwa Deputy Inspector General of Police
• 2013–14: Wing Cmdr(R). Tariq Ahmad Lodhi
• 2014–16: Mr. Saud Aziz Deputy Inspector General of Police

List of directors

• 2006-2013: Mr. Farid Ahmad Khan, Joint Secretary
• 2006-2016: Dr. Kashif Shabbir Lali, Superintendent of Police (SSU)

See also

• National Counter Terrorism Authority (NACTA)