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The Interior Minister of Pakistan heads the Ministry of Interior. He serves in the cabinet of the Prime Minister. The Minister is required to be a member of Parliament. During the martial regimes of Generals Ayub Khan and Yahya Khan, from 1962 till 1971, the Interior Minister was called Home Affairs Minister.
The current Interior Minister is Rehman Malik, who is also a Pakistan Peoples Party senator.
| Name of Interior Minister | Entered Office | Left Office |
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| Fazlur Rehman | August 15, 1947 | May 8, 1948 |
| Khwaja Shahabuddin | May 8, 1948 | November 26, 1951 |
| Mushtaq Ahmed Gurmani | November 26, 1951 | October 24, 1954 |
| Iskander Mirza | October 24, 1954 | August 7, 1955 |
| A. K. Fazlul Huq | August 11, 1955 | March 9, 1956 |
| Abdus Sattar | March 17, 1956 | September 12, 1956 |
| Mir Ghulam Ali Talpur | September 12, 1956 | March 18, 1958 |
| Lt Gen Khalid Masud Sheikh | October 28, 1958 | June 14, 1960 |
| Zakir Husain | June 14, 1960 | June 8, 1962 |
| Khan Habibullah Khan | June 13, 1962 | March 23, 1965 |
| Ayub Khan | March 23, 1965 | August 17, 1965 |
| Chaudhry Ali Akbar Khan | August 17, 1965 | November 30, 1966 |
| Vice Admiral (R) Afzal Rahman Khan | December 5, 1966 | March 25, 1969 |
| Lt Gen Abdul Hamid Khan | April 15, 1969 | August 3, 1969 |
| Sardar Abdur Rashid Khan | August 4, 1969 | February 22, 1971 |
| Zulfikar Ali Bhutto | December 24, 1971 | May 1, 1972 |
| Abdul Qayyum Khan | May 13, 1972 | January 13, 1977 |
| Zulfikar Ali Bhutto | January 13, 1977 | March 28, 1977 |
| Air Marshal Inamul Haq Khan | January 14, 1978 | July 5, 1978 |
| Mahmoud Haroon | July 5, 1978 | November 18, 1984 |
| Lt Gen Sardar Farooq Shaukat Khan Lodi | January 22, 1985 | March 23, 1985 |
| Muhammad Khan Junejo | April 10, 1985 | May 21, 1985 |
| Muhammad Aslam Khan Khattak | May 22, 1985 | March 29, 1987 |
| Wasim Sajjad | March 29, 1987 | July 28, 1987 |
| Malik Nasim Ahmed Aheer | July 28, 1987 | November 17, 1988 |
| Aitzaz Ahsan | December 4, 1988 | August 6, 1990 |
| Mian Zahid Sarfraz (caretaker) | August 11, 1990 | November 6, 1990 |
| Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain | November 9, 1990 | July 18, 1993 |
| Fateh Khan Bandial (caretaker) | July 23, 1993 | October 19, 1993 |
| Maj Gen (R) Naseerullah Babar | October 21, 1993 | November 5, 1996 |
| Omar Khan Affridi (caretaker) | November 5, 1996 | February 17, 1997 |
| Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain | February 25, 1997 | October 12, 1999 |
| Lt Gen (R) Moinuddin Haider | November 6, 1999 | November 23, 2002 |
| Faisal Saleh Hayat | November 23, 2002 | August 25, 2004 |
| Aftab Ahmad Sherpao | August 25, 2004 | November 15, 2007 |
| Lt Gen (R) Hamid Nawaz Khan | November 16, 2007 | March 25, 2008 |
| Rehman Malik | March 27, 2008 | Incumbent |
   | About the Ministry of Interior - Pakistan.Gov.pk - The Official Web Gateway to the Government of Pakistan |
| | Ministry of Interior, Government of Pakistan - The Official Website of Ministry of Interior |
| | Parliamentary Cabinet of Pakistan - Pakistan.Gov - The Official Web Gateway to the Government of Pakistan |
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