Interior ministry restructures wings, redesignates key posts

The federal Ministry of Interior has ordered a major restructuring of its wings, redesignating several senior positions and reallocating administrative responsibilities with immediate effect.

According to an office order issued by the ministry, the ICT/CDA Wing has been placed under the Special Secretary, while the International Instruments Wing has been renamed the International Cooperation Wing and placed under the same official.

Flight Lieutenant (Retd) Asim Ayub has been appointed Joint Secretary (International Cooperation).

The post of Joint Secretary (Law) has been redesignated as Joint Secretary (Visa and Citizenship), with Tariq Salam assigned additional charge of the position.

Under the restructuring, the post of Deputy Secretary (FATF) has been renamed Deputy Secretary (Treaty Compliance and FATF), while Deputy Secretary (International Instruments and Policies) has been redesignated as Deputy Secretary (Treaties and Negotiations).

The post of Deputy Secretary (Political External) has been redesignated as Deputy Secretary (Visa).

A new position of Deputy Secretary (Citizenship) has also been created, with Uzair Ahmed appointed to the post.

The ministry has placed its IT Cell under the administrative control of the Joint Secretary (Administration).

At the section officer level, the post of Section Officer (FATF) has been redesignated as Section Officer (Treaty Compliance and FATF), while Section Officer (IC-II) has been renamed Section Officer (MLA).

Similarly, Section Officer (ITA-I) has been redesignated as Section Officer (Multilateral Treaties), while Section Officer (ITA-II) will now be designated Section Officer (Bilateral Treaties).

The post of Section Officer (Political External) has been renamed Section Officer (Foreign Coordination), while Section Officer (Visa) has been redesignated as Visa-I and Section Officer (India-I) as Visa-II.

The ministry has also renamed Section Officer (IC-I) as Extradition and Interpol and Section Officer (Police) as Police/CD.

Under the revised administrative arrangements, section officers dealing with NADRA, Security and NAP/NACTA will report to the new Deputy Secretary.

Section officers responsible for Arms, ANF and FIA will also report to the newly designated deputy secretaries.

The ministry said a detailed distribution of work and responsibilities under the revised structure would be issued separately.

Awais kiyani is our Senior Reporter at Islamabad bureau covering Prime Minister Office, political parties and energy sector.