Ministry of States and Frontier Regions (Pakistan)


The Ministry of States and Frontier Regions is a federal ministry in Pakistan. The ministry will be headed by Sahabzada Muhammad Mehboob Sultan who was previously the Ministry of National Food Security and Research after the Prime Minister reshuffled his cabinet on 20 November 2019.
The main responsibilities of the ministry are to deal with issue of tribal areas of Pakistan Frontier Regions of Pakistan and Federally Administered Tribal Areas

Chief Commissioner-ate for Afghan Refugees

In 1979 to deal with the influx of Afghan Refugees into Pakistan an Office of Chief Commissioner for Afghan Refugees was established at Federal level declaring it as an attached department of Ministry of SAFRON.
The main functions of that office are to deal the issue of Afghan refugees and coordinate with international agencies specially UNHCR.
There is a Commissionerate for Afghan Refugees in each Province except Sindh and having the Chief Commissionerate based in Islamabad.

Cadet College Razmak

, North Waziristan Agency is an autonomous body of the ministry.

List of Minister for States and Frontier Regions Ministers of Pakistan