Home Department

Home Department is responsible for maintenance of law & order and protection of life and property of the citizens. The Home department has six wings namely General Wing, Police Wing, Prisons Wing, Internal Security Wing, Judicial Wing & Public Safety Wing. Home Secretary is the administrative head of the department and is assisted by six Additional Secretaries, six Deputy Secretaries, twenty four Section Officers and one Computer Programmer/System Analyst in the performance of his duties. The attached departments functioning under the administrative control of Home department are:

• Inspectorate of Police, Punjab
• Child Protection & Welfare Bureau, Punjab
• Inspectorate of Prisons, Punjab
• Directorate of Reclamation & Probation
• Directorate of Civil Defence
• Punjab Emergency Service (Rescue 1122)
• Punjab Highway Patrolling Police
• Forensic Science Laboratory
• Baloch Levy, D.G Khan
• Border Military Police, D.G Khan
• Border Military Police, Rajanpur

• Prevention & control of crime
• Administration of Police Department
• Regulation of arms & ammunition matters related to Civil Armed Forces
• To impose ban on entry of persons affecting peace
• To dispatch police parties to other provinces for recovery of stolen property and for the arrest of accused persons
• To notify reward for the arrest of terrorists/criminals
• To grant temporary parole in extreme and urgent situations
• To grant Visa extension to Indian Nationals
• To detain/deport/repatriate illegal immigrants
• To deal with the matters related to licensing & working of private security agencies and arms dealer shops
• To grant arms licenses
• To ban and impose penalty for objectionable material/pamphlets/booklets/newspapers