The National Crisis Management Cell () (

reporting name Reporting may refer to * any activity that leads to reports * in particular business reporting * Data reporting * Sustainability reporting * Financial reporting * international reporting of financial information for tax purposes under the OECD's ...

: NCMC) was primarily a domestic intelligence

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and

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agency, operational under the Ministry of Interior (MoI),

Government of Pakistan The Government of Pakistan () (abbreviated as GoP), constitutionally known as the Federal Government, commonly known as the Centre, is the national authority of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, a federal republic located in South Asia, con ...

. The agency secondarily acted as a coordinating platform for all the other intelligence agencies in

Pakistan Pakistan, officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, is a country in South Asia. It is the List of countries and dependencies by population, fifth-most populous country, with a population of over 241.5 million, having the Islam by country# ...

. Other activities of the cell involved building efforts towards

counter-intelligence Counterintelligence (counter-intelligence) or counterespionage (counter-espionage) is any activity aimed at protecting an agency's intelligence program from an opposition's intelligence service. It includes gathering information and conducting ac ...

counter-proliferation Counterproliferation refers to diplomatic, intelligence, and military efforts to combat the proliferation of weapons, including both weapons of mass destruction (WMD), long-range missiles, and certain conventional weapons. Measures to combat pr ...

counter-insurgency Counterinsurgency (COIN, or NATO spelling counter-insurgency) is "the totality of actions aimed at defeating irregular forces". The Oxford English Dictionary defines counterinsurgency as any "military or political action taken against the ac ...

and

counter-terrorism Counterterrorism (alternatively spelled: counter-terrorism), also known as anti-terrorism, relates to the practices, military tactics, techniques, and strategies that governments, law enforcement, businesses, and intelligence agencies use to co ...

, as well as assisting the

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, at all levels of command, in

managing Management (or managing) is the administration of organizations, whether businesses, nonprofit organizations, or a government bodies through business administration, nonprofit management, or the political science sub-field of public administra ...

intelligence. The National Crisis Management Cell was established in 2001 to tackle domestic and foreign

terrorism Terrorism, in its broadest sense, is the use of violence against non-combatants to achieve political or ideological aims. The term is used in this regard primarily to refer to intentional violence during peacetime or in the context of war aga ...

, and to eliminate religious extremism in the country. Its influence and role in the intelligence community included issuing warnings and formulating efforts against all kinds of

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posed to the state. After the December 2014 terrorist attack on Army Public School by

Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan The Pakistani Taliban, officially the Tehreek-i-Taliban-e-Pakistan (TTP), is an umbrella organization of various Islamist armed militant groups operating along the Durand Line, Afghan–Pakistani border. Formed in 2007 by Baitullah Mehsud, i ...

terrorists, the NCMC promoted efforts towards rigorous implementation of the

National Action Plan (Pakistan) The National Action Plan is an action plan that was established by the Government of Pakistan in December 2014 to crack down on terrorism and to supplement the ongoing anti-terrorist offensive in Federally Administered Tribal Areas. It is cons ...

. 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)

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{{Pakistani intelligence agencies 2001 establishments in Pakistan Defunct government departments and agencies of Pakistan

List of director generals

List of directors

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