The Ministry of States and Frontier Regions (Urdu: وزارتِ ریاستی و سرحدی امور, wazarat-e- reyasti o sarhadi umoor; abbreviated as SAFRON) was a federal ministry in Pakistan.

The main responsibilities of the ministry were the administrative affairs and development activities in the tribal areas of Pakistan, including Frontier Regions of Pakistan and Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA).

It has been merged into the Ministry of Kashmir Affairs and Gilgit-Baltistan as of 2025.

Commissionerate for Afghan Refugees

In 1980, the Commissionerate for Afghan Refugees was established in Islamabad under SAFRON. This was in response to the influx of refugees from Afghanistan to Pakistan from 1979, due to the Soviet invasion and factional fighting in Afghanistan.

The main functions of Commissionerate are to manage Afghan refugees and support the provision of basic facilities for the welfare of Afghan refugees, coordinating activities with federal and provincial government, NGOs, and international agencies specially UNHCR.

There is a Commissionerate for Afghan Refugees in each province except Sindh.

Cadet College Razmak

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

List of ministers

NameEntered officeLeft office
Shaukatullah Khan11 February 201111 February 2012
Chaudhry Muhammad Barjees Tahir13 June 201211 February 2013
Najmud din KhanN/AN/A
Abdul Qadeer Baloch7 June 201328 July 2017
Abdul Qadir Baloch4 August 201731 May 2018
Roshan Khursheed Bharucha5 June 201818 August 2018
Tariq Bashir Cheema (Federal Minister)20 August 20186 September 2018
Shehryar Khan Afridi (Minister of State)18 April 201925 September 2020
Sahabzada Muhammad Mehboob Sultan (Federal Minister)20 November 201909 April 2022
Muhammad Talha Mahmood (Federal Minister)19 April 2022N/A
Amir Muqam29 March 2024Till date

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