Before Devolution:

• Law and order situation of the settled districts of the Province.
• Law and order situation in the PATA District.
• Law order situation of FATA Agencies and Frontier Regions in the Province.
• All matter connected with police establishment.
• General Administration of Prisons.
• Externment and deportation.
• Civil Defence.
• Commutation and remission of prisoners/convicts.
• Defence Planning.
• Registration of aliens.
• Matters connected with Armed Forces.
• Extension of Federal Acts/laws and rules to the FATA/PATA areas in the Province.
• Admission of Tribal Students to professional colleges.
• Route permits and other transport affairs for tribal areas.
• Visit of foreigners to Tribal Areas.
• Control on Arms.

After Devolution:

• The function of law and order in FATA has been assigned to Civil Secretariat FATA and is no more responsibility of Home Department
• Police Order 2002 promulgated and Provincial Police Officer made ex-officio secretary of the provincial govt. with autonomy in operational, administrative and financial matters. Article 2 (vii-a)
• However, Chief Minister will exercise supervision and superintendence on police in the province through Chief Secretary and Home Department. Article 2 (vii-a)
• Home Department now looks after the law and order of the following areas:-
• Settled/regular districts.
• Provincially administered tribal areas.
• Malakand protected area (Malakand agency).

• Other functions of Home Department like affairs of Prisons, Prosecution , Civil Defence, movement and security of foreigners, poppy cultivation and Afghan Refugees still intact.
• At the district level magistracy has been abolished and District Nazim is responsible for law and order.