| Defence Secretary of Pakistan | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Reports to | Defence Minister of Pakistan |
| Appointer | Prime Minister of Pakistan |
| Website | Ministry of Defence |
The Defence Secretary of Pakistan is the Federal Secretary for the Ministry of Defence of Pakistan. [1]
| Defence Secretary of Pakistan | |
|---|---|
| | |
| Reports to | Defence Minister of Pakistan |
| Appointer | Prime Minister of Pakistan |
| Website | Ministry of Defence |
The Defence Secretary of Pakistan is the Federal Secretary for the Ministry of Defence of Pakistan. [1]
| Ikram ul Haq | 2018 | Left Office |
|---|---|---|
| Maj Gen Iskander Mirza | October 1947 | May 1954 |
| Akhter Husain | June 1954 | August 1957 |
| Muhammad Khurshid | March 1958 | June 1959 |
| S Fida Hussain | July 1958 | August 1961 |
| Nazir Ahmed | August 1961 | September 1965 |
| S Fida Hussain | September 1965 | June 1966 |
| S I Haque | June 1966 | December 1966 |
| S. Ghias Uddin Ahmed | December 1966 | August 1973 |
| Maj Gen (R) Fazal Muqeem Khan | August 1973 | October 1977 |
| Ghulam Ishaq Khan (Secretary General) | October 1975 | July 1977 |
| Lt Gen Ghulam Jilani Khan (Secretary General) | October 1977 | April 1980 [2] |
| Rasheed Ud Din Arshad | May 1980 | September 1980 |
| Maj Gen (R) M. Rahim Khan | November 1980 | December 1985 |
| Asif Rahim | June 1981 | June 1984 |
| Aftab Ahmad Khan | February 1984 | August 1985 |
| Ijlal Haider Zaidi | August 1985 | November 1989 |
| Salim Abbas Jilani | November 1989 | November 1996 |
| Hasan Raza Pasha | November 1996 | May 1997 |
| Lt Gen (R) Iftikhar Ali Khan | May 1997 | October 1999 |
| Lt Gen (R) Naseem Rana | October 1999 | March 2001 |
| Lt Gen (R) Hamid Nawaz Khan | March 2001 | May 2005 |
| Lt Gen (R) Tariq Waseem Ghazi | May 2005 | April 2007 |
| Kamran Rasool | April 2007 | November 2008 |
| Lt Gen (R) Syed Athar Ali | November 2008 | November 2011 |
| Lt Gen (R) Naeem Khalid Lodhi | November 2011 | January 2012 |
| Nargis Sethi | January 2012 | July 2012 |
| Lt Gen (R) Asif Yaseen Malik | July 2012 | August 2014 |
| Lt Gen (R) Alam Khattak | August 2014 | August 2016 |
| Maj Gen Muhammad Abid Nazir (Acting) | August 2016 | August 2016 |
| Lt Gen (R) Zamir ul Hassan Shah | 26 August 2016 | 24 August 2018 |
| Lt Gen (R) Ikram ul Haq | 25 August 2018 | 25 August 2020 |
| Lt Gen (R) Mian Hilal Hussain | 25 August 2020 | August 2022 |
| Lt Gen (R) Hamood Uz Zaman | August 2022 | 23 August 2024 |
| Maj Gen Amer Ashfaq Kayani | 23 August 2024 | Present |
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