Defence Secretary of Pakistan


The Defence Secretary of Pakistan is the Federal Secretary for Ministry of Defence of Pakistan.

List of Defence Secretaries

Ikram ul Haq2018Left Office
Maj Gen Iskander MirzaOctober 1947May 1954
Akhter HusainJune 1954August 1957
Muhammad KhurshidMarch 1958June 1959
S Fida HussainJuly 1958August 1961
Nazir AhmedAugust 1961September 1965
S Fida HussainSeptember 1965June 1966
S I HaqueJune 1966December 1966
S. Ghias Uddin AhmedDecember 1966August 1973
Maj Gen Fazal Muqeem KhanAugust 1973October 1977
Ghulam Ishaq Khan October 1975July 1977
Lt Gen Ghulam Jilani Khan October 1977April 1980
Rasheed Ud Din ArshadMay 1980September 1980
Maj Gen M Rahim KhanNovember 1980December 1985
Asif RahimJune 1981June 1984
Aftab Ahmad KhanFebruary 1984August 1985
Ijlal Haider ZaidiAugust 1985November 1989
Salim Abbas JilaniNovember 1989November 1996
Hasan Raza PashaNovember 1996May 1997
Lt Gen Iftikhar Ali KhanMay 1997October 1999
Lt Gen Naseem RanaOctober 1999March 2001
Lt Gen Hamid Nawaz KhanMarch 2001May 2005
Lt Gen Tariq Waseem GhaziMay 2005April 2007
Kamran RasoolApril 2007November 2008
Lt Gen Syed Athar AliNovember 2008November 2011
Lt Gen Naeem Khalid LodhiNovember 2011January 2012
Nargis SethiJanuary 2012July 2012
Lt Gen Asif Yaseen MalikJuly 2012August 2014
Lt Gen Alam KhattakAugust 2014August 2016
Maj Gen Muhammad Abid Nazir August 2016August 2016
Lt Gen Zamir ul Hassan Shah26 August 201624 August 2018
Lt Gen Ikram ul Haq25 August 2018-