Defence Secretary (Pakistan)
Appearance
Defence Secretary of Pakistan | |
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Incumbent Gen (R) Zamir ul Hassan Shah | |
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 Ministry of Defence of Pakistan.[1]
List of Defence Secretaries
Name of Defence Secretary | Entered Office | Left Office |
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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 | 08 August 2018 |
See also
- Cabinet Secretary of Pakistan
- Establishment Secretary of Pakistan
- Foreign Secretary of Pakistan
- Finance Secretary of Pakistan
- Interior Secretary of Pakistan
References
- ^ https://www.tribune.com.pk/story/744114/pm-approves-appointment-of-new-defence-secretary%3famp=1
- ^ Hasan Akhtar 'Pakistan Army hierarchy switch by President Zia' in The Times, issue 60608 dated April 23, 1980, p. 6, col. B