Defence Secretary (Pakistan)

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Defence Secretary of Pakistan
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Incumbent
Lt Gen(R) Muhammad Ali
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]

Contents

List of Defence Secretaries

Ikram ul Haq2018Left Office
Maj Gen(R) Iskander Mirza October 1947May 1954
Akhter Husain June 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 (R) Fazal Muqeem KhanAugust 1973October 1977
Ghulam Ishaq Khan (Secretary General)October 1975July 1977
Lt Gen Ghulam Jilani Khan (Secretary General)October 1977April 1980 [2]
Rasheed Ud Din ArshadMay 1980September 1980
Maj Gen (R) M. Rahim Khan November 1980December 1985
Asif RahimJune 1981June 1984
Aftab Ahmad KhanFebruary 1984August 1985
Ijlal Haider Zaidi August 1985November 1989
Salim Abbas JilaniNovember 1989November 1996
Hasan Raza PashaNovember 1996May 1997
Lt Gen (R) Iftikhar Ali Khan May 1997October 1999
Lt Gen (R) Naseem Rana October 1999March 2001
Lt Gen (R) Hamid Nawaz Khan March 2001May 2005
Lt Gen (R) Tariq Waseem Ghazi May 2005April 2007
Kamran Rasool April 2007November 2008
Lt Gen (R) Syed Athar AliNovember 2008November 2011
Lt Gen (R) Naeem Khalid LodhiNovember 2011January 2012
Nargis Sethi January 2012July 2012
Lt Gen (R) Asif Yaseen MalikJuly 2012August 2014
Lt Gen (R) Alam Khattak August 2014August 2016
Maj Gen Muhammad Abid Nazir (Acting)August 2016August 2016
Lt Gen (R) Zamir ul Hassan Shah26 August 201624 August 2018
Lt Gen (R) Ikram ul Haq25 August 201825 August 2020
Lt Gen (R) Mian Hilal Hussain 25 August 2020August 2022
Lt Gen (R) Hamood Uz Zaman August 202223 August 2024
Maj Gen Amer Ashfaq Kayani 23 August 202430 September 2024
Lt Gen (R) Muhammad Ali [3] 1 October 2024incumbent

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References

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  2. Hasan Akhtar 'Pakistan Army hierarchy switch by President Zia' in The Times , issue 60608 dated April 23, 1980, p. 6, col. B
  3. Akbar, Naveed (2024-09-27). "Lt General Muhammad Ali appointed defence secretary". Aaj English TV. Retrieved 2024-09-28.