Defence Secretary (Pakistan)
{{Short description|Administrative post of the ministry of defence}}
{{Infobox official post
| post = Defence Secretary of Pakistan
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| incumbent = Lt Gen(R) Muhammad Ali
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| reports_to = Defence Minister of Pakistan
| appointer = Prime Minister of Pakistan
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| website = [http://defence.gov.pk Ministry of Defence]
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The Defence Secretary of Pakistan is the Federal Secretary for the Ministry of Defence of Pakistan.{{Cite web|url=https://www.tribune.com.pk/story/744114/pm-approves-appointment-of-new-defence-secretary%3famp=1|title=PM approves appointment of new defence secretary|date=4 August 2014}}
List of Defence Secretaries
| class="wikitable" |
| align=center|Name
!align=center|Office Assumed !align=center|Left Office |
|---|
| Maj Gen(R) 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 1980Hasan Akhtar 'Pakistan Army hierarchy switch by President Zia' in The Times, issue 60608 dated April 23, 1980, p. 6, col. B |
| 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 |30 September 2024 |
| Lt Gen (R) Muhammad Ali {{Cite web |last=Akbar |first=Naveed |date=2024-09-27 |title=Lt General Muhammad Ali appointed defence secretary |url=https://english.aaj.tv/news/330381412/lt-general-muhammad-ali-appointed-defence-secretary |access-date=2024-09-28 |website=Aaj English TV |language=en}}
|1 October 2024 |incumbent |
See also
References
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External links
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20080819190043/http://pakistan.gov.pk/ministries/defence-ministry/images/Pub_YearBook_04-05.doc Ministry of Defence Year Book 2004-2005]
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