National Security Advisor (Pakistan)

{{Short description|Official advisory position in the Pakistan government}}

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{{Infobox official post

| post = National Security Advisor

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| insigniasize = 150px

| insigniacaption = Emblem of Pakistan

| flag = Flag of Pakistan.svg

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| incumbent = Lieutenant General Asim Malik, HI(M)

| incumbentsince = 30 April 2025

| appointer = Prime Minister of Pakistan

| reports_to = Prime Minister of Pakistan

| first = Ghulam Omar

| formation = {{start date and age|1969}}

| abbreviation = NSA

| salary =

| seat = Prime Minister's Secretariat
National Security Division

| website = {{URL|nsd.gov.pk}}

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The National Security Advisor (NSA) is the senior official on the National Security Council of Pakistan, and the chief adviser to the Prime Minister of Pakistan on national security and international affairs.{{cite book|last1=Rizvi|first1=Hasan Askari|authorlink1=Hasan Askari Rizvi|title=National Security CounciI: AA debate on institutions and processes for decision-making on security issues|date=2012|publisher=Pildat publications|location=Islamabad|isbn=978-969-558-265-7|pages=17–20, 34|url=http://www.pildat.org/publications/publication/CMR/NaionalSecurityCouncil-debateonInstitutionsandprocessesfordecisionmakingonsecurityissues.pdf|accessdate=31 October 2015|language=English|chapter=Evolution of the Concept of NSC in Pakistan|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304101825/http://www.pildat.org/publications/publication/CMR/NaionalSecurityCouncil-debateonInstitutionsandprocessesfordecisionmakingonsecurityissues.pdf|archive-date=4 March 2016|url-status=dead}} Lt Gen Asim Malik is the current NSA, appointed by Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on 30 April 2025.{{Cite web|title=A timely and tactical appointment: Lt Gen Muhammad Asim Malik as Pakistan’s national security adviser|url=https://24newshd.tv/06-May-2025/a-timely-and-tactical-appointment-lt-gen-muhammad-asim-malik-as-pakistan-s-national-security-adviser|access-date=6 May 2025}}

The National Security Adviser participates in National Security Council to brief the participants on issues involving the national security of the country and regularly advise the Prime Minister on all matters relating to internal and external threats to the country, and oversees strategic issues.{{cite web|last1=Jaspal|first1=Zafar Nawaz|title=National Security Council: Implications for Pakistan's Political System|url=http://www.defencejournal.com/2002/march/political.htm|website=Defence Journal|accessdate=31 October 2015|date=2002}} In addition, the adviser frequently accompanies the Prime Minister on foreign trips.

The National Security Adviser is supported by the National Security Division [https://nsd.gov.pk (NSD)] at the Prime Minister's Secretariat in Islamabad that produces research and briefings for the National Security Adviser to review and present, either to the National Security Council or directly to the Prime Minister.{{cite news |title=Janjua takes over as Pakistan's NSA|url=http://www.gulf-times.com/pakistan/186/details/460910/janjua-takes-over-as-pakistan%E2%80%99s-nsa|accessdate=31 October 2015 |newspaper=Gulf News |date=23 October 2015}} The post was created in 1969 by then-President Yahya Khan with Major-General Ghulam Omar being the first adviser.

List of National Security Advisers

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! No

! Name

!Designation

!colspan="2"| Term of Office

1

| Ghulam Omar

|Chief of National Security

| 25 March 1969

| 20 December 1971

2

|Mohammad Akbar Khan

|Adviser for National Security

|5 February 1976

|28 March 1977

3

|Tikka Khan{{cite news|last1=Singh|first1=Sushant|date=23 October 2015|title=Naseer Janjua as Pakistan's NSA further diminishes PM Nawaz Sharif|newspaper=Indian Express|url=http://indianexpress.com/article/explained/lt-general-naseer-janjua-as-pakistans-nsa-further-diminishes-pm-nawaz-sharif/|accessdate=31 October 2015}}

|Minister of State for Defence and National Security

|24 April 1977

|5 July 1977

4

|Ghulam Hassan Khan

|Adviser on National Security

|14 January 1978

|5 July 1978

5

| Iqbal Akhund

|Adviser to the Prime Minister for Foreign Affairs & National Security

| 4 December 1988

| 6 August 1990

6

|Mahmud Ali Durrani

|Adviser to the Prime Minister on National Security

| 15 April 2008

| 7 January 2009

7

|Sartaj Aziz{{cite news|last1=Khan|first1=Sumaira|title=Battling militancy: Govt revives National Security Council|url=http://tribune.com.pk/story/594103/battling-militancy-govt-revives-national-security-council/|accessdate=13 January 2015|agency=Express Tribune, 2013|publisher=Express Tribune, 2013|date=23 September 2013}}

|Adviser to the Prime Minister on National Security

|7 June 2013

|21 October 2015

8

|Nasser Khan Janjua

|National Security Adviser

|22 October 2015

|4 June 2018

C

|Abdullah Hussain Haroon

|Federal Minister for National Security (Caretaker)

|5 June 2018

|27 June 2018

C

|Naeem Khalid Lodhi

|Federal Minister for National Security (Caretaker)

|27 June 2018

|18 August 2018

9(I)

|Moeed Yusuf

|SAPM on National Security Division & Strategic Policy Planning

|24 December 2019

|16 May 2021

9(II)

|Moeed Yusuf

|National Security Adviser

|17 May 2021

|3 April 2022

10

|Asim Malik

|National Security Advisor

|30 April 2025

|Incumbent

See also

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