The Defence Secretary of Pakistan is the Federal Secretary for the Ministry of Defence of Pakistan.
List of Defence Secretaries
Name Office AssumedLeft OfficeMaj Gen(R) Iskander MirzaOctober 1947May 1954Akhter HusainJune 1954August 1957Muhammad KhurshidMarch 1958June 1959S Fida HussainJuly 1958August 1961Nazir AhmedAugust 1961September 1965S Fida HussainSeptember 1965June 1966S I HaqueJune 1966December 1966S. Ghias Uddin AhmedDecember 1966August 1973Maj Gen (R) Fazal Muqeem KhanAugust 1973October 1977Ghulam Ishaq Khan (Secretary General)October 1975July 1977Lt Gen Ghulam Jilani Khan (Secretary General)October 1977April 1980Hasan Akhtar 'Pakistan Army hierarchy switch by President Zia' in The Times, issue 60608 dated April 23, 1980, p. 6, col. BRasheed Ud Din ArshadMay 1980September 1980Maj Gen (R) M. Rahim KhanNovember 1980December 1985Asif RahimJune 1981June 1984Aftab Ahmad KhanFebruary 1984August 1985Ijlal Haider ZaidiAugust 1985November 1989Salim Abbas JilaniNovember 1989November 1996Hasan Raza PashaNovember 1996feb 1997Lt Gen (R) Lehrasab KhanMarch 1997March 2001Lt Gen (R) Hamid Nawaz KhanMarch 2001May 2005Lt Gen (R) Tariq Waseem GhaziMay 2005April 2007Kamran RasoolApril 2007November 2008Lt Gen (R) Syed Athar AliNovember 2008November 2011Lt Gen (R) Naeem Khalid LodhiNovember 2011January 2012Nargis SethiJanuary 2012July 2012Lt Gen (R) Asif Yaseen MalikJuly 2012August 2014Lt Gen (R) Alam KhattakAugust 2014August 2016Maj Gen Muhammad Abid Nazir (Acting)August 2016August 2016Lt Gen (R) Zamir ul Hassan Shah26 August 201624 August 2018Lt Gen (R) Ikram ul Haq25 August 201825 August 2020Lt Gen (R) Mian Hilal Hussain25 August 2020August 2022Lt Gen (R) Hamood Uz ZamanAugust 202223 August 2024 Maj Gen Amer Ashfaq Kayani23 August 202430 September 2024 Lt Gen (R) Muhammad Ali 1 October 2024incumbent
See also Cabinet Secretary of Pakistan Establishment Secretary of Pakistan Foreign Secretary of Pakistan Finance Secretary of Pakistan Interior Secretary of Pakistan
References
External links Ministry of Defence Year Book 2004-2005