National Security Advisor (Pakistan)

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. Lt Gen Asim Malik is the current NSA, appointed by Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on 30 April 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. In addition, the adviser frequently accompanies the Prime Minister on foreign trips.

The National Security Adviser is supported by the National Security Division (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. The post was created in 1969 by then-President Yahya Khan with Major-General Ghulam Umar being the first adviser.

List of National Security Advisers

No NameDesignation Term of Office 1Ghulam UmarChief of National Security 25 March 1969 20 December 19712Akbar KhanMinister of Internal Security20 December 197122 June 19733Tikka KhanMinister of State for Defence and National Security 24 April 1977 5 July 19774Ghulam Hassan Khan Adviser on National Security 14 January 19785 July 1978 5 Iqbal AkhundAdviser to the Prime Minister for Foreign Affairs & National Security 4 December 1988 6 August 1990 6Mahmud Ali DurraniAdviser to the Prime Minister on National Security 15 April 2008 7 January 2009 7Sartaj AzizAdviser to the Prime Minister on National Security7 June 201321 October 2015 8Nasser Khan JanjuaNational Security Adviser22 October 20154 June 2018CAbdullah Hussain Haroon Federal Minister for National Security (Caretaker) 5 June 201827 June 2018CNaeem Khalid LodhiFederal Minister for National Security (Caretaker) 27 June 201818 August 20189(I)Moeed YusufSAPM on National Security Division & Strategic Policy Planning24 December 201916 May 20219(II)Moeed YusufNational Security Adviser17 May 20213 April 202210Asim MalikNational Security Advisor30 April 2025Incumbent

See also National Security Council

References

External links National Assembly Secretariat