| Post: | Defence Secretary of Pakistan |
| Insignia: | File:State emblem of Pakistan.svg |
| Insigniasize: | 175 |
| 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]
| Lt General | Ikram ul Haq | 31 August | 2018 | 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 1980[2] | ||
| 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 [3] | 1 October 2024 | incumbent |