National Security Advisor (Pakistan)

National Security Advisor
National Security Advisor
	Emblem of Pakistan
	Incumbent; Vacant; since 3 April 2022
Abbreviation	NSA
Reports to	Prime Minister of Pakistan
Seat	Prime Minister's Secretariat; National Security Division
Appointer	Prime Minister of Pakistan
Formation	1969; 55 years ago
First holder	Ghulam Omar
Website	nsd.gov.pk

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.^[1] Moeed Yusuf served as the 9th NSA from 17 May 2021 to 3 April 2022, appointed by Prime Minister Imran Khan had the same rank as a Federal Cabinet Minister.^[2]

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.^[3] In addition, the adviser frequently accompanies the Prime Minister on foreign trips.^[3]

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.^[4] The post was created in 1969 by then-President Yahya Khan with Major-General Ghulam Omar being the first adviser.^[1]

List of National Security Advisers

No	Name	Designation	Term of Office
1	Ghulam Omar^[1]	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^[5]	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^[6]	Adviser to the Prime Minister on National Security	7 June 2013	21 October 2015
8	Nasser Khan Janjua^[4]	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	Moeed Yusuf	SAPM on National Security Division & Strategic Policy Planning	24 December 2019	16 May 2021
	Moeed Yusuf	National Security Adviser	17 May 2021	3 April 2022