| Post: | National Security Advisor |
| Insignia: | State emblem of Pakistan.svg |
| Insigniasize: | 150px |
| Insigniacaption: | Emblem of Pakistan |
| Incumbent: | Vacant |
| Incumbentsince: | 3 April 2022 |
| Appointer: | Prime Minister of Pakistan |
| Reports To: | Prime Minister of Pakistan |
| First: | Ghulam Omar |
| Abbreviation: | NSA |
| Seat: | Prime Minister's Secretariat National Security Division |
| Website: | http://www.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 May 17, 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]
| No | Name | Designation | Term of Office | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Major-General Ghulam Omar | Chief of National Security | 25 March 1969 | 20 December 1971 | |
| 2 | Mr. Mohammad Akbar Khan | Adviser for National Security | 5 February 1976 | 28 March 1977 | |
| 3 | General Tikka Khan[5] | Minister of State for Defence and National Security | 24 April 1977 | 5 July 1977 | |
| 4 | Lieutenant General Ghulam Hassan Khan | Adviser on National Security | 14 January 1978 | 5 July 1978 | |
| 5 | Mr. Iqbal Akhund | Adviser to the Prime Minister for Foreign Affairs & National Security | 4 December 1988 | 6 August 1990 | |
| 6 | Major-General 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 | Lieutenant-General Nasser Khan Janjua | National Security Adviser | 22 October 2015 | 28 July 2017 | |
| 9 | Lieutenant-General Nasser Khan Janjua | National Security Adviser | 15 August 2017 | 4 June 2018 | |
| 10 | Mr. Abdullah Hussain Haroon | Federal Minister for National Security (Caretaker) | 5 June 2018 | 27 June 2018 | |
| 11 | Lieutenant General Naeem Khalid Lodhi | Federal Minister for National Security (Caretaker) | 27 June 2018 | 18 August 2018 | |
| 12 | Moeed Yusuf | SAPM on National Security Division & Strategic Policy Planning | 24 December 2019 | 16 May 2021 | |
| 13 | Moeed Yusuf | National Security Adviser | 17 May 2021 | 3 April 2022 | |