| Post: | Chief Secretary Khyber Pakhtunkhwa |
| Insigniasize: | 175 |
| Incumbent: | Nadeem Aslam Chaudhry |
| Incumbentsince: | 22 March 2023 |
| Reports To: | Chief Minister of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa |
| Appointer: | Prime Minister of Pakistan |
| Seat: | Civil Secretariat, Peshawar |
| Website: | Government of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa |
The Chief Secretary Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (Urdu:), also referred to as CS KP, is the bureaucratic chief and highest-ranking official of the Government of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. The appointment of the Chief Secretary is made directly by the Prime Minister of Pakistan. The position of Chief Secretary is equivalent to the rank of Federal Secretary and the position holder usually belongs to the Pakistan Administrative Service.[1] [2]
The Chief Secretary is the province's administrative boss as all administrative secretaries report to him. The CS in turn reports to the Chief Minister of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, however the Chief Secretary is not under the charge of the Chief Minister as only the Prime Minister can appoint or remove the CS from his position. The Chief Secretary also serves as the Chief Advisor to the Chief Minister and as Secretary to the provincial Cabinet.
The following table lists the names of chief secretaries who have remained in office since March 1997.
| 1 | March 1997 | August 1998 | ||
| 2 | Saeedullah Jan | August 1998 | October 1999 | |
| 3 | Abdullah | October 1999 | February 2001 | |
| 4 | Maj(R)Naeem Khan | February 2001 | December 2001 | |
| 5 | Shakil Durrani | December 2001 | June 2003 | |
| 6 | Ejaz Qureshi | June 2003 | March 2007 | |
| 7 | Sahibzada Riaz Noor | March 2007 | March 2009 | |
| 8 | Javed Iqbal | March 2009 | October 2010 | |
| 9 | Ghulam Dastagir | October 2010 | June 2013 | |
| 10 | Mohammad Shahzad Arbab | June 2013 | February 2014 | |
| 11 | Amjad Ali Khan | April 2014 | October 2016 | |
| 12 | Abid Saeed | October 2016 | August 2017 | |
| 13 | Muhammad Azam Khan | September 2017 | June 2018 | |
| 14 | Naveed Kamran Baloch | June 2018 | February 2019 | |
| 15 | Muhammad Salim | February 2019 | October 2019 | |
| 16 | Dr. Kazim Niaz | October 2019 | November 2021[3] | |
| 17 | November 2021 | February 2023 | ||
| 18 | February 2023 | March 2023 | ||
| 19 | Nadeem Aslam Chaudhry | March 2023 |