| Honorific Prefix: | Lieutenant General |
| Naeem Khalid Lodhi | |
| Office: | Federal Minister for National Security |
| Status: | Caretaker |
| Predecessor: | Abdullah Hussain Haroon |
| Successor: | Moeed W. Yusuf |
| Term Start: | 27 June 2018 |
| Term End: | 18 August 2018 |
| Office1: | Minister for Defence Production |
| Status1: | Caretaker |
| Predecessor1: | Usman Ibrahim |
| Successor1: | Zubaida Jalal Khan |
| Term Start1: | 27 June 2018 |
| Term End1: | 16 August 2018 |
| Office2: | CEO Fauji Fertilizer Company |
| Predecessor2: | Malik Arif Hayat |
| Successor2: | Shafqaat Ahmed |
| Term Start2: | March 2012 |
| Term End2: | March 2015[1] |
| Office3: | Defence Secretary of Pakistan |
| Predecessor3: | Syed Athar Ali |
| Successor3: | Nargis Sethi |
| Term Start3: | 28 November 2011 |
| Term End3: | 11 January 2012 |
| Office4: | Commander XXXI Corps |
| Predecessor4: | Muhammad Haroon Aslam |
| Successor4: | Muhammad Yousaf |
| Term Start4: | October 2009 |
| Term End4: | March 2011 |
| Serviceyears: | 1974-2011 |
| Rank: | Lieutenant General |
| Allegiance: |  Pakistan |
| Unit: | Corps of Engineers |
| Awards: | Hilal-i-Imtiaz |
| Education: | Pakistan Command and Staff College National Defence University |
Lieutenant General Naeem Khalid Lodhi is a retired three-star rank general who after retirement has also served as the Federal Minister for National Security, Minister for Defence Production, CEO Fauji Fertilizer Company.
He has a Bachelors's in Civil Engineering and is a graduate of Pakistan Command and Staff College and National Defence University. He also holds a Masters' in International Relations.
He was commissioned in the Army on 27 October 1974 in the Corps of Engineers.[2]
He has served on various command, staff, and instructional assignments in his career in the Army including the important appointments of Directing Staff at the National Defence University, Pakistan, Commander Corps Engineers, Director General Engineering Directorate, Director General Staff Duties Directorate, General Officer Commanding Bahawalpur, General Headquarters Rawalpindi and Corps Commander Bahawalpur. On account of his distinguished military service, he has been conferred the award of Hilal-i-Imtiaz (M).
He retired from the army in March 2011.
Lodhi was made Defence Secretary of Pakistan on 28 November 2011.[3] He was replaced by Nargis Sethi on 12 January 2012.
He has also remained the Chief Executive and Managing Director of Fauji Fertilizer Co. Ltd & FFC Energy Limited.
Lodhi has written various articles columns in different National and International newspapers. Now he is working in an Engineering Firm, H-Cube Pvt Ltd.,[4] as a consultant and adviser.
On 27 June 2018, Lodhi was made Minister of Defence in a Caretaker Government before the 2018 Pakistani general election.
He frequently appears on TV shows as a defence analyst.[5]
| Hilal-e-Imtiaz(Military) (Crescent of Excellence) | Tamgha-e-Diffa(General Service Medal) Siachen Glacier Clasp2002 | |||
| Tamgha-e-Baqa(Nuclear Test Medal) 1998 | Tamgha-e-Istaqlal Pakistan(Escalation with India Medal) 2002 | Hijri Tamgha(Medal of Conviction) (1979) | 10 Years Service Medal | |
| 20 Years Service Medal | 30 Years Service Medal | 35 Years Service Medal | Jamhuriat Tamgha(Democracy Medal) 1988 | |
| Qarardad-e-Pakistan Tamgha(Resolution Day Golden Jubilee Medal) 1990 | Tamgha-e-Salgirah Pakistan(Independence Day Golden Jubilee Medal) 1997 | Command & Staff College QuettaStudent's Medal | Tamgha-e-Sad Saala Jashan-e-Wiladat-e-Quaid-e-Azam (100th Birth Anniversary of 1976 | |