| Post: | Principal Secretary to the President of Pakistan |
| Insignia: | File:State emblem of Pakistan.svg |
| Insigniasize: | 175 |
| Incumbent: | Muhammad Shakeel Malik |
| Department: | Aiwan-e-Sadr |
| Reports To: | President of Pakistan |
| Website: | Aiwan-e-Sadr |
The Principal Secretary to the President of Pakistan is the administrative head of Aiwan-e-Sadr. The position was considered to be very important until 2010; however, after the Eighteenth Amendment, the presidency was reduced to a mere ceremonial role. The position holder usually belongs to the Pakistan Administrative Service. The current principal secretary to the president is Mr Muhammad Shakeel Malik from Secretariat Group.[1]
The longest-serving Principal Secretary to the President was ace bureaucrat Qudrat Ullah Shahab, who served with three heads of state.[2]