| Waqar Masood Khan | |
| Nationality: |  Pakistan |
| Term Start: | 17 August 2023 |
| Term End: | 4 March 2024 |
| Primeminister: | Anwar ul Haq Kakar |
| President: | Arif Alvi |
| Office: | Advisor to the Prime Minister on Finance |
| Office1: | Special Assistant to the Prime Minister for Finance and Revenue (Minister of State) |
| Term Start1: | 5 October 2020 |
| Term End1: | August 2021 |
| Office3: | Finance Secretary of Pakistan |
| Predecessor3: | Abdul Wajid Rana |
| Term Start3: | April 2013 |
| Term End3: | 20 January 2017 |
| Predecessor4: | Salman Siddiq |
| Term Start4: | 21 December 2010 |
| Term End4: | 11 February 2012 |
| Relatives: | Shan Masood (nephew)[1] |
| Occupation: | Banker, former civil servant |
| Alma Mater: | Boston University |
| Term Start5: | 2 September 2008 |
| Term End5: | 3 February 2009 |
| Predecessor: | Shaukat Tarin |
| Predecessor5: | Farrukh Qayyum |
| Primeminister1: | Imran Khan |
| President1: | Arif Alvi |
| Status: | Caretaker |
| Minister1: | Shaukat Tarin |
| Predecessor6: | Ahmad Waqar |
| Successor3: | Tariq Bajwa |
| Successor4: | Abdul Wajid Rana |
| Successor5: | Salman Siddiq |
| Successor6: | Farrukh Qayyum |
| Term Start6: | 9 January 2008 |
| Term End6: | 2 May 2008 |
Waqar Masood Khan is a retired Pakistani civil servant who is serving as an Advisor to Prime Minister Anwar ul Haq Kakar on Finance, in office since August 2023. He previously served as a Special Assistant to Prime Minister Imran Khan on Revenue and Finance in the capacity of a Minister of State in Cabinet,[2] in office from October 2020 till August 2021. Before his retirement from civil services, Waqar served in BPS-22 grade as Pakistan's longest running Secretary of Finance.[3]
Khan has held several positions across the Federal Government including Special Secretary to the Prime Minister, Secretary Finance Division, Secretary Economic Affairs Division, Secretary Petroleum & Natural Resources and Secretary Textile Industry.[4] He taught macroeconomics at the graduate level at Pakistan Institute of Development Economics (PIDE).[5]
Khan has also served as a board member of State Bank of Pakistan,[6] Islamic Development Bank, National Bank of Pakistan, Pakistan International Airlines, Pakistan Telecommunication Company Limited (PTCL) and Pak-Oman Investment Company. More recently, Khan has been appointed Chairman of the Board of SadaPay, a fintech company in the private sector that is operating under the Electronic Money Institution regulatory framework by the State Bank of Pakistan.[7]
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