The National Security Advisor (NSA) is the senior official on the

National Security Council of Pakistan The National Security Council ( ur, ) ( reporting name: NSC) is a federal institutional and consultative body chaired by the Prime Minister of Pakistan as its chairman. The NSC is a principal forum that is mandated for considering national secur ...

, and the chief adviser to the

Prime Minister of Pakistan The prime minister of Pakistan ( ur, , romanized: Wazīr ē Aʿẓam , ) is the head of government of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan. Executive authority is vested in the prime minister and his chosen cabinet, despite the president of Paki ...

national security National security, or national defence, is the security and defence of a sovereign state, including its citizens, economy, and institutions, which is regarded as a duty of government. Originally conceived as protection against military atta ...

and

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Moeed Yusuf Moeed W. Yusuf is a Pakistani national security scholar who served as the 9th National Security Adviser to the Prime Minister of Pakistan. Previously he served in the capacity of a Special Assistant to the Prime Minister of Pakistan on National ...

served as the 9th NSA from May 17, 2021 to 03 April 2022, appointed by Prime Minister Imran Khan had the same rank as a Federal Cabinet Minister. The National Security Adviser participates in

National Security Council A national security council (NSC) is usually an executive branch governmental body responsible for coordinating policy on national security issues and advising chief executives on matters related to national security. An NSC is often headed by a na ...

to brief the participants on issues involving the

of the country and regularly advise the

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on all matters relating to internal and external threats to the country, and oversees strategic issues. In addition, the adviser frequently accompanies the

on foreign trips. The National Security Adviser is supported by the National Security Divisio
(NSD)
at the Prime Minister's Secretariat in

Islamabad Islamabad (; ur, , ) is the capital city of Pakistan. It is the country's ninth-most populous city, with a population of over 1.2 million people, and is federally administered by the Pakistani government as part of the Islamabad Capital T ...

that produces research and briefings for the National Security Adviser to review and present, either to the

or directly to the Prime Minister. The post was created in 1969 by then-

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Yahya Khan General Agha Muhammad Yahya Khan , (Urdu: ; 4 February 1917 – 10 August 1980); commonly known as Yahya Khan, was a Pakistani military general who served as the third President of Pakistan and Chief Martial Law Administrator following his pr ...

with

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Ghulam Omar being the first adviser.

List of National Security Advisers

References

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External links

National Assembly Secretariat
Government of Pakistan Cabinet of Pakistan *

List of National Security Advisers

See also

References

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