# Principal Secretary to the Prime Minister of Pakistan

The secretary to the prime minister of Pakistan (also referred to as SPM or PM's chief of staff) is the administrative head and highest-ranking official of the Prime Minister's Office. The position holder is usually an officer belonging to the Pakistan Administrative Service serving in BPS-22 grade. The secretary advises and assists the prime minister on all the official business routed through the PM Office, and because of this the SPM is generally regarded as the most crucial aide to the prime minister.
The current secretary to the prime minister is Asad Rehman Gilani.
Being the administrative head of the Prime Minister's Office, the secretary wields significant amount of power over the daily affairs of the Government of Pakistan. The duties of the secretary includes, but are not limited to; advising the prime minister on national policy and its implementation, dealing with official paperwork in the Prime Minister's Office, placing before the prime minister critical files of importance for approval, coordinating activities in the Prime Minister's Office, and preparing notes on issues to be discussed by the PM with senior politicians, bureaucrats and other dignitaries.

## List of principal secretaries to PM

| No. | Name of principal secretary | Name of prime minister | Service |
| 1 | Anwar Zahid | Muhammad Khan Junejo | Pakistan Administrative Service |
| 2 | Usman Ali Isani | Muhammad Khan Junejo | Pakistan Administrative Service |
| 3 | Salim Abbas Jillani | Benazir Bhutto | Pakistan Administrative Service |
| 4 | Usman Ali Isani | Benazir Bhutto Ghulam Mustafa Jatoi | Pakistan Administrative Service |
| 5 | Anwar Zahid | Nawaz Sharif | Pakistan Administrative Service |
| 6 | Qazi M. Alimullah | Nawaz Sharif Balakh Sher Mazari | Pakistan Administrative Service |
| 7 | Shamsher Ali Khan | Nawaz Sharif | Pakistan Administrative Service |
| 8 | Mohammad Ahmed Sadik | Benazir Bhutto | Pakistan Administrative Service |
| 9 | Aminullah Chaudry | Malik Meraj Khalid | Pakistan Administrative Service |
| 10 | A. Z. K. Sherdil | Nawaz Sharif | Pakistan Administrative Service |
| 11 | Saeed Mehdi | Nawaz Sharif | Pakistan Administrative Service |
| 12 | Nasiruddin Ahmed | Zafarullah Khan Jamali | Pakistan Administrative Service |
| 13 | Shuja Shah | Zafarullah Khan Jamali | Pakistan Administrative Service |
| 14 | Javed Sadiq Malik | Shaukat Aziz | Pakistan Administrative Service |
| 15 | Khalid Saeed | Shaukat Aziz | Pakistan Administrative Service |
| 16 | Siraj Shamsuddin | Yousaf Raza Gillani | Pakistan Administrative Service |
| 17 | Nargis Sethi | Yousaf Raza Gillani | Pakistan Administrative Service |
| 18 | Khushnood Akhtar Lashari | Yousaf Raza Gillani | Pakistan Administrative Service |
| 19 | Muhammad Ayub Qazi | Raja Pervaiz Ashraf | Pakistan Administrative Service |
| 20 | Seerat Asghar Jaura | Mir Hazar Khan Khoso | Pakistan Administrative Service |
| 21 | Khawaja Siddique Akbar | Mir Hazar Khan Khoso | Pakistan Administrative Service |
| 22 | Nasir Mahmood Khosa | Nawaz Sharif | Pakistan Administrative Service |
| 23 | Javaid Aslam | Nawaz Sharif | Pakistan Administrative Service |
| 24 | Fawad Hasan Fawad | Nawaz Sharif Shahid Khaqan Abbasi | Pakistan Administrative Service |
| 25 | Suhail Aamir | Nasirul Mulk | Pakistan Administrative Service |
| 26 | Muhammad Azam Khan | Imran Khan | Pakistan Administrative Service |
| 27 | Syed Tauqir Shah | Shahbaz Sharif Anwaar ul Haq Kakar | Pakistan Administrative Service |
| 28 | Khurram Agha | Anwaar ul Haq Kakar | Pakistan Administrative Service |
| 29 | Asad Rehman Gilani | Shehbaz Sharif | Pakistan Administrative Service |