National Advisory Council

The National Advisory Council (NAC) of IPS is a supervisory consultative body comprising renowned academicians, intellectuals and experts in different fields and philosophical areas gathered on one platform from all over Pakistan.

Consisting of around 30 members at a time for a tenure of three years, the NAC is constituted in such a way that about one-third of the members are retired every two to three years and replaced with the new ones for the similar forthcoming period, hence ensuring continuity as well as induction of new thoughts and ideas to the council.

The primary role of NAC is to oversee all the research work being carried out at the Institute. The inputs of the council’s distinguished members aid the Institute’s work in form of their recommendations, academic contributions, feedback, and active participation in IPS’ academic events and programs throughout the year.

The current composition of IPS-NAC is as follows:

Abdul Razzaq Sabir, Prof. Dr.
Vice Chancellor, University of Gwadar (UoG)
Anis Ahmad, Dr. Prof.
Vice Chancellor, Riphah International University (RIU)
Anwar ul Hassan Gilani, Prof. Dr.
Consultant with HEC / Former Vice Chancellor, University of Haripur
Iftikhar Ahmed Rao, HI (M) , Vice Admiral (Retd.)
Jalil Aali
Writer / Poet
Masood Khalid, Ambassador (r)
Former Diplomat
Masood Mehmood Khan, Dr.
Academic / Faculty Member, Curtin University, Australia
Mirza Hamid Hasan
Former Federal Secretary, Ministry of Water and Power.
Mufti Maulana Abdul Rahim
Head of Jamia-tur-Rasheed, Karachi / Chancellor Al Ghazali University
Muhammad Bashir JanMohammad
Chancellor, Institute of Business Management (IoBM), Karachi / Chairman and Director, Westbury Group of Companies
Muhammad Raghib Hussain Naeemi, Dr.
Chairman, Council of Islamic Ideology (CII)
Mukhtar Ahmed, Prof. Dr.
Chairman, Higher Education Commission (HEC)
Naufil Shahrukh
CEO, MuComm Inc. / Policy & Communication Specialist
Naveed Butt, Dr.
Former Head, Pediatrics Department, Federal Government Services Hospital
Noel Khokhar, Dr.
Retired Major General (HI)
Owais Ahmed Ghani
Former Governor, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Balochistan
Qibla Ayaz, Dr. Prof.
Former Chairman, Council of Islamic Ideology (CII)
Razia Sultana, Prof. Dr.
Member, Public Service Commission, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
Saima Hamid, Prof. Dr.
Vice Chancellor, Fatima Jinnah Women University (FJWU)
Sardar Masood Khan
Former President AJK / Former Ambassador to the United States
Ambassador (r) Syed Abrar Hussain
Vice Chairman (Academics), IPS / Former Diplomat
Syed Abu Ahmad Akif
Former Federal Secretary, Climate Change.
Syed Kaleem Imam, Dr.
Former Federal Secretary / Former Inspector General (IG) Police, Punjab, Sindh, Islamabad, and Motorways
Syed Muhammad Anwer, Dr.
Justice, Federal Shariat Court
S. M. Junaid Zaidi, Dr.
Executive Director, Comsats University.
Syed Tahir Hijazi, Dr.
Former Vice Chancellor, Muslic Youth (MY) University, Islamabad. / Former Member, Planning Commission of Pakistan
Khalid Rahman
Chairman, IPS.