Waqar Masood Khan

Waqar Masood Khan
Advisor to the Prime Minister on Finance
In office
17 August 2023  4 March 2024
PresidentArif Alvi
Prime MinisterAnwar ul Haq Kakar
MinisterAli Pervaiz Malik
Preceded byShaukat Tarin
Special Assistant to the Prime Minister for Finance and Revenue (Minister of State)
In office
5 October 2020  20 August 2021
PresidentArif Alvi
Prime MinisterImran Khan
MinisterShaukat Tarin
Finance Secretary of Pakistan
In office
April 2013  20 January 2017
Preceded byAbdul Wajid Rana
Succeeded byTariq Bajwa
In office
21 December 2010  11 February 2012
Preceded bySalman Siddiq
Succeeded byAbdul Wajid Rana
In office
2 September 2008  3 February 2009
Preceded byFarrukh Qayyum
Succeeded bySalman Siddiq
In office
9 January 2008  2 May 2008
Preceded byAhmad Waqar
Succeeded byFarrukh Qayyum
Personal details
Nationality Pakistani
RelativesShan Masood (nephew)
Alma materBoston University
OccupationBanker, former civil servant

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, 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.

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. He taught macroeconomics at the graduate level at Pakistan Institute of Development Economics (PIDE).

Khan has also served as a board member of State Bank of Pakistan, 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.