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