Waqar Masood Khan

Waqar Masood Khan ( 21 January 1957 – 20 September 2025) was a Pakistani civil servant who served as an Adviser to Prime Minister Anwar ul Haq Kakar on Finance, in office from August 2023 until 4 March 2024.

Career 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.

Waqar Masood Khan 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).

He also served as a board member on the Board of Directors 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. Later, Khan was 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.

Death Waqar Masood Khan died after a brief illness in Islamabad, on 20 September 2025, at the age of 68.

Writings Article "Towards an Interest-Free Islamic Economic System", Journal of King Abdulaziz University: Islamic Economics, Vol. 1, 1989, pp. 3–38. Book Transition to a Riba Free Economy, International Institute of Islamic Thought and Islamic Research Institute, 2002, 144 p.