National Security Council (Pakistan) the office in "Aiwan-e-Sadr", and appoint civil bureaucrat Tariq Aziz as the first National Security Advisor. According to PILDT, since its reestablishment, Musharraf conveyed very few national security meetings, and most meetings were conducted to discuss political situations only. He resigned from the post of NSC secretariat when Musharraf resigned from presidency on 18 August 2008. He was succeeded by Mahmud Ali Durrani as the second National Security Advisor, directly reporting to the Prime minister Secretariat. Durrani was notably deposed by the Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gillani in January 2009 for "not consulting the Prime Minister while giving statements on
Minister of State for Foreign Affairs (Pakistan) Parliament of Pakistan, the position is titled as the Special Assistant to the Prime Minister on Foreign Affairs (SAFA). This is the case since July, 2013, which is occupied by Tariq Fatemi. Minister of State for Foreign Affairs (Pakistan) The Minister of State for Foreign Affairs (MSFA) is the junior minister within the Cabinet of Pakistan who serves as the second highest-ranking member of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, after the Foreign Minister. During the absence of a Foreign Minister, Minister of State takes the "de-facto" charge Ministry of Foreign Affairs. There were two such instances in the past; Siddiq