Asad Rehman Gilani is an officer of the Pakistan Administrative Service (PAS) currently serving as Principal Secretary to the Prime Minister of Pakistan. Gilani belongs to the 24th Common Training Program and is among the very few federal secretaries alongside Sardar Ahmad Nawaz Sukhera and Rizwan Ahmed who are Harvard graduates.[2]
He previously served as Secretary for the Pakistan Board of Investment (BOI) at the PM Office.[3] He has also previously served as chairman of the National Database and Registration Authority (NADRA) in an acting capacity.[4][5]