Dr Saad S. Khan is a senior officer of the Pakistan Administrative Service, currently serving as Additional Secretary in the Revenue Division, Federal Board of Revenue. He has held senior executive positions at federal, provincial and district levels. These include Additional Secretary at the Ministry of Climate Change, President of the Economic Cooperation Organization Cultural Institute, Director General of the National Institute of Public Administration, Karachi, and Secretary of several departments in Gilgit-Baltistan. A historian, political scientist and author, his research and publications span political Islam, global governance, human rights and urban planning. Dr Khan is also an international advocate for military and marching music. He is Chairman of Marching Bands for PEACE and a Director of the World Association of Marching Show Bands, and was formerly Chairman of the International Military Music Society. He is fluent in English, Urdu, French and Japanese. He holds a PhD in Politics from Bahauddin Zakariya University and an MPhil in International Relations from the University of Cambridge, and has completed postdoctoral research at SOAS University of London.