Director General Strategic Plans Division (DG SPD) is the Chairperson of CISSS Advisory Board. CISSS Advisory Board comprises thirteen prominent and influential personalities who have rich expertise, strong outreach in society and professional reputation in the field of international and strategic affairs. These include heads of higher educational institutions, politicians, former ambassadors, retired senior officers of armed forces, businessmen, academics and media personalities. The Advisory Board provides guidelines for CISSS research activities.

Lt Gen Khalid Ahmed Kidwai NI, HI, HI (M), (Retd)

Adviser Development, National Command Authority (AD NCA)

Brig Zahir Kazmi (Retd)

Director General Arms Control and Disarmament Affairs (DG ACDA) 

Prof Dr Khalid Mahmood Iraqi

Vice Chancellor, University of Karachi

Prof Dr Ataur Rehman

Former Chairman HEC and Minister for Science and Technology

Dr Syed Shafqat Shah Jamote

Industrialist, Agriculturist, former Federal Minister for Agriculture

Ms Mahtab Akbar Rashidi

Former Bureaucrat and Media Personality

Dr Huma Baqai

Associate Professor, IBA Main Campus

Prof Dr Shaista Tabassum

Dean Faculty of Arts & Social Sciences, University of Karachi

Ambassador Mustafa Kamal Kazi (Retd)

Former Ambassador of Pakistan to Russia and Netherlands

Mr Iqbal Adamjee

Industrialist, Businessman

Lt Gen Tariq Waseem Ghazi (Retd)

Former Defence Secretary

Mr Nusrat Mirza

Political Scientist, Journalist and Author

Mr Anwar Mansoor

Former Attorney General of Pakistan