Jamshed Burki[b] (born 1 August 1936) is a Pakistani former military officer and retired Grade 22 District Management Group (DMG) civil servant.

[2][3] As the Interior Secretary of Pakistan, Burki was responsible for the hostage release from the Afghan Embassy during the 1994 Peshawar school bus hijacking.

[4][5][6][7] Jamshed first gained popularity while serving as the Home Secretary & Tribal Affairs Department North-West Frontier Province in the 1980s.

[10] Geoffrey Moorhouse in his book, To the Frontier: A Journey to the Khyber Pass, recalled his initial meeting with Jamshed in the 1980s, depicting him as a "brisk, hatchet-faced man, friendly enough but at pains to indicate how very busy he was.

"[11][12] In his autobiography, Jahan Zeb of Swat writes, "After the merger, I once contacted Jamshed Burki; he was Commissioner here and he was always very nice to me, respectful and friendly.

"[13] In 1977, Dervla Murphy, in her book Where the Indus is Young, wrote, "Aurangzeb still represents Swat in the National Assembly— as a member of the opposition, naturally—and is on the friendliest terms with Captain Jamshed Burki, the very able and charming D.C. who has been appointed by Mr. Bhutto to replace the Wali.

[16] He received his early education at St Mary's Cambridge High School with his brother Javed Burki, Gohar Ayub Khan, Akhtar Ayub Khan, Asif Nawaz Janjua, and Tariq Afridi the son of Lt General Mohammad Yousuf.

[20][21] After General Ayub Khan's October 1958 Pakistani coup d'état, 272 military officers were rapidly appointed to civil service positions.

[31] From June 1977 to July 1977, Jamshed attended a Disaster Relief Seminar (S-Term Observation) in the United States as Commissioner Services & General Administration Department North-West Frontier Province Peshawar Division.

[33] In the early 1980s, Jamshed was the Home Secretary and Minister of Tribal Affairs of the Government of North-West Frontier Province and in this position, he received his education at the National School of Public Policy.