Syed Adnan Kakakhail (Urdu: سید عدنان کاکاخیل; born 27 September 1975) is a Pakistani Sunni Muslim scholar, columnist and author.

He has also served as the Director of the Faculty of Sharia at Jamia tur Rasheed, Karachi (which offers a four-year postgraduate degree program).

Prior to that, he was a Shariah Trainer (2008 to 2011) at Dubai Islamic Bank Pakistan Limited.

[1] Kakakhail is the founder of Center for Policy Research and Dialogue, a think tank institute in Pakistan.

[9] In 2017, Kakakhail received criticism from Jamiat Ulama-e-Islam after having praised Imran Khan in one of his speeches.