ISLAMABAD / LAHORE: In a massive reshuffle at the federal level, the government has issued orders for the appointment, promotion and transfer of 44 officers in Islamabad and 90 officers in Punjab.
The decision to reshuffle the bureaucracy in Punjab was anxiously awaited since earlier this week after Prime Minister Imran Khan had expressed his dissatisfaction with the administrative structure of the province and had ordered the provincial government not to hesitate from removing civil servants stymying the performance of the government.
According to a notification issued by the Establishment Division on Friday, former Punjab chief secretary Yousaf Naseem Khokhar has been appointed as secretary interior, Environmental Change secretary Hassan Nasir Jami as Aviation Division secretary, Industries and Production Secretary Amir Ashraf Khawaja as Climate Change secretary and Habibur Rehman Gillani from Punjab has been appointed as federal secretary railways.
PM Imran shakes up Punjab bureaucracy
Zahida Parveen of the Information Group has been promoted to Grade-22 and appointed as federal secretary information, while Allah Bux Malik who has also been promoted to Grade-22 in Pakistan Administrative Service has been appointed as National Health Services secretary, Ali Raza Bhutta as Poverty Elevation Division secretary, Afzal Latif as Industries and Production secretary, Imran Nasir as PASCO MD, Syed Pervaiz Abbas in Economic Affairs Division, Pervaiz Ahmed khan as Inter provincial Coordination Division special secretary, Mohammad Ali Shahzada as Establishment Division special secretary and Muhammad Ilyas and Babar Hayat Tarar would continue their services in Punjab.
Inspector General of Police, Punjab Shoaib Dastagir has been promoted to Grade-22 of Police Service of Pakistan. Captain (retd) Ahmed Latif has been appointed as National Police Foundation MD, Mushtaq Mehar as IG Railway Police and Muhammad Tahir as National Police Academy commandant.
Aviation Secretary Shahrukh Nusrat, Sardar Ijaz Ahmad Khan Jaffar, Shaista Sohail and Bashir Ahmad were directed to report to the Establishment Division.
Pakistan Administrative Service (PAS) Grade-21 officer Dr Shahzad Khan Bangash has been appointed as Immigration and Passport director general, while services of his predecessor Ishrat Hussain have been entrusted with the Punjab government.
Further, Fakhar Alam Irfan has been deployed as additional interior secretary, Information Technology additional secretary Jawad Paul has been transferred as additional secretary to the PM, while Petroleum Division additional secretary Sher Afgan Khan is now Food Security additional secretary, Secretariat Group’s Grade-21 officer Muhammad Yaqoob Chaudhry has been transferred as Petroleum Division additional secretary, Aizaz Aslam Dar has been appointed as Information Technology additional secretary. Grade-21 officer Hamid Yaqoob Shaikh, Grade-20 officer Ahmed Raza Sarwar and Capt (retd) Asadullah have been transferred.
The government has directed Tahir Khurshid and Zafar Iqbal, Grade-21 officers, serving in the Punjab government and Grade-20 officers Muhammad Asif Bilal Lodhi and Dr Shoaib Akbar to report to the Establishment Division.
The federal government has appointed Police Service of Pakistan Grade-21 officer Wajid Zia as Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) director general. On the other side, the government has directed the existing FIA DG Bashir Memon to report to the Establishment Division.
The government has directed the top FIA personnel, including additional DG Mujeebur Rehman and additional DG, and four directors Ahmed Mukarram, Wisal Fakhr Sultan, Waqar Abbasi, Tariq Chauhan, and Akhtar Hayat Gundapur, to report to the Establishment Division.
Orders have been issued for Grade-21 PSP officers Abu Bkar Khudabakhsh from FIA, Irfan Baloch from Sindh Police, Faisal Raja from Nacta, and Omar Riaz from the National Police Academy for appointment as the FIA directors.
https://tribune.com.pk/story/2109179/1-pm-replaces-top-bureaucrats-major-reshuffle/?amp=1
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