ISLAMABAD: The caretaker government on Friday transferred a number of Federal Secretaries whereas officers considered close to Sharif family have been retained at key positions.
According to the document available with daily Pakistan Today, BS-22 Pakistan Administrative Officer Karmran Ali Afzal will be the new Cabinet Secretary and incumbent Secretary Ejaz Dar has been asked to report to the Establishment Division.
Meanwhile grade-21 PAS officer Sajid Baloch has been posted as Special Secretary Cabinet Division.
According to the document, a BS-21 officer of PAS Muhammad Abdullah Khan Sumbal has been posted as Additional Secretary/Incharge Interior Division whereas the incumbent Secretary Interior Syed Ali Murtaza has been posted as Secretary Water Resources.
A BS-22 of PAS Hasan Nasir Jami has been posted as new Secretary Information Technology while another grade-21 officer of PAS group has been posted as Additional Secretary/Incharge Petroleum Division whereas Cap (R) Mahmood will be Additional Secretary/Incharge National Food Security and Research.
According to the notification, a BS-22 officer of PAS Dr Shahzad Khan Bangash has been posted as Secretary Housing and Works, Syed Asif Hyder Shah Secretary Climate Change, AD Khawaja Secretary Human Rights, Humaira Ahmad Secretary Heritage Division, Ali Raza Bhutta Secretary Ministry of Science, Sara Saeed Special Secretary Commerce Division, Dr Iram Anjum Khan Secretary Maritime Affairs while Mustafa Jamal Qazi have also been posted DG Passport with immediate effect.
According to the document, Secretary Housing and Works Dr Muhammad Fakhr-e-Alam Irfan has been posted as Chief Secretary Sindh, Dawood Muhammad Baraich Chief Secretary AJK and Shakeel Qadir Khan Chief Secretary Balochistan.
The Chief Commissioner Islamabad has also been transferred and the government has posted Cap (R) Anwar Haq as new Chief Commissioner Islamabad.
On the other hand, Secretary IT Navid Ahmed, Secretary Cabinet Ejaz Dar, AS Incharge climate change Musaddiq Ahmed Khan, Chief Secretary Sindh Sohail Rajpoot, CS AJK Usman Chachar, CS Balochistan Abdul Aziz Uqaili, DG Passport Yawar Hussain, Secretary Heritage Fareena Mazhar and Secretary Maritime Affairs Abdul Ghufran Memon have been directed to report to Establishment Division.
On the other hand, Secretary Finance Imdad Ullah Bosal, Secretary to Prime Minister Dr Touqeer Shah, Chairman FBR Amjad Tiwana have managed to save their positions.
