PM approves promotion of 85 high-ranking officers

Clearing the backlog developed due to his visit to Australia, Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani on Monday approved recommendations of the Central Selection Board for promotion of around 85 officers belonging to the Services/Groups.
Per the official handout issued, 20 officers of the District Management Group (DMG) have been promoted from BS-20 to BS-21. Those promoted include Khusro Pervaz Khan, Arif Ahmad Khan, Syed Iftikhar Hussain Babar, Fazal Abbas Maken, Muhammad Naseer Jamali, Maj (r) Khalid Hussain Gilani, Capt (r) Iftikhar Ahmad Rao, Capt (r) Muhammad Yusuf, Arifa Saboohi, Muhammad Hummayun, Syed Said Badshah Bukhari, Furqan Bahadur Khan, Pir Bukhsh Khan Jamali, Ubaid Rabbani Qureshi, Shahid Mahmood, Syed Mubashir Raza, Khalid Masood Chaudhry, Muhammad Abid Javed, Muhammad Siddique Memon, and Sohail Akbar Shah.
Another 20 officers of the DMG were approved to be promoted from BS-19 to BS-20. the names of those promoted are Fawad Hassan Fawad, Naveed Saleh Siddique, Dr Arshad Mahmood, Dr Muhammad Sohail Rajput, Muhammad Asad Islam Mahni, Capt (r) Khurram Agha, Syed Ataur Rehman, Jawad Paul, Abdullah Khan Sumbal, Momin Agha, Joudat Ayaz, Capt (r) Nawaz Naseem, Shakeel Ahmad Mangrejo, Capt (r) Asadullah Khan, Agha Wasif Abbas, Capt (r) Syed Waqarul Hasan, Ambreen Raza, Naveed Ahmad Shaikh, Mohayuddin Ahmad Wani, and Ahsan Ali Mangi.
Seven officers of Police Service of Pakistan were also promoted from BS-20 to BS-21. The names are Zafar Abbas, Capt (r) S Moravet Ali Shah, Muhammad Khalid Qureshi, Akhtar Hassan Khan Gorchani, Sheikh Nasimuz Zaman, Syed Zakir Hussain, and Muhammad Aslam Tareen.
Another 11 officers of Police Service of Pakistan were promoted from BS-19 to BS-20 including Amir Ahmad Shaikh, Jahanzeb Khan Jogezai, Amir Zulfiqar Khan, Ghulam Rasool Zahid, BA Nasir, Mirza Shakil Ahmad, Ehsan Sadiq, Shahid Hayat Khan, Muhammad Farooq Mazhar, Muhammad Azim Arshad, Asif Saifullah Paracha, Sadiq Kamal Khan Orakzai, and Halena Iqbal Saeed.
Nine officers of the Secretariat Group have been approved for promotion from Bs-20 to BS 21 including Shahzad Iqbal, Ali Abid, Muhammad Nasim, Iftikhar Ali Khan, Muhammad Sarwar, Abdul Latif Leghari, Muhammad Jamil Babar, Ghulam Nabi Mangrio, and Hafiz Muhammad Ziauddin. Another 14 officers from the Secretariat Group have been approved for promotion from Bs-19 to Bs-20 including Asad Rafi Chandan, Mohammad Hanif, Farid Ahmad Khan, Abdul Aleem Memon, Hussain Mirza Mughal, S Tariq Mahmood Jaffery, Zahoor Ahmad, Muhammad Ramzan Awan, Muhammad Anwar Sheikh, Syed Khalid Ali Raza Gardezi, Mohammad Salman, Mushtaq Ahmad, Abdul Saboor Nizamani, and Aijaz Ahmad Memon.
Abdul Jabbar Ali has been promoted from Railways (Commercial & Transportation) Group while Javed Sarfraz Malik has been promoted from Information Group from BS-21 to BS-21.