LAHORE: The current government is close to completing its tenure and prior to that the Punjab government on Thursday transferred and posted about two dozen senior bureaucrats, including three secretaries and officials from the chief minister’s secretariat.
According to a report published by the local media, those relieved of their present assignments is Forestry, Wildlife and Fisheries Department Secretary Waheed-ud-Din (PAS/BS-21) in pursuance of federal government’s notification for his new assignment as chief secretary of Azad Jammu and Kashmir.
Punjab Social Welfare and Bait-ul-Mall Secretary Muhammad Haroon-ur-Rafique (PAS/BS-20) was transferred and posted as forestry, wildlife and fisheries department secretary.
Nabeel Javed (PAS/BS-20), awaiting posting in S&GAD has been posted as social welfare and Bait-ul-Mall department secretary.
The Additional Secretary Finance Department Muhammad Jehanzeb (PAS/BS-19) has been transferred and posted as managing director of Board of Management, Punjab Procurement Regulatory Authority (PPRA), in his own pay and scale against a vacant post, relieving regulations secretary of the additional charge of the post.
Furthermore, the current Cabinet Deputy Secretary, Ali Shehzad (PAS/BS-18) has been transferred and posted as additional secretary in the finance department in his own pay and scale against a vacant post.
Meanwhile, the Personal Staff Officer to the chief minister Muhammad Umer Sher Chattha (PAS/BS-18), has been transferred and posted as cabinet deputy secretary.
Jehangir Anwar (ex-PSS)/BS-18), an officer on special duty, has been posted as additional secretary in the finance department in his own pay and scale against a vacant post.
Chief Minister’s Office Additional Secretary Zain Bin Maqsood (PAS/BS-19) has been transferred and posted as special secretary of expenditure and corporate finance in finance department in his own pay and scale against a vacant post, relieving Usman Ahmad Chaudhry (PAS/BS-19) Program Director, PRMP, of additional charge of the post.
Chief Minister’s office deputy secretary Mehtab Waseem Zafar (PAS/BS-18) has been transferred and posted as Anti-Corruption Establishment, director of Lahore region, in his own pay and scale against a vacant post.
Chief Minister’s Personal Staff Officer Syed Muhammad Masood Nouman (PAS/BS-18) has been transferred and posted as additional secretary in the finance department in his own pay and scale against a vacant post.
Furthermore, serving as Additional Secretary in the Irrigation Department Muhammad Naeem Ghaus (PMS (ex-PSS)/BS-19) has been transferred and posted as additional secretary in Chief Minister’s office against a vacant post.
Tariq Mahmood (PMS (ex-PCS)/BS-18), who was deputy secretary in Chief Minister’s office, has been transferred and posted as additional secretary in irrigation department in his own pay and scale.
Abdul Shakoor (PMS (ex-PCS)/BS-19) Director (Production) Punjab Curriculum and Textbook Board, Lahore, has been transferred and posted as Director (Admin), Punjab Auqaf Organisation against a vacant post.
Afzaal Ahmad (PMS (ex-PSS)/BS-19) additional secretary in Chief Minister’s office has been transferred and posted as director (Production), Punjab Curriculum and Textbook Board, Lahore, on deputation basis.
Haider Ali (OMG/BS-18) working on acting charge basis) as deputy secretary, Chief Minister’s office, has been transferred and posted as deputy secretary in the Local Government and Community Development Department, against a vacant post.
Rana Akbar Hayat (ICT Administration/ BS-19), Deputy Commissioner, Attock, has been transferred and posted as director-general, Rawalpindi Development Authority (RDA), in his own pay and scale against a vacant post, relieving the Rawalpindi Division commissioner of the additional charge of the post.
Retired Capt Ikram-ul-Haq (PAS/BS-18), who was additional deputy commissioner (Revenue), Attock, has been given additional charge of the post of deputy commissioner in addition to his own duties and till the posting of a regular incumbent.
Waqar Hussain (PMS(ex-PSS)/BS-18) who was Punjab Workers Welfare Board (PWWB) secretary, has been transferred and posted as additional secretary in Chief Minister’s office in his own pay and scale against a vacant post.
Ahmer Nike (PAS/BS-18), serving as deputy secretary in Chief Minister’s office has been transferred and posted as PWWB secretary in his own pay and scale.
Syed Javed Iqbal Bokhari (PMS (ex-PCS)/BS-20), an officer on special duty in the S&GAD, has been posted as Member (Colonies) Board of Revenue, Punjab, in his own pay and scale against a vacant post.
The contractual appointment of Akbar Nasir Khan (PSP/BS-19) as the chief operating officer of the Punjab Safe Cities Authority (PSCA), Lahore, has been extended for a period of one year from March 16, 2018, to March 15, 2019.
