Principal Secretary to the Prime Minister of Pakistan
Principal Secretary to the Prime Minister of Pakistan | |
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Incumbent Azam Khan | |
Prime Minister's Office | |
Reports to | Prime Minister of Pakistan |
Appointer | Prime Minister of Pakistan |
Website | Prime Minister's Office |
The Principal Secretary to the Prime Minister of Pakistan (also referred to as PSPM) is the administrative head and highest-ranking official of the Prime Minister's Office. The position is considered to be among the three most powerful bureaucratic positions in the country- alongside Establishment Secretary of Pakistan and Cabinet Secretary of Pakistan. The position holder is usually an officer belonging to the Pakistan Administrative Service serving in BPS-22 grade. The Principal Secretary advises and assists the Prime Minister on all the official business routed through the PM Office, and because of this the PSPM is generally regarded as the most crucial aide to the Prime Minister. The current Principal Secretary to the Prime Minister is Muhammad Azam Khan.[1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8]
List of principal secretaries to PM
No. | Name of Principal Secretary | Name of Prime Minister |
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1 | Anwar Zahid | Muhammad Khan Junejo |
2 | Usman Ali Isani | Muhammad Khan Junejo |
3 | Salim Abbas Jillani | Benazir Bhutto |
4 | Usman Ali Isani | Benazir Bhutto Ghulam Mustafa Jatoi |
5 | Anwar Zahid | Nawaz Sharif |
6 | Qazi M. Alimullah | Nawaz Sharif Balakh Sher Mazari |
7 | Shamsher Ali Khan | Nawaz Sharif |
8 | Mohammad Ahmed Sadik | Benazir Bhutto |
9 | Aminullah Chaudry | Malik Meraj Khalid |
10 | A. Z. K. Sherdil | Nawaz Sharif |
11 | Saeed Mehdi | Nawaz Sharif |
12 | Nasiruddin Ahmed | Zafarullah Khan Jamali |
13 | Shuja Shah | Zafarullah Khan Jamali |
14 | Javed Sadiq Malik | Shaukat Aziz |
15 | Khalid Saeed | Shaukat Aziz |
16 | Siraj Shamsuddin | Yousaf Raza Gillani |
17 | Nargis Sethi | Yousaf Raza Gillani |
18 | Khushnood Akhtar Lashari | Yousaf Raza Gillani |
19 | Muhammad Ayub Qazi | Raja Pervaiz Ashraf |
20 | Seerat Asghar Jaura | Mir Hazar Khan Khoso |
21 | Khawaja Siddique Akbar | Mir Hazar Khan Khoso |
22 | Nasir Mahmood Khosa | Nawaz Sharif |
23 | Javaid Aslam | Nawaz Sharif |
24 | Fawad Hasan Fawad | Nawaz Sharif Shahid Khaqan Abbasi |
25 | Suhail Aamir | Nasirul Mulk |
26 | Muhammad Azam Khan | Imran Khan |
See also
References
- ↑
- ↑ "Top bureaucrats in race for Principal Secretary to the Prime Minister slot". Tns.world.
- ↑ "A Multani PS for Multani PM?". Thenews.com.pk.
- ↑ "Coveted post: Khosa appointed PM's principal secretary". Tribune.com.pk.
- ↑ Ghumman, Khawar (26 March 2013). "Jaura principal secretary to PM". Dawn.com.
- ↑ Ghumman, Khawar (2 March 2012). "'Cold war' between two top secretaries". Dawn.com.
- ↑ "Assistant Foreign Minister Liu Jianchao Meets with Principal Secretary Javed Aslam to the Prime Minister of Pakistan". Fmprc.gov.cn. Retrieved 27 August 2018.
- ↑ "PM changes his principal secretary with ECP nod". Thenews.com.pk.