Communications Secretary of Pakistan

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Communications Secretary of Pakistan
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Incumbent
Zafar Hassan [1]
Appointer Prime Minister of Pakistan
Website Ministry of Communications

The communications secretary of Pakistan is the federal secretary for the Ministry of Communications. The position holder is a BPS-22 grade officer, usually belonging to the Pakistan Administrative Service. [2] The secretary heads the Ministry that is the central administrative authority on communications and transport sector in Pakistan. Notable organisations that come under the purview of the communications secretary includes the National Highway Authority (NHA) and the National Highways & Motorway Police (NH&MP). [3] The incumbent federal secretary for communications is Zafar Hassan.

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Federal secretaries

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Sr.Secretary nameFromTo
1H. S. Ishaque18-07-195606-06-1962
2M. H. Zuberi07-06-196227-03-1967
3A. R. Khan27-03-196709-01-1970
4Ali Hassan09-01-197020-08-1973
5K. T. Kidwai27-08-197326-04-1975
6Shah Nawaz Khan26-04-197506-02-1978
7Maj Gen. Shafqat Ahmed Syed16-02-197825-07-1979
8F. K. Bandial25-07-197912-03-1986
9R. A. Akhund12-03-198611-01-1987
10K. U. Fafooqi11-01-198707-01-1988
11 H. N. Akhtar 07-01-198830-08-1989
12Badruddin Zahidi30-08-198919-04-1990
13M. Salman Farooqi19-04-199026-07-1993
14Aitizazuddin Ahmed26-07-199327-12-1994
15Muhammad Sher Khan28-12-198410-11-1996
16Inamul Haque10-11-199819-03-1998
17Dr. Muhammad Akram Sheikh20-03-199810-05-2000
18Nazar Mohammad Shaikh14-07-200031-03-2001
19Iftikhar Rashid12-04-200107-02-2005
20Tariq Mahmud10-02-200512-11-2007
21Sajid Hussain Chattha12-11-200705-07-2008
22Sharif Ahmed11-10-200831-12-2010
23Anwar Ahmad Khan01-01-201104-04-2013
24Muhammad Arshad Bhatti04-04-201314-02-2014
25 Babar Yaqoob Fateh Muhammad 01-07-201405-11-2014
26 Shahid Ashraf Tarar 05-11-201401-03-2016
27 Shahid Ashraf Tarar 01-03-201626-12-2016
28Khalid Masood Chaudhary26-12-201717-07-2017
29Muhammad Siddique Memon17-07-201718-12-2017
30Furqan Bahadur Khan19-12-201730-08-2018
31Shoaib Ahmad Siddiqui31-08-201819-07-2019
32Jawwad Rafique Malik19-07-201924-04-2020
33 Mohammad Khurram Agha 09-05-202202-11-2023
34 Asif Nawaz 03-11-2023

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References

  1. "Ministry of Communications".
  2. "Home". communication.gov.pk.
  3. "National Highways & Motorway Police".
  4. "Ministry of Communications".