The Government of Sindh is the provincial government of the province of Sindh, Pakistan. Its powers and structure are set out in the provisions of the 1973 Constitution, in which 29 districts come under its authority and jurisdiction. The government includes the cabinet, selected from members the Sindh Assembly, and the non-political civil staff within each department.
The Central Superior Services is a permanent elite bureaucratic authority, and the civil service that is responsible for running the civilian bureaucratic operations and government secretariats and directorates of the Cabinet of Pakistan. The Prime Minister is the final authority on all matters regarding the civil service.
Syed Qaim Ali Shah Jillani is a Pakistani politician who served as the elected Chief Minister of Sindh for three terms. His last two terms combined, a total of eight years, makes him the longest serving Chief Minister of Sindh. He is Sindh President of the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) and an elected Member of Provincial Assembly (MPA) from PS-220 (Khairpur-1).
The Pakistan Administrative Service, or PAS is the most elite and prestigious cadre of the Civil Service of Pakistan. The Pakistan Administrative Service over the years has emerged as the most consolidated and developed civil institution, with the senior PAS officers of Grade 22 often seen as stronger than the government ministers. The service of PAS is very versatile in nature and officers are assigned to different departments all across Pakistan during the course of their careers. Almost all of the country's highest profile bureaucratic positions such as the federal secretaries, the provincial chief secretaries, and chairmen of top-heavy organisations like the National Highway Authority, Trading Corporation of Pakistan, Federal Board of Revenue and State Life Insurance Corporation usually belong to the elite Pakistan Administrative Service. Currently Rabiya Javeri Agha serves as the first female president of the Pakistan Administrative Service.
A Chief Minister, is the elected head of government of Sindh province in Pakistan. Syed Murad Ali Shah is the current Chief Minister of Sindh.
Rabiya Javeri Agha is the Federal Secretary for the Ministry of Human Rights and the first female President of the Pakistan Administrative Service association. She is a Pakistan Administrative Service officer who serves in BPS-22 grade, the highest attainable rank for a serving officer in Pakistan. One of the senior most women in the civil service, she joined the Government of Pakistan in 1985.
Allah Dino Khawaja is a Pakistani police officer who serves in BPS-22 grade as the Federal Secretary for Narcotics Control. Khawaja is batchmates with prominent bureaucrats namely Fawad Hasan Fawad (PAS), Rizwan Ahmed (PAS), Sikandar Sultan Raja (PAS) and Hussain Asghar (PSP).
Rizwan Ahmed is a Pakistani civil servant who serves in BPS-22 grade as the Maritime Secretary of Pakistan, in office since April 2019. Rizwan holds a two-year Master in Public Administration from Harvard University and was promoted to the rank of Federal Secretary in December 2017. An officer of the Pakistan Administrative Service, he first rose to prominence when an amount of more than PKR 7 billion was saved in commodity financing operations during his tenure as Chairman of the Trading Corporation of Pakistan.
The Federal Secretary is the highest-ranking position in the Government of Pakistan, occupied by the most senior civil servant in a specific Ministry or Division. The Secretary is the administrative head of that Ministry or Division and oversees and enforces public policy matters. The authority for the creation of this post solely rests with the Cabinet of Pakistan. The position holder is a BPS-22 grade officer, usually belonging to the Pakistan Administrative Service.
Fawad Hasan Fawad is a retired Pakistani civil servant who served in BPS-22 grade as the Principal Secretary to two Prime Ministers, Nawaz Sharif and Shahid Khaqan Abbasi.
Syed Nasir Hussain Shah is a Pakistani politician who currently holds the office of Provincial Minister of Sindh for Local Government, Forests and Religious Affairs. He had previously been Sindh's Provincial Minister for Works and Services from 5 September 2018 to August 2019. He was also a Member of the Provincial Assembly of Sindh from May 2013 to May 2018.
Jawad Rafique Malik is a Pakistani civil servant who serves in BPS-22 grade as the Communications Secretary of Pakistan. Malik belongs to the Pakistan Administrative Service and hails from Lahore.
Sikandar Sultan Raja is a Pakistani civil servant who serves as the Chief Election Commissioner of Pakistan, in office since January 2020. He belongs to the Pakistan Administrative Service and is batchmates with Rizwan Ahmed, Hussain Asghar, Fawad Hasan Fawad and Jawad Rafique Malik.
The Chief Secretary Punjab, also referred to as CS Punjab, is the bureaucratic chief and highest-ranking official of the Government of Punjab, Pakistan. The appointment of the Chief Secretary is made directly by the Prime Minister of Pakistan. The position of Chief Secretary is equivalent to the rank of Federal Secretary and the position holder usually belongs to the Pakistan Administrative Service.
Nasir Mahmood Khosa is a retired Pakistani civil servant from Dera Ghazi Khan who belonged to the Pakistan Administrative Service and served in BPS-22 grade, the highest attainable rank for a serving officer. He was promoted to the rank of Federal Secretary in 2010.
Grade 22 is the highest attainable rank and pay scale for a civil servant in Pakistan. Grade 22 is equal to a three-star rank of the Pakistan Armed Forces. With over five thousand civil servants and bureaucrats in Pakistan, only a few dozen officers serve in BPS-22 grade at a given time. Hence, not even 1% of the country's civil servants make it to the highest basic pay scale of grade 22. Officers serving in BPS-22 grade are largely considered to be one of the most influential individuals in the country.
The 2019–20 coronavirus pandemic was confirmed to have reached Pakistan in February 2020. As of 26 March 2020, the number of confirmed cases in the country is 1,179, with 21 recoveries and 9 deaths.
Maroof Afzal is a Pakistani civil servant who serves in BPS-22 grade as the Cabinet Secretary of Pakistan. Afzal belongs to the Pakistan Administrative Service and has previously served as the country's Establishment Secretary under Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi. After his appointment as Cabinet Secretary by Prime Minister Imran Khan, he became among the very few civil servants in the country's history to have served at both the coveted positions of Secretary Cabinet and Secretary Establishment; two bureaucratic posts which report directly to the Prime Minister of Pakistan. Afzal was promoted to the rank of Federal Secretary in December 2017.
Shoaib Mir Memon is a retired Pakistani civil servant who served in BPS-22 grade as the Education Secretary of Pakistan and Chief Secretary Balochistan. Memon belongs to the Pakistan Administrative Service and hails from Sindh. He was promoted to the rank of Federal Secretary in December 2017.
Kamran Lashari is a retired Pakistani civil servant who served in BPS-22 grade as the Petroleum Secretary of Pakistan and Chief Secretary Sindh. An officer of the Pakistan Administrative Service, Lashari is best known for his five-year stint as chairman of the Capital Development Authority during the government of President Pervez Musharraf. After retirement from active civil service, Lashari remained president of the Lahore Gymkhana and director general of the Walled City of Lahore Authority.
