Tasneem Noorani

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Tasneem Noorani is a retired Pakistani civil servant who has served in BPS-22 grade as the Interior Secretary and Commerce Secretary of Pakistan. [1] [2]

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Education

Tasneem attended Pakistan Air Force School Sargodha for high school from 1956 to 1960. He holds a master's degree in geology from University of the Punjab, Lahore where he studied from 1962 to 1966. After joining the civil service, he got a degree in finance from Iran Centre of Management Studies Tehran in 1979. [3]

Career

From January 2001 to May 2004, Tasneem Noorani served as the Interior Secretary of Pakistan in Pervez Musharraf's regime. [1] [2] [4]

Noorani has also served as Commerce Secretary of Pakistan and Pakistan Secretary of Industries and Production. [5] On deputation, he served as Charge de Affairs & Trade Commissioner, Pakistan Embassy - Singapore. [6]

He remained Commissioner Faisalabad Division In Punjab Government. He also served as Deputy Commissioner Dera Ghazi Khan. He remained Director civil services academy (CSA) Lahore and Chairman Punjab Liquidation board. Lahore . Also served as Secretary, Planning and Development board, Punjab. At the start of his career, he served as Assistant Commissioner Bhalwal, Chunian and Shakargarh tehsils. [6]

After retirement from his civil service career, Noorani joined the Pakistani political party Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf and served as the party's chief election commissioner, but left the party in 2016 after some differences with the party chief Imran Khan. [7] [6]

Tasneem Noorani now serves as a Member of the Board of Directors of Pakistan Industrial Development Corporation. Before this, he had served as a Director of Karachi Electric Supply Company.

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