Chief Secretary of Punjab (Pakistan)


The chief secretary of 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.
The chief secretary is the province's administrative boss as all the divisional commissioners and administrative secretaries of the province report to him/her. The CS in return reports to the chief minister of Punjab, however the chief secretary is not under the charge of the chief minister as only the prime minister can appoint or remove the CS from his position. The chief secretary also serves as the chief advisor to the chief minister and as secretary to the provincial Cabinet.
WWW punjab.gov.pk

List of chief secretaries

The following table lists down the names of chief secretaries that have remained in office since December 2003.
No.Name of Chief SecretaryEntered officeLeft office
1Kamran RasoolDecember 2003October 2005
2Salman SiddiqueOctober 2005March 2008
3Javed MehmoodMarch 2008February 2009
4Najibullah MalikFebruary 2009April 2009
5Javed MehmoodApril 2009February 2010
6Nasir Mahmood KhosaFebruary 2010April 2013
7Javed IqbalApril 2013October 2013
8Naveed Akram CheemaOctober 2013January 2015
9Khizar Hayat GondalJanuary 2015April 2016
10Capt Zahid SaeedApril 2016June 2018
11Akbar Hussain DurraniJune 2018October 2018
12Yousuf Naseem KhokharOctober 2018November 2019
13Maj Azam Suleman KhanNovember 2019April 2020
14Jawad Rafique MalikApril 2020September 2021
15Kamran Ali AfzalSeptember 2021September 2022
16Abdullah Khan SumbalSeptember 2022January 2023
17Zahid Akhtar ZamanJanuary 2023Incumbent