Government of Sindh


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 30 Districts of 7 Divisions under its authority and jurisdiction.
The province's executive head and head of the government is the Chief Secretary Sindh. All officers and cabinet members report to the Chief Secretary. The Chief Secretary is an appointed official by the Prime Minister of Pakistan. The Chief Secretary of Sindh is usually a Grade 22 officer, belonging to the Pakistan Administrative Service.
Although the Governor is the head of the province on paper, it is largely a ceremonial position; and the main powers lie with the Chief Secretary of Sindh and Chief Minister of Sindh.
The province is governed by a unicameral legislature with the head of government known as the Chief Minister. The Chief Minister, invariably a leader of a political party represented in the Assembly, selects members of the provincial Cabinet.
The terms Government of Sindh or Sindh Government are often used in official documents. The seat of Government is in Karachi, thus serving as the capital of the province.

Executive

The Chief Secretary Sindh, as head of the provincial bureaucracy, is the boss of the province. The provincial Chief Secretary of Grade-22 is equivalent in rank to a Federal Secretary, is appointed by the Prime Minister of Pakistan. Under him comes the entire Government of Sindh.
These are the officers currently serving as Secretaries in Sindh
No.Name of OfficerPostingService
1.Mr.Asif Hyder ShahChief Secretary Sindh
2.Mr. Najam Ahmed ShahChairman Planning & Development Board, Sindh
3.Syed Ahmed Ali ShahAdditional Charge Senior Member, Board of Revenue Sindh
4.Agha Shahnawaz KhanSecretary, Environment, Climate Change & Costal Development Department
6.Dr.Shereen MustufaChairperson, Chief Minister's Inspection, Enquiries & Implementation Team
7.Agha Wasif AbbassAdditional charge Principal Secretary to Chief Minister, Sindh
8.Mr. Muhammad WaseemChairman Sindh Public Service Commission
9.Mr. Sajid Jamal AbroPrincipal Secretary to Governor Sindh
11.Muhammad Iqbal MemonAdditional Chief Secretary, Home Department
12.Mr.Muhammad Saleem BalochSecretary
13.MR. Muhammad Abbas BalochSecretary, Universities & Boards Department
14.Mr. Muhammad Bachal RahupotoSecretary, Food Department
16.Dr.Waseem Shamshad AliSecretary, Local Govt. & HTP Department
17.Mr. Fayaz Ahmed JatoiSecretary, Finance Department
18.Mr. Farhan Ghani KhanSecretary, SGA&CD Department
19.Mr.Muhammad Nawaz SahooSecretary,SGA & CD
21.Mr. Ghualm Ali BrahmaniSecretary, SGA&CD Department
22.Mr.Asif IkramSecretary, Inter Provincial Coordination Department
23.Mr. Akhtar Hussain BugtiSecretary, Rehabilitation Department.
24.Mr. Abdul Waheed ShaikhAdditional Chief Secretary, SGA&CD Department
26.Khair Muhammad KalwarSecretary, Culture, Tourism & Antiquities Department
27.Dr.kazim Hussain JatoiSecretary, Livestock & Fisheries Department
28.Mr.Sajjad Hussain AbbasiSecretary Planning & Development Department
29.Mr. Jawed Sibghatullah MaharSecretary, Auqaf, Religious Affairs, Zakat & Ushr Department
31.MR. NADEEM-UR-REHMAN MEMONSecretary Information & Archives Department
32.Mr.Muhammad Ali KhosoSecretary, Works & Services Department
33.Mr. Muhammad Saleem RajputSecretary, Excise,Taxation & Narcotics Department
34.Mr. Hafeezullah AbbasiSecretary, Population Welfare Department
36.Raja Shahzman KhuhroSecretary, Mines & Minerals Development Department
37.MR. ASSAD ZAMINSecretary, Transport & Mass Transit Department
38.Mr. Muhammad Rafique QureshiSecretary, Labour & Human Resources Department
39.Mr. Ali Ahmed BalochSecretary, Law, Parliamentary Affairs Department
41.Mr.Zanif Iqbal KheroSecretary, Irrigation Department
42.Mr. Nazir Ahmed QureshiSecretary, Board of Revenue Sindh
43.Mr.Suhail Ahmed QuershiSecretary, Agriculture, Supply & Prices Department
44.Mr. Rehan Iqbal BalochSecretary, Health Department
46.Mr. Noor Ahmed SamooSecretary Science & Information Technology Department
47.RASHID AHMED ZARDARISecretary, Women Development Department
48.Mr. Muhammad Yaseen Sher BalochSecretary, Industries & Commerce Department
49.Mr.Jalaluddin MaharSecretary, Human settlement Department
51.Mr. Agha Suhail AhmedSecretary, Social Welfare Department
52.Mr. Musaddiq Ahmed KhanSecretary, Energy Department
53.Mr. Aijaz Ali ShahSecretary, Public Health Engineering & Rural Development Department
54.Mr. Ali Hussain MalikSecretary, Provincial Ombudsman
56.Ghulam Qadir TalpurM.D, Sindh Public Procurement Regulatory Authority
57.Mr. Shahab Qamar AnsariSecretary, College Education Department
58.Ms. Anjum Iqbal JumaniSecretary, Minorities Affairs Department
59.Mr. Makhdoom Shakeel-uz-ZamanMember Registration, Stamps & Evacuee Property, Board of Revenue, Sindh
61.Vacant.Member R&S, Board of Revenue
62.Mr. Moammar Salik Mirza Member Judicial-I, Board of Revenue
63.Mr. Rafique Ahmed BuriroMember Judicial-II, Board of Revenue
64.Mr. Ejaz Hussain BalochMember Judicial-III, Board of Revenue
66.Dr. Badar Jamil MendhroSecretary, Forest, & Wildlife Department
67.Justice Muhammad Sadiq LeghariChairman S.S Tribunal
68.Mr. G.M Umar FarooqSecretary. Provincial Assembly Secretariat
69.Dr Ghulam Mustufa SuhaagMD, Sindh Education & Vocational Training Authority
71.Mr. Tariq Ali ShahMD, Thar Coal & Energy board
72.Mr.Tuaha Ahmed FarooquiSecretary, Department of Empowerment of Persons of Disabilities
73.Vacant.Chairman, Employees Old-Age Benefits Association, Sindh
74.Mr. Shahid TaheemVice Chairman, Sindh Education & Vocational Training Authority
76.Dr. Wasif Ali MemonChairman Sindh Revenue Board
77.Mr.Muzamil HussainSecretary, Social Protection Department
78.Mr. Ghulam Nabi MemonInspector General of Sindh Police
79.Raja Khurram Shehzad UmarSecretary, Investment Department
81.Mr. Muhammad Nawaz SohoSecretary, Cooperative Department
82.Mr.Khalid ChacharSecretary, Human Rights Department

Governance

At the Ministerial level, each department is headed by a Provincial Secretary. The Secretary is in-charge of all workings of their department, and in most cases are the Principal Accounting Officers of their department. Provincial Secretaries are usually Grade-20 Officers. There may also be Grade-21 Secretaries, in cases where the post has not been upgraded by the Chief Minister to that of an Additional Chief Secretary.
Apart from the Ministerial level, the Government of Sindh exercises its powers and function through Divisions and Districts. The Commissioners are in-charge of Divisions while Deputy Commissioners are in-charge of Districts. Commissioners report directly to the Chief Secretary are responsibly for everything in their Divisions. There are 6 Divisions, namely; Karachi, Hyderabad, Sukkur, Larkana, Mirpurkhas, and Shaheed Benazirbad. Commissioners are usually Officers of the rank of Grade-20 while the Commissioner Karachi Division is of the Grade-21 rank, as Karachi Division is the most important Division in all of Pakistan.