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Chief Secretary of Sindh

Chief Secretary of Sindh
Seal of Sindh
Provincial Flag of Sindh
Incumbent
Syed Asif Hyder Shah
StyleHis Excellency
AbbreviationCS Sindh
Reports toPrime Minister of Pakistan
ResidenceChief Secretary House, Karachi
SeatKarachi
AppointerPrime Minister of Pakistan
Constituting instrumentConstitution of Pakistan
Websitesindh.gov.pk

The Chief Secretary Sindh (Urdu: معتمدِ اعلٰی سندھ), also referred to as CS Sindh, is the bureaucratic chief and highest-ranking official of the Government of Sindh. The position holder is usually a Grade-22 officer of the Pakistan Administrative Service. The position of Chief Secretary is equivalent to the rank of Federal Secretary.[1] The current Chief Secretary of Sindh is Syed Asif Hyder Shah, in office since March 2024.[2]

The Prime Minister directly appoints the Chief Secretary. The Chief Secretary also serves as the Cabinet Secretary of Sindh.[3][4][5][6]

Workplace of Chief Secretary

The principal workplace of the Chief Secretary is the Chief Secretary's Office located in Sindh Secretariat. The Chief Secretary is also the head of Sindh Secretariat, being its highest-ranking official. The Chief Secretary also has a secretariat called the Chief Secretary’s Secretariat. The official residence of the Chief Secretary Sindh is the Chief Secretary House, which also serves as a camp office.

List of Chief Secretaries

The following table lists down the names of Chief Secretaries that have remained in office since June 2000.

No. Name of Chief Secretary Entered Office Left Office
1 Javed Ashraf Hussain June 2000 July 2002
2 KB Rind July 2002 June 2003
3 Mutawakkil Kazi June 2003 July 2004
4 Aslam Sanjrani July 2004 May 2005
5 Fazal-ur-Rehman May 2005 March 2007
6 Shakeel Durrani March 2007 July 2007
7 Ejaz Qureshi July 2007 November 2007
8 Fazal-ur-Rehman November 2007 August 2010
9 Muhammad Ijaz Chaudhry April 2013 November 2013
10 Sajjad Saleem Hotiana November 2013 March 2015
11 Muhammad Siddique Memon March 2015 November 2016
12 Rizwan Memon November 2016 June 2018
13 Azam Suleman Khan June 2018 September 2018
14 Mumtaz Ali Shah September 2018 March 2022
15 Sohail Rajput April 2022 August 2023
16 Fakhre Alam Irfan August 2023 March 2024
17 Syed Asif Hyder Shah March 2024

See also

References

  1. ^ "Chief Secretary - Government of Sindh". sindh.gov.pk.
  2. ^ "Sindh gets new Chief Secretary". Pakistan Observer. 2023-08-18. Retrieved 2023-08-18.
  3. ^ "Prospective candidates for Chief Secretary Sindh". September 2010.
  4. ^ Newspaper, the (24 June 2011). "Raja Abbas is Sindh's new chief secretary".
  5. ^ Reporter, The Newspaper's Staff (13 March 2015). "Sindh gets new CS after weeks of controversy".
  6. ^ "Rs 3.14b deposited in Sindh coronavirus fund: Chief Secretary". The Nation. April 17, 2020.
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