The chief secretary of Punjab (Punjabi/) is the bureaucratic chief and highest-ranking administrative official of the Pakistani province of Punjab. Appointed by the Prime Minister of Pakistan in consultation with the government of Punjab, the chief secretary reports to the chief minister of Punjab and is part of their cabinet as a secretary. The position is equivalent to that of the federal secretary, and the officeholder 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.
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 Secretary Entered office Left office 1 Kamran Rasool December 2003 October 2005 2 Salman Siddique October 2005 March 2008 3 Javed Mehmood March 2008 February 2009 4 Najibullah Malik February 2009 April 2009 5 Javed Mehmood April 2009 February 2010 6 Nasir Mahmood Khosa February 2010 April 2013 7 Javed Iqbal April 2013 October 2013 8 Naveed Akram Cheema October 2013 January 2015 9 Khizar Hayat Gondal January 2015 April 2016 10 Capt (Rtd) Zahid Saeed April 2016 June 2018 11Akbar Hussain Durrani June 2018 October 2018 12 Yousuf Naseem Khokhar October 2018 November 201913Maj (Rtd) Azam Suleman KhanNovember 2019April 202014Jawad Rafique MalikApril 2020September 202115Kamran Ali AfzalSeptember 2021September 202216Abdullah Khan SumbalSeptember 2022January 202317Zahid Akhtar ZamanJanuary 2023Incumbent
See also Federal Secretary Pakistan Administrative Service Establishment Secretary of Pakistan Cabinet Secretary of Pakistan Chief Secretary Sindh Chief Secretary Balochistan Chief Secretary Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Chief Secretary (Pakistan) Deputy commissioner
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