The chief secretary of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (Urdu: ), also referred to as CS KP, is the bureaucratic chief and highest-ranking official of the Government of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. 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 administrative secretaries report to him. The CS in turn reports to the chief minister, 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 the names of chief secretaries who have remained in office since March 1997.
1 Rustam Shah Mohmand March 1997 August 1998 2 Saeedullah Jan August 1998 October 1999 3 Abdullah October 1999 February 2001 4 Maj(R)Naeem KhanFebruary 2001 December 2001 5 Shakil Durrani December 2001 June 2003 6 Ejaz Qureshi June 2003 March 2007 7 Sahibzada Riaz Noor March 2007 March 2009 8 Javed IqbalMarch 2009 October 2010 9 Ghulam Dastagir October 2010 June 201310Mohammad Shahzad ArbabJune 2013February 2014 11 Amjad Ali Khan April 2014 October 2016 12 Abid Saeed October 2016 August 2017 13 Muhammad Azam KhanSeptember 2017 June 2018 14 Naveed Kamran Baloch June 2018 February 2019 15 Muhammad Salim February 2019 October 2019 16 Dr. Kazim Niaz October 2019 November 2021 17 Dr. Shahzad Khan Bangash November 2021 February 2023 18 Imdad Ullah Bosal February 2023 March 202319Nadeem Aslam ChaudhryMarch 2023February 202520Shahab Ali ShahFebruary 2025
See also Federal Secretary Pakistan Administrative Service Establishment Secretary of Pakistan Cabinet Secretary of Pakistan Chief Secretary Sindh Chief Secretary Balochistan Chief Secretary Punjab Chief Secretary (Pakistan)
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