The secretary to the prime minister of Pakistan (also referred to as SPM or PM's chief of staff) is the administrative head and highest-ranking official of the Prime Minister's Office. The position holder is usually an officer belonging to the Pakistan Administrative Service serving in BPS-22 grade. The secretary advises and assists the prime minister on all the official business routed through the PM Office, and because of this the SPM is generally regarded as the most crucial aide to the prime minister.
PM Shehbaz Sharif decided to abolish the post of PSPM, and his newly appointed adviser, Dr Tauqir Shah, who has the status of federal minister, will serve in place of PSPM in capacity of PM’s adviser.
Being the administrative head of the Prime Minister's Office, the secretary wields significant amount of power over the daily affairs of the Government of Pakistan. The duties of the secretary includes, but are not limited to; advising the prime minister on national policy and its implementation, dealing with official paperwork in the Prime Minister's Office, placing before the prime minister critical files of importance for approval, coordinating activities in the Prime Minister's Office, and preparing notes on issues to be discussed by the PM with senior politicians, bureaucrats and other dignitaries.
List of principal secretaries to PM
No. Name of principal secretary Name of prime ministerService 1 Anwar Zahid Muhammad Khan JunejoPakistan Administrative Service 2 Usman Ali Isani Muhammad Khan JunejoPakistan Administrative Service 3 Salim Abbas Jillani Benazir BhuttoPakistan Administrative Service 4 Usman Ali Isani Benazir BhuttoGhulam Mustafa JatoiPakistan Administrative Service 5 Anwar Zahid Nawaz SharifPakistan Administrative Service 6 Qazi M. Alimullah Nawaz SharifBalakh Sher MazariPakistan Administrative Service 7 Shamsher Ali Khan Nawaz SharifPakistan Administrative Service 8 Mohammad Ahmed Sadik Benazir BhuttoPakistan Administrative Service 9 Aminullah Chaudry Malik Meraj KhalidPakistan Administrative Service 10 A. Z. K. Sherdil Nawaz SharifPakistan Administrative Service 11 Saeed Mehdi Nawaz SharifPakistan Administrative Service 12 Nasiruddin Ahmed Zafarullah Khan JamaliPakistan Administrative Service 13 Shuja Shah Zafarullah Khan JamaliPakistan Administrative Service 14 Javed Sadiq Malik Shaukat AzizPakistan Administrative Service 15 Khalid Saeed Shaukat AzizPakistan Administrative Service 16 Siraj Shamsuddin Yousaf Raza GillaniPakistan Administrative Service 17 Nargis Sethi Yousaf Raza GillaniPakistan Administrative Service 18 Khushnood Akhtar Lashari Yousaf Raza GillaniPakistan Administrative Service 19 Muhammad Ayub Qazi Raja Pervaiz AshrafPakistan Administrative Service 20 Seerat Asghar Jaura Mir Hazar Khan KhosoPakistan Administrative Service 21 Khawaja Siddique Akbar Mir Hazar Khan KhosoPakistan Administrative Service 22 Nasir Mahmood Khosa Nawaz SharifPakistan Administrative Service 23 Javaid Aslam Nawaz SharifPakistan Administrative Service 24 Fawad Hasan Fawad Nawaz SharifShahid Khaqan AbbasiPakistan Administrative Service 25 Suhail Aamir Nasirul MulkPakistan Administrative Service 26 Muhammad Azam Khan Imran KhanPakistan Administrative Service 27 Dr. Syed Tauqir Shah Shahbaz SharifAnwaar ul Haq KakarPakistan Administrative Service 28 Khurram Agha Anwaar ul Haq KakarPakistan Administrative Service 29 Asad Rehman Gilani Shehbaz Sharif Pakistan Administrative Service
See also Principal Secretary to the President of Pakistan Government of Pakistan Federal Secretary Interior Secretary of Pakistan Finance Secretary of Pakistan
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