Aviation secretary Irfan Ilahi made PIA chairman as top bureaucrats reshuffled

ISLAMABAD: The Establishment Division on Wednesday issued the notifications of transfers and postings in different ministries and divisions.

Secretary, Civil Aviation, Irfan Elahi has been given additional charge of Pakistan International Airlines Chairperson. Azam Saigol resigned from the top post on December 12 after a PIA flight carrying 48 passengers and crew crashed on its way to Islamabad from Chitral on December 7.



National Highways Authority chairperson Shahid Ashraf Tarar has been given additional charge of Secretary, Ministry of Communications.

Syed Iftikhar Hussain has been appointed secretary, federal ombudsman. Earlier, he was posted as director general, Akhtar Hameed Khan Centre for Rural Development.

Similarly, former secretary of the Ministry of Interior, Shoaib Ahmad Siddiqi, has been appointed Secretary, National Security Division. While, Pir Baksh Jamali, who was holding the charge of Federal Ombudsman, has been nominated to hold the charge of Ministry of Kashmir Affairs as its secretary.

Secretary, National History and Heritage Literary Division, Mohsin Haqani has been notified to report to the Establishment Division.

Similarly, Khizar Hayat Khan has been appointed managing director, Public Procurement Regulatory Authority (PPRA). Earlier he was the secretary, Overseas Pakistanis.

Rabiya Adila Javeri, a BS-21 officer of Pakistan Administrative Service, has been given additional charge of secretary, Ministry of Human Rights. She was previously serving as Secretary, Trade Development Authority of Pakistan.

Aamir Hassan, former managing director, Public Procurement Regulatory Authority (PEPRA), has been posted as Secretary, National History and Literary Heritage Division, while Mirza Sohail Amir has been transferred from Secretary, Ministry of Religious Affairs to Secretary, Overseas Pakistanis and Human Resource Development Division.



While, Secretary, Ministry of Communication, Khalid Masood has been transferred as Secretary, Ministry of Religious Affairs.

The notification also stated that Muhammad Suleyman Khan, a BS-19 officer of Commerce and Trade Group, presently posted as Capital Development Authority, Islamabad member has been repatriated to its parent department.

Published in The Express Tribune, December 22^nd, 2016.