Shakeel Malik posted as secretary to President

Malik presently serves as the Parliamentary Affairs Division secretary

ISLAMABAD:

Muhammad Shakeel Malik, a BPS-22 officer of the Secretariat Group, has been transferred and posted as the secretary to the President of Pakistan “with immediate effect and until further orders”, according to a notification issued by the Establishment Division on Monday.

Malik presently served as the Parliamentary Affairs Division secretary.

The President’s Secretariat on August 21 wrote to the principal secretary to the prime minister that the services of serving secretary to the president were no longer required.

"The services of Mr Waqar Ahmed, Secretary to the President, are no longer required and are surrendered to the Establishment Division, immediately," a statement issued by the President’s Secretariat read.

"It has also been desired that Ms Humaira Ahmed, a BPS-22 officer of the Pakistan Administrative Service, may be posted as Secretary to the President," the statement added.