Finance Secretary of Pakistan

The Finance Secretary of Pakistan (Urdu: مُعْتَمَد خزانہ پاکستان) is the Federal Secretary for the Ministry of Finance. The Federal Finance Secretary is one of the most powerful bureaucrats in the country. Being the boss of the Finance Division, the Secretary plays an important part in shaping the country's economic and financial policies.[1] The position holder is a BPS-22 grade officer, usually belonging to the Pakistan Administrative Service.[2][3] The current Finance Secretary is Kamran Ali Afzal. The Finance Secretary is assisted by six Additional Secretaries of grade 21, the most number of deputies any Secretary has in the federal government, due to the enormous amount of workload.[4][5][6][7][8]

Finance Secretary of Pakistan
مُعْتَمَد خزانہ پاکستان
Reports toFinance Minister of Pakistan
AppointerPrime Minister of Pakistan
First holderSir Victor Turner
WebsiteMinistry of Finance

List of Secretaries
No.Name of SecretaryEntered officeLeft office
1Sir Victor Turner14 August 19471 February 1950
2Abdul Qadir2 February 195025 February 1952
3Mumtaz Hasan25 February 19521 November 1958
4Hafiz Abdul Majid1 November 195829 July 1960
5Mohammed Ayub29 July 196019 June 1961
6Mumtaz Mirza19 June 19616 March 1963
7Mirza Muzaffar Ahmad6 March 196330 May 1966
8Ghulam Ishaq Khan31 May 19668 September 1970
9Aftab Ghulam Nabi Kazi8 September 197020 August 1973
10Abdur Rauf Shaikh20 August 19736 October 1977
11Aftab Ahmad Khan9 October 19771 August 1979
12Habibullah Baig1 August 19797 June 1987
13Izharul Haq8 June 198714 August 1988
14Saeed Ahmad Qureshi15 August 198821 January 1989
15R.A. Akhund22 January 1989August 1990
16Saeed Ahmad QureshiSeptember 199031 July 1991
17Qazi Alimullah1 August 199124 September 1992
18Khalid Javed25 September 199224 April 1993
19Qazi Alimullah28 October 199330 June 1994
20Javed Talat30 June 19941 March 1996
21Mian Tayeb Hasan1 March 199631 October 1996
22Chaudhry Mueen Afzal1 November 19965 November 1998
23Khalid Javed5 November 199821 October 1999
24Muhammad Younis Khan22 October 1999July 2002
25Nawid AhsanJuly 2002January 2006
26Tanwir Ali AghaJanuary 2006July 2007
27Ahmad Waqar20 July 20078 January 2008
28Dr. Waqar Masood Khan9 January 20082 May 2008
29Farrukh Qayyum3 May 20081 September 2008
30Dr. Waqar Masood Khan2 September 20083 February 2009
31Salman Siddiq4 February 200920 December 2010
32Dr. Waqar Masood Khan21 December 201011 February 2012
33Abdul Wajid Rana12 February 2012April 2013
34Dr. Waqar Masood KhanApril 201320 January 2017
35Tariq Bajwa3 February 201717 June 2017
36Shahid Mahmood17 June 20175 January 2018
37Arif Ahmed Khan10 January 201821 March 2019
38Mohammad Younus Dagha22 March 201923 May 2019
39 Naveed Kamran Baloch 23 May 2019 24 December 2020
40 Kamran Ali Afzal December 2020 Incumbent

See also

References
  1. Rana, Shahbaz (2 February 2017). "Finance secretary's hiring delayed as lobbying in full swing". The Express Tribune. Pakistan. Retrieved 3 May 2019.
  2. "Shahid Mehmood becomes new finance secretary – The Express Tribune". The Express Tribune.
  3. "Bureaucratic reshuffle: Waqar Masood appointed finance secretary again – The Express Tribune". The Express Tribune.
  4. "- Ministry of Finance – Government of Pakistan -". Finance.gov.pk.
  5. "Many names under consideration for finance secretary's post". The News International.
  6. "Waqar Masood to lead finance ministry again – The Express Tribune". The Express Tribune.
  7. "Arif Ahmed Khan appointed as finance secretary – Pakistan Today". Pakistan Today.
  8. Sherani, Tahir (23 May 2019). "Naveed Kamran Baloch appointed secretary finance". DAWN.COM.
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