In a major administrative overhaul, the Establishment Division on Tuesday issued notifications for large-scale promotions and transfers across the federal bureaucracy, elevating hundreds of officers from multiple service groups to higher grades.
According to official details, 131 officers of the Secretariat Group have been promoted to Grade 19 following approval by the Departmental Selection Board. Among them, Ijaz Ahmed has been promoted as Deputy Secretary in the Establishment Division, while Saqib Ali Khan has been appointed Deputy Secretary in the National Heritage Division. Waheedullah Khan has been retained in the Economic Affairs Division, while Nasir Durrani and Sohail Babar have been posted as Deputy Secretaries in the Defence Division.
Several other officers have either been retained or reassigned across key ministries. Sara Mehboob, Tahira Saleem and Aiza Sattar will continue serving in their respective divisions, while Malik Shahbaz Waheed has been posted to the Interior Ministry, Muhammad Salman to the Cabinet Division, Shahzad Zarif to the Commerce Ministry and Safdar Ali Khan to the Cabinet Division. Similarly, Sajid-ul-Hassan Shah has been posted to the Establishment Division, Iftikhar Ahmed Khan to the Interior Ministry, Huma Ruqayya Safdar to the Industries and Production Ministry, Tauqeer Mahmood to the Interior Ministry and Sahar Mano to the Finance Division.
Further appointments include Muhammad Ehtesham-ul-Haq in the Power Division, Sajjeel Saeed in the Water Resources Division and Mubeen Saeed in the Economic Affairs Division.
Meanwhile, several officers have been retained in their existing roles, including Badr Ehsanullah in Parliamentary Affairs, Muhammad Waseem Tariq in Defence, Abdul Salam in Interior, Ali Qaim in Industries and Production, Sameera Rafique in Economic Affairs, Hassan Abdullah in the Prime Minister’s Office and Fatima Barki in the Defence Division.
Additional postings include Altaf Hussain in Industries and Production, Javed Shah in Climate Change, Riaz Ali Mitlu in the Establishment Division, Mureed Hussain Jasra in the National Security Division and Rehan Rauf in the Commerce Ministry. Muhammad Bilal Khan and Raza Hassan will continue in Interior and Climate Change respectively, while Ayesha Karamat has been posted to the Finance Division and Tariq Muhammad Khan to Religious Affairs.
A large number of other officers were also promoted to Grade 19, including Aqsa Liaquat, Ambrain Zaidi, Mushtaq Ahmed, Kashif Hussain, Uzair Ahmed, Hafeezullah Khan, Hina Batool, Shehryar Abbasi, Muhammad Irfan Khan, Haseeb Shahbaz Amin, Hira Anwar, Wajiha Bashir, Pyar Ali Lakho, Khurram Hameed Paracha, Maria Nawaz Qaisrani, Shereen Tariq, Adeel Raza, Aqsa Shaukat, Faruq Abbas, Misbah Bashir, Faisal Karim Qureshi, Zil e Huma, Sarah Benazir, Abdul Rahim Khan, Rashid Khattak, Mian Usman Ali Shah, Alina Ali, Zahra Abro, Muhammad Owais Javed, Ahmed Ali, Zaheeruddin Babar, Samad Talib, Parveen Mubarak, Muhammad Hassan, Sajjad Ahmed Qazi, Akbar Ghani Khan Khattak, Jawad Ahmed, Muhammad Salimullah, Muhammad Ayaz, Imran Rashid, Ahmed Nawaz Chauhan, Sajid Khan, Yawar Hussain Rana, Shahid Ahmed, Zeeshan Raza Zaidi, Ali Muhammad, Farrukh Abbas Khan, Majid Hussain, Atiq Ahmed, Amin Khan, Shazia Noreen, Ghulam Murtaza, Waqar Zulfiqar, Ahmed Asif, Habib Anwar, Muhammad Mutasim Billah Rana, Muhammad Kamran, Irfan Ahmed Awan, Javed Iqbal, Misbah-ur-Rehman, Farid Sultan, Qalandar Khan, Muhammad Asif Riaz, Amjad Ali, Shaukat Ali Khan, Syeda Sobia Fatima, Fizza Shahid, Humair Aamir, Muhammad Sohaib, Ali Faisal, Sobia Batool, Maria Atif Dar, Muhammad Umair, Wasiqa Waheed, Ashaj Luqman Hafiz, Muhammad Rizwan Asghar, Rameez Azam, Faiz Ali Gul, Chaudhry Saad Ghani, Atiya Sultana, Asad Naeem, Sonia Aslam, Abdul Razzaq and Ghulam Khaliq.
In the Police Service of Pakistan, 28 officers have been granted regular promotion to Grade 19 after approval by the Departmental Selection Board in meetings held on February 13 and 14. Most of the promoted officers have been directed to continue serving in their current positions. Prominent names include Muhammad Ayaz, Malik Jamil Zafar, Captain (retd) Amir Saud, Zeeshan Haider, Najibullah Panderani, Shahbaz Elahi, Mahzoor Ali, Captain (retd) Muhammad Ajmal, Muhammad Rashid, Zunira Azfar, Muhammad Asim, Muhammad Bahram Khan, Muhammad Imran Sethi, Shah Nawaz, Hussam Bin Iqbal, Imran Ahmed Malik, Sameer Noor, Captain (retd) Dost Muhammad, Muhammad Abdullah Luck, Captain (retd) Mazhar Iqbal, Muhammad Umar Khan, Zubair Nazir Ahmed Sheikh, Javeria Muhammad Jamil, Muhammad Imran, Suhaye Aziz, Muhammad Usman Tariq Butt, Ambreen Ali and Sonia Shamroz Khan.
Additionally, 14 officers of the Police Service have been promoted on acting charge to Grade 19, including Asadullah Nasir, Khurram Shahzad, Ahmed Nawaz Shah, Muhammad Imran Khan, Attaur Rehman, Sarfaraz Warraich, Captain (retd) Ali Bin Tariq, Najm Al-Hussain Liaquat, Tasawwar Iqbal, Captain (retd) Sher Ali, Ziauddin Ahmed, Abdul Wahab and Captain (retd) Naveed Alam.
Meanwhile, 60 officers of the Pakistan Administrative Service have been promoted from Grade 18 to 19 on a permanent basis. Of these, 38 officers were already serving on acting charge in Grade 19, while 22 have been elevated from Grade 18. Prominent names include Abdullah Nayyar Sheikh, Syeda Ramla Ali, Zenia Humayun Sanak, Rana Adeel Tasawar, Sarmad Saleem Akram, Qurat-ul-Ain Malik, Salman Khan, Kashif Ali, Syed Jawad Muzaffar, Mian Behzad Adil, Sidra Saleem, Saba Asghar Ali, Kamran Khan, Samiullah Farooq, Muhammad Asif Rahim, Ahmed Usman Javed, Umairah Bedar, Muhammad Usman Khalid, Nadeem Nasir, Ayesha Rizwan, Mansoor Ahmed Khan, Wasim Hameed, Arifullah Awan, Muhammad Omar, Imran Hussain Ranjha, Ehsan Ali Jamali, Muhammad Zeeshan Hanif, Wasif Rehman, Nisha Ishtiaq, Altaf Ahmed Chachar, Khurram Shahzad, and Adeel Haider.
Those promoted from Grade 18 to 19 include Sara Hayat, Naveed Ahmed, Bushra Iqbal Rao, Bilawal Abro, Humaira Irshad, Syed Muhammad Abbas Shah, Muhammad Khalid Saleem, Batool Asadi, Mir Muhammad Nawaz, Muhammad Saeed Leghari, Neelam Sultana Khattak, Mansoor Arshad, Roman Badrana, Asma Ijaz, Amber Mir, Muhammad Ikram Malik, Wasim Ahmed, Shabana Khalil, Kanwal Nizam, Muhammad Waqas Rajput, Bilal Saleem, and Bilal Shahid Rao.
Furthermore, 19 PAS officers have been promoted on acting charge to Grade 19, including Noor-ul-Ain Qureshi, Ayesha Ghazanfar, Afifa Shuja, Usman Ashraf, Maham Asif Malik, Owais Mushtaq, Adnan Khan Bhethani, Hina Arshad, Hussain Ahmed Raza Chaudhry, Fayyaz Ali, Aamir Hussain, Aun Haider Gondal, Mir Mehrullah Badini, Zulfiqar Ali Kakar, Jamadad, Muhammad Adnan Zahid, Junaid Iqbal Khan, Fatima Bashir, and Adnan Farid.
In addition, 39 officers of the Office Management Group have been promoted to Grade 18 after approval by the Departmental Promotion Committee. These include Muhammad Noman Mustafa, Muhammad Zubair Abdullah, Sana Shaukat, Shahabuddin, Pazwak Imtiaz, Momal Shahab, Muhammad Usman Shakir, Zoha Malik Sher, Muhammad Hamza Iqbal, Ali Ahmed, Umaima Batool, Anila Javed, Muhammad Azeem Haider, Adil Hussain, Hafsa Bint e Bilal, Omar Hayat, Muhammad Imtiaz Azam, Ali Asad, Ayesha Siddiqa, Ali Haider, Rabecca Asghar, Yasir Ali, Muhammad Shahzad Zafar Hashmi, Muhammad Afzal Sadaf, Muhammad Zaheer, Dr. Abdul Qayyum, Shamsuddin, Naheed Akhtar, Muhammad Naeem Khan, Ijaz Ahmed, Naushad Khaliq, Ali Abdul Rehman, Jehanzeb Ali, Muneeza Rafique, Maria Azhar, Amna Mujahid, Muhammad Aizaz Jan and Mashooq Ahmed.
Officials stated that most of the promoted officers have been directed to continue serving in their current positions, ensuring continuity in governance while strengthening administrative efficiency across federal institutions.
