Government of Sindh
Seat of Government | Karachi |
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Legislature | |
Assembly | |
Speaker | Agha Siraj Durrani (PPP) |
Members in Assembly | 168 |
Executive | |
Governor | Imran Ismail (PTI) |
Chief Minister | Murad Ali Shah (PPP) |
Chief Secretary | Mumtaz Ali Shah[1] |
Judiciary | |
High Court | Sindh High Court |
Chief Justice | Ahmed Ali Sheikh |
The Government of Sindh (Sindhi: حڪومت سنڌ) (Urdu: حکومت سندھ) is the provincial government of the province of Sindh, Pakistan. Its powers and structure are set out in the provisions of the 1973 Constitution, in which 29 Districts of 6 Divisions under its authority and jurisdiction.
The province's head is the Chief Secretary is appointed by the Prime Minister of Pakistan. The Chief Secretary of Sindh is usually a Grade-22 Officer, and by law is to be an officer of the esteemed Pakistan Administrative Service.
Although the Governor is the head of the province on paper, it is largely a ceremonial position; and the main powers lie with the Chief Minister of Sindh and Chief Secretary of Sindh.
The province is governed by a unicameral legislature with the head of government known as the Chief Minister. The Chief Minister, invariably a leader of a political party represented in the Assembly, selects members of the provincial Cabinet.
The terms Government of Sindh or Sindh Government are often used in official documents. The seat of Government is in Karachi, thus serving as the capital of the province.
Executive[]
The Chief Secretary Sindh, as head of the provincial bureaucracy, is the boss of the province. The provincial Chief Secretary of Grade-22 is equivalent in rank to a Federal Secretary, is appointed by the Prime Minister of Pakistan. Under him comes the entire Government of Sindh.
Currently, there are only 6 Grade-21 Officers in the province whereas all Officers of Pakistan Administrative Service (PAS)-(ex.DMG) Officers with the exception of Mr. Muhammad Nawaz Shaikh who belongs to the Pakistan Secretariat Service (PSS).
No. | Name of Officer | Posting | |
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1. | Mr. Navid Ahmed Shaikh (PAS) | Commissioner Karachi Division | |
2. | Mr. Qazi Shahid Pervez (PAS) | Additional Chief Secretary (Home) | |
3. | Mr. Muhammad Iqbal Memon (PAS) | Chairman Chief Minster's Inspection, Enquiries & Implementation Team | |
4. | Mr. Muhammad Nawaz Shaikh (PSS) | Chairman Enquiries & Anti-Corruption Establishment | |
5. | Mr. Shamsuddin Soomro (PAS) | Chairman Provincial Election Authority | |
6. | Dr. Badar Jamil Mandhro (PAS) | Secretary Forest & Wildlife Department | |
7. | Muhammad Shoaib Ahmad Siddiqui (PCS) | Director General Excise & Taxation |
Governance[]
At the Ministerial level, each department is headed by a Provincial Secretary. The Secretary is in-charge of all workings of their department, and in most cases are the Principal Accounting Officers of their department. Provincial Secretaries are usually Grade-20 Officers. There may also be Grade-21 Secretaries, in cases where the post has not been upgraded by the Chief Minister to that of an Additional Chief Secretary.
Apart from the Ministerial level, the Government of Sindh exercises its powers and function through Divisions and Districts. The Commissioners are in-charge of Divisions while Deputy Commissioners are in-charge of Districts. Commissioners report directly to the Chief Secretary are responsibly for everything in their Divisions. There are 6 Divisions, namely; Karachi, Hyderabad, Sukkur, Larkana, Mirpurkhas, and Shaheed Benazirbad. Commissioners are usually Officers of the rank of Grade-20 while the Commissioner Karachi Division is of the Grade-21 rank, as Karachi Division is the most important and populous Division in all of Pakistan.
Top-Personnel[]
- Chief Minister: Syed Murad Ali Shah, (PPP)
- Chief Secretary Sindh: Syed Mumtaz Ali Shah
- Chairman Planning & Development: Syed Hassan Naqvi
- Commissioner Karachi Division: Navid Ahmed Shaikh
- Senior Member Board of Revenue: Vacant
- Secretary Finance: Asif Jahangir
Departments[]
Ministry Level[]
Ministry level departments are usually headed by a Secretary who reports to the Chief Secretary and Chief Minister. The number of ministers in the cabinet is fixed, so a single minister can have multiple portfolios.[3]
- Planning & Development Board
- Planning & Development Department
- Services, General Administration, Coordination Department
- Services Wing
- General Administration Wing
- Inter Provincial Coordination Wing
- I&C Wing
- Training Management & Research Management Wing
- Board of Revenue
- Enquiries & Anti-Corruption Establishment
- Local Government, Housing & Town Planning Department
- Home Department
- Chief Minister's Inspection, Enquiries & Implementation Team
- Universities and Boards Department
- Food Department
- Finance Department
- Health Department
- Culture, Tourism, Antiquities & Archives Department
- Livestock & Fisheries Department
- Auqaf, Religious Affairs, Zakat & Ushr Department
- Works & Services Department
- Information Department
- Excise, Taxation & Narcotics Control
- Population Welfare Department
- Labour & Human Resources Department
- Law & Parliamentary Affairs Department
- Irrigation Department
- Agriculture, Supply & Prices Department
- Forest, & Wildlife Department
- Information, Science & Technology Department
- Cooperative Department
- Women Development Department
- Transport & Mass Transit Department
- Industries & Commerce Department
- Human Settlement Department
- Social Welfare Department
- Mines & Minerals Development Department
- Rehabilitation Department
- Energy Department
- Sports & Youth Affairs Department
- Public Health Engineering & Rural Development Department
- College Education Department
- School Education & Literacy Department
- Environment, Climate Change & Costal Development Department
- Investment Department
- Minorities Affairs Department
- Human Rights Department
See also[]
- Pakistan Administrative Service
- Chief Secretary Sindh
- Chief Minister of Sindh
- Governor of Sindh
References[]
- ^ "Mumtaz Ali Shah takes office as new chief secretary". thenews.com.pk. The News International. 24 September 2018.
- ^ "Services General Admin Department Govt of Sindh". www.sindh.gov.pk. Retrieved 2021-06-28.
- ^ "Official Web Portal of Sindh Government". www.sindh.gov.pk. Retrieved 2020-06-01.
External links[]
- Government of Sindh
- Provincial Governments of Pakistan