Principal Secretary to the Prime Minister of Pakistan

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Principal Secretary to the Prime Minister of Pakistan
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Incumbent
Azam Khan
Prime Minister's Office
Reports toPrime Minister of Pakistan
AppointerPrime Minister of Pakistan
WebsitePrime Minister's Office

The Principal Secretary to the Prime Minister of Pakistan (also referred to as PSPM or PM's Chief of Staff) is the administrative head and highest-ranking official of the Prime Minister's Office. The position holder is usually an officer belonging to the Pakistan Administrative Service serving in BPS-22 grade. The Principal Secretary advises and assists the Prime Minister on all the official business routed through the PM Office, and because of this the PSPM is generally regarded as the most crucial aide to the Prime Minister. The current Principal Secretary to the Prime Minister is Muhammad Azam Khan.[1][2][3][4][5]

Being the administrative head of the Prime Minister's Office, the Principal Secretary wields significant amount of power over the daily affairs of the Government of Pakistan. The duties of the Principal Secretary includes, but are not limited to; advising the Prime Minister on national policy and its implementation, dealing with official paperwork in the Prime Minister's Office, placing before the Prime Minister critical files of importance for approval, coordinating activities in the Prime Minister's Office, and preparing notes on issues to be discussed by the PM with senior politicians, bureaucrats and other dignitaries.[6][7]

List of principal secretaries to PM[]

No. Name of Principal Secretary Name of Prime Minister
1 Anwar Zahid Muhammad Khan Junejo
2 Usman Ali Isani Muhammad Khan Junejo
3 Salim Abbas Jillani Benazir Bhutto
4 Usman Ali Isani Benazir Bhutto
Ghulam Mustafa Jatoi
5 Anwar Zahid Nawaz Sharif
6 Qazi M. Alimullah Nawaz Sharif
Balakh Sher Mazari
7 Shamsher Ali Khan Nawaz Sharif
8 Mohammad Ahmed Sadik Benazir Bhutto
9 Aminullah Chaudry Malik Meraj Khalid
10 A. Z. K. Sherdil Nawaz Sharif
11 Saeed Mehdi Nawaz Sharif
12 Nasiruddin Ahmed Zafarullah Khan Jamali
13 Shuja Shah Zafarullah Khan Jamali
14 Javed Sadiq Malik Shaukat Aziz
15 Khalid Saeed Shaukat Aziz
16 Siraj Shamsuddin Yousaf Raza Gillani
17 Nargis Sethi Yousaf Raza Gillani
18 Khushnood Akhtar Lashari Yousaf Raza Gillani
19 Muhammad Ayub Qazi Raja Pervaiz Ashraf
20 Seerat Asghar Jaura Mir Hazar Khan Khoso
21 Khawaja Siddique Akbar Mir Hazar Khan Khoso
22 Nasir Mahmood Khosa Nawaz Sharif
23 Javaid Aslam Nawaz Sharif
24 Fawad Hasan Fawad Nawaz Sharif
Shahid Khaqan Abbasi
25 Suhail Aamir Nasirul Mulk
26 Muhammad Azam Khan Imran Khan

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References[]

  1. ^ "Prime Minister's Office, Islamabad, Pakistan". pmo.gov.pk.
  2. ^ "A Multani PS for Multani PM?". Thenews.com.pk.
  3. ^ "Coveted post: Khosa appointed PM's principal secretary". Tribune.com.pk.
  4. ^ Ghumman, Khawar (26 March 2013). "Jaura principal secretary to PM". Dawn.com.
  5. ^ Ghumman, Khawar (2 March 2012). "'Cold war' between two top secretaries". Dawn.com.
  6. ^ "Assistant Foreign Minister Liu Jianchao Meets with Principal Secretary Javed Aslam to the Prime Minister of Pakistan". Fmprc.gov.cn. Retrieved 27 August 2018.
  7. ^ "PM changes his principal secretary with ECP nod". www.thenews.com.pk.
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