ISLAMABAD: The cabinet on Tuesday appointed Cabinet Secretary Ahmed Nawaz Sukhera as the new administrator of Islamabad Club.

A source in the Prime Minister’s Office told Dawn that Mr Sukhera was appointed administrator after the term of the last administrator, Jehanzeb Khan, expired.

The senior-most bureaucrat in the federal government is appointed the administrator of the club, who is responsible for supervising the club’s affairs.

The administrator is appointed by the federal government and aided and advised by a managing committee, also appointed by the government.

According to a press release of the Press Information Department (PID), Sukhera has previously been

president Islamabad Golf Club, and served as an elected member of the Committee of Management of the Lahore Gymkhana.

He is also an awardee of the World Bank Graduate Scholarship Programme (1992-94).

Published in Dawn, September 30th, 2020

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