KARACHI: Muhammad Waseem, a retired grade-22 bureaucrat, was on Thursday appointed as the chairman of the Sindh Public Service Commission (SPSC) by the provincial government.

A notification issued by Sindh Chief Secretary Dr Muhammad Sohail Rajput stated that under the relevant rules and with the approval of the acting governor of Sindh, Mr Waseem was appointed as the chairperson of the SPSC with immediate effect.

“Muhammad Waseem served for over three decades in the government of Sindh and acquired rich experience in multifarious fields of public service,” according to his profile issued by the Chief Minister House.

He entered the government service after obtaining a Master of Arts in Economics degree from the University of Karachi. He was serving in grade-22 as the chairman of the Sindh Planning and Development Board when he got retired.

He had served in different departments and also worked as the acting chief secretary of Sindh.

Mr Waseem attended training courses at the London of School of Econ­omics, Harvard Kennedy School, ILO centre in Italy, etc. He also contributed to various studies on Sindh Growth Strategy, Karachi Trans­formation Strategy and Accelerated Action PlanFor Reducing Waste in Sindh with the assistance of the World Bank and the European Union.

Published in Dawn, July 22nd, 2022

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