PESHAWAR: In a massive bureaucratic reshuffle, the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa caretaker government has transferred 53 senior officers including administrative secretaries, divisional commissioners and deputy commissioners.

A notification issued here late on Monday said that secretary livestock and fisheries department Ambar Ali Khan had been transferred and posted secretary housing department while secretary communication and works department Syed Imtiaz Hussain Shah was transferred and posted as secretary finance department.

Secretary finance department Ayaz Khan has been directed to report to the establishment department while Mohammad Hassan, awaiting posting in establishment department, has been transferred and posted as secretary excise and taxation department. Mohammad Idrees Khan, director general law and human rights has been transferred and posted as secretary C&W department while Zulfiqar Ali Shah, secretary energy and power, has been transferred and posted as secretary industries and commerce KP.

Secretary zakat and usher department Mohammad Ziaul Haq has been transferred and posted as secretary transport and mass transit department while secretary transport and mass transit department Mosharraf Khan has been directed to report to the establishment department.

Secretary higher education Aneela Mahfooz Durrani has been transferred and posted as secretary zakat and usher and social welfare department, while Arshad Khan awaiting posting in establishment department has been transferred and posted as secretary higher education department.

Mohammad Israr, awaiting posting in the establishment department has been transferred and posted as secretary livestock and fisheries department while secretary irrigation department Mutaher Zeb has been transferred and posted as secretary sports and tourism department.

Managing director Forest Development Corporation Mohammad Tahir Orakzai has been transferred and posted as secretary irrigation KP. Similarly, secretary local government Amer Afaq has been transferred and directed to report to the establishment department, while Dawood Khan awaiting posting in the establishment department has been posted as secretary local government department.

Secretary culture, tourism and sports Shahid Sohail Khan has been transferred and posted secretary public health while Rashid Khan secretary housing has been directed to report to the establishment department.

Mohammad Bakhtiar Khan, awaiting posting in the establishment department has been posted as special secretary agriculture department, while Matiullah Khan, secretary industries and commerce, has been directed to report to the establishment department.

Similalry, secretary relief, rehabilitation and settlement department Abdul Basit has been transferred and directed to report to the establishment department, while Zaariful Maani, managing director Elementary and Secondary Education Foundation, has been transferred and posted as secretary food department.

Secretary excise and taxation department Ihsanullah and secretary food Mohammad Abid Khan have been transferred and directed to report to the establishment department. Director general Sustainable Development Unit Inayatulah Wasim has been transferred and posted secretary relief, rehabilitation and settlement department. Nisar Ahmed, awaiting posting in the establishment department has been transferred and posted secretary energy and power department.

Commissioner Mardan Yousaf Rahim has been directed to report to the establishment department whiel Shauakat Ali Yousafzai awaiting posting in the establishment department has been posted as commissioner Mardan.

Similarly, Commissioner Malakand Shahidullah Khan has been directed to report to the establishment department and Saqib Raza Aslam, awaiting in posting in the establishment department, has been posted as commissioner Malakand.

Commissionr Hazara Aamer Sultan Tareen has been transferred and posted as secretary health KP while Syed Zahirul Islam Shah, awaiting posting has been posted as commissioner Hazara.

Commissioner Kohat Mohammad Ali Shah has been transferred and directed to report to the establishment department, while secretary health Mohammad Aslam has also been directed to report to the establishment department.

Published in Dawn, September 20th, 2023

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