LAHORE: The Punjab government on Wednesday continued its shuffling spree in civil bureaucracy and transferred and posted as many as 31 officers serving in BS 17 to BS-21.

The Punjab government transferred S&GAD Member (Enquiries-IV) Saqib Manan and posted him as Board of Revenue (BOR) Member (Judicial-VII) against a vacant post.

BOR Member (Judicial-V)/Chief Settlement Commissioner Dr Farah Masood has been transferred and posted as S&GAD Member (Enquiries-IV). This post shall remain upgraded from BS-20 to BS-21 as personal to Dr Masood.

OSD Khalid Saleem has been posted as BOR Member (Judicial-V)/ chief settlement commissioner.

Awaiting posting in S&GAD Yawar Hussain has been posted as Punjab Planning and Development Board (P&DB) member against a vacant post.

Directorate of Local Government and Community Development Director-General Shafaat Ali has been transferred and posted as P&DB member against a vacant post.

Punjab Agriculture Marketing Regulator Authority (PAMRA) DG Tariq Mahmood has been transferred and posted as Directorate of LG&CD DG.

LG&CD department, South Punjab, Secretary Muhammad Amin Awaisi has been transferred and posted as PAMRA DG.

Communication and Works (C&W) department, South Punjab, Secretary Jawad Akram has been transferred and posted as Punjab Health Foundation managing director against a vacant post.

Awaiting posting in S&GAD Rashad Ahmad Khan has been posted as BOR Member (Judicial-VIII).

Muhammad Farooq Akmal has been posted as additional secretary IPC I&C Wing of S&GAD.

OSD Syed Mashhad Raza Kazmi has been posted as Bab-i-Pakistan Foundation secretary against a vacant post.

PIMPD Senior Instructor Tauqeer Ahmad has been transferred and posted as MPDD deputy secretary (admn) against a vacant post.

Punjab Civil Defence Director Shahid Hassan Kalyani, presently attending Senior Management Course (SMC), has been directed to report to the S&GAD for further orders.

OSD Barakullah Khan has been posted as Civil Defence Lahore director.

Deputy Director (Coordination), PMIU, Punjab Education Sector Reforms Programme (PESRP), Mudassar Arif has been transferred and posted as Home Department deputy secretary against a vacant post.

Women Development Department Deputy Secretary Ubaidullah Zakria has been transferred and posted as additional decretary, PMRU, I&C Wing of S&GAD, against a vacant post.

Higher Education Department, South Punjab, Additional Secretary Tariq Mahmood has been transferred and posted as additional secretary, Governor’s Secretariat, Lahore, against a vacant post.

OSD Sarah Rashid has been posted as Lahore Arts Council executive director relieving Information and Culture Department Additional Secretary (culture) Tariq Ali Basra of additional charge of the post.

Lahore Museum Director (presently attending 35th SMC) Sadia Tehreem has been transferred and directed to report to the S&GAD for further orders. OSD Nabila Irfan has been posted as Lahore Museum director.

Punjab Small Industries Corporation (PSIC) Deputy Managing Director (presently attending 35th SMC) Muhammad Shahid has been transferred and directed to report to the S&GAD for further orders. OSD Rana Saleem Ahmad Khan has been posted as PSIC deputy managing director.

OSD Amjad Bashir has been posted as Punjab Revenue Authority (PRA) commissioner on a deputation basis against a vacant post.

OSD Mahboob Ahmad has been posted as Punjab Vocational Training Council (PVTC) managing director on a deputation basis against a vacant post.

OSD Mehr Khalid Ahmad has been posted as Member (Secretary), Board of Revenue, South Punjab, Lahore, against a vacant post.

OSD Tariq Mahmood Bukhari has been posted as Member, P&D Board, Punjab, against a vacant post.

OSD Imtiaz Ahmad has been posted as chief of section, P&D Board, Punjab, against a vacant post.

Parks and Horticulture Authority (PHA) Lahore Director (Admn) Muhammad Musa Ali Bukhari has been transferred and directed to report to the S&GAD for further orders.

S&GAD Deputy Secretary (Archives) Saulat Hayat Wattoo has been transferred and posted as PHA Lahore director (Admn).

Municipal Corporation Lahore Director (Estate) Muhammad Kamran Afzal has been transferred and posted as PHA Director (Marketing), Lahore, on a deputation basis against a vacant post.

S&GAD Section Officer (Archives) Muhammad Atif has been assigned the additional charge of the post of S&GAD deputy secretary (archives) in addition to his own duties, for a period of three months or till the posting of a regular incumbent, whichever is earlier.

Published in Dawn, May 2nd, 2024

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