PESHAWAR: In a massive shakeup of provincial bureaucracy, the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government has reshuffled 28 senior officers, including administrative secretaries, commissioners, director generals and deputy commissioners.

A notification issued from the establishment department stated that Ambar Ali Khan, PAS, BS-21, secretary local government department, has been transferred and posted secretary agriculture department. Masood Ahmed, PCS, BS-21, secretary elementary and secondary education department, has been transferred and directed to report to the establishment department, while Ziaul Haq, PAS-BS-20, secretary sports and youth affairs department, has been transferred and posted secretary inter-provincial coordination (IPC) department.

Matiullah Khan, PAS, BS-20, secretary IPC, has been directed to report to the establishment department. Bakhtiar Khan, PCS, BS-20, secretary culture, tourism and archaeology department, has been transferred and posted secretary information and public relations department, while Mohammad Khalid, PMS, BS-20, secretary information department, has been transferred and posted secretary elementary and secondary education. Saqib Raza Aslam, PMS, BS-20, secretary food, has been transferred and posted secretary local government department.

Attaur Rehman, PMS, BS-20, secretary agriculture department, has been transferred and directed to report to the establishment department, while Shah Mahmood, PA&AS, awaiting posting in establishment department, has been transferred and posted secretary food department.

Shah Fahad, PAS, BS-19, director general Rescue 1122, has been transferred and posted director general Peshawar Development Authority (PDA), while DG PDA Mohammad Naeem Khan, PMS, BS-19, has been transferred and posted chairman Higher Education Regulatory Authority (HERA). Tayyab Abduallah, PMS, BS-19, chief instructor Provincial Services Academy, has been transferred and posted DG Rescue 1122.

Shauzeb Abbas, PAS, BS-18, deputy commissioner Haripur, has been transferred and posted director general Upper Swat Development Authority (USDA), while Adnan Ibrar, PMS,-18, DG USDA, has been transferred and directed to report to establishment department.

MOhammad Ali Shah, PCS, BS-20, commissioner Bannu division, has been transferred and directed to report to establishment department, while Khalid Mehmood, PAS, BS-19, chairman HERA, has been transferred and posted commissioner Bannu.

Wasif Rehman, PAS, BS-19, additional secretary (staff) to chief secretary, has been transferred and posted DC Mardan, while Fahad Wazir, PMS, BS-19, additional secretary climate change department, has been transferred and posted DC Upper Chitral. Qaiser Khan, PMS, BS-19, DC Charsadda, has been transferred and posted additional secretary home and tribal affairs department, while Asif Ali, PMS, BS-19, DC Battagram, has been transferred and posted additional secretary climate change and environment department. Noorul Amin, PMS, BS-19, additional deputy commissioner Kohat, has been transferred and posted DC Kolai Palas, while services of Khalid Iqbal, PAS, BS-19, DC Manshera, has been placed at the disposal of the planning and development department.

Azmatullah Wazir, PMS, BS-18, DC Mardan, has been transferred and posted DC Charsadda, while Haseebur Rehman, PMS, BS-19, Upper Chitral, has been transferred and directed to report to the establishment department.

Ishtiaq Ahmed, PMS, BS-18, DC Kolai Palas, has been transferred and posted DC Battagram, while Waseem Ahmed, PAS, BS-18, additional secretary home department, has been transferred and posted DC Haripur. Mian Behzad Adil, PAS, BS-18, posted in planning and development department, has been transferred and posted DC Manshera.

Published in Dawn, July 9th, 2025

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