ISLAMABAD, March 21: The armed forces personnel heading the departments under the administrative control of the Cabinet Division exceed the 10 per cent quota of the defence personnel in the civil services, record placed before the National Assembly on Monday revealed. The record, placed before the house in response to a question by MNA Dr Abul Khair Muhammad Zubair, showed that seven of the 15 departments and organizations under the administrative control of the cabinet division were headed by retired generals and air marshals, some of them holding only graduation or honorary masters degrees. In contrast to the qualifications held by the retired armed forces officials, the educational qualifications of the civilians were either from abroad or they had specialisation in the relevant field. However, the only exception in civilian appointments was a BA degree holder, Muhammad Riazuddin, appointed as head of the stationary and forms Karachi.

Following are the names of the officials heading the departments under the administrative control of the cabinet division:

Chairman of Federal Land Commission Maj-Gen (retired) Inayatullah Khan Niazi (MSc), Chairman of National Electric Power Regulatory Authority, Lt-Gen (retired) Saeeduz Zaman (MSc Hons), Chairman of Alternate Energy Development Board Air Marshal (retired) Shahid Hamid (BSc Engineering), Executive Director of Frequency Allocation Board Brig Iftikhar Ali (MSc Electrical Engineering), Chairman of National Accountability Bureau Lt-Gen Munir Hafeez (MSc War Studies), Additional Director-General of Department of Communications Security Brig Riaz Arshad (MSc War Studies), Chairman of Pakistan Telecommunication Authority Maj-Gen (retired) Shahzada Alam Malik (BE Telecom and MSc War Studies).

Controller of Stationary and Forms Muhammad Riazuddin (BA), Chairman of Sheikh Zayed Hospital Prof Anwar Khan (MMBS, FACP, FACG etc), Director-General of National Archives Raja Muhammad Ikramul Haq (Msc, MPA from US); Chairman of National Language Authority Prof Fateh Muhammad Malik (MA Urdu gold medalist), Managing Director of Printing Corporation of Pakistan Nawaz Ahmed Sheikh (MA Economics, MA Development and Administration), Chairman of National Commission for Human Development Dr Nasim Ashraf (MBBS), Chairman of Oil and Gas Regulatory Authority Muhammad Munir (MSc Petroleum Geology), Chairman of Abandoned Properties Organisation Azam Rathore (MA, LLB, MDS from Holland).