QUETTA, March 16: Senior bureaucrat Mahfooz Ali Khan has been given the charge of chief secretary of Balochistan with immediate effect.

Mr Khan took over his new responsibilities on Saturday, according to official sources.

The sources said that sitting chief secretary Babar Yaqoob Fateh Mohammad had gone on a four-month leave.

They said Mr Khan had also been given the charge of chairman of the Chief Minister’s Inspection Team. Mr Khan was serving as director general of the National Institute of Management, Quetta.

He has served as finance secretary and accountant general of Balochistan.—Staff Correspondent