Maroof Afzal

Maroof Afzal (died 10 December 2020) was a Pakistani civil servant.

Maroof Afzal
Cabinet Secretary of Pakistan
In office
May 2019 – April 2020
Appointed byImran Khan
Succeeded bySardar Ahmad Nawaz Sukhera
Personal details
BornIslamic Republic of Pakistan
Died10 December 2020
NationalityPakistani
EducationCadet College Petaro
OccupationCivil servant

Biography

He served in BPS-22 grade as the Cabinet Secretary of Pakistan under Prime Minister Imran Khan and as Establishment Secretary under Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi. He belonged to the Pakistan Administrative Service.[1] He is among the very few civil servants in the country's history to have served at both the coveted positions of Secretary Cabinet and Secretary Establishment; two bureaucratic posts which report directly to the Prime Minister of Pakistan. Afzal was promoted to the rank of Federal Secretary in December 2017.[2]

Other key grade 22 positions which he held include Federal Secretary for Industries and Production and Federal Secretary for Information Technology. As a grade 21 officer, Maroof served as chairman of the Capital Development Authority and chairman of the National Highway Authority.[3] He belonged to the 15th CTP and was batchmates with Jawad Rafique Malik, Fawad Hasan Fawad, Sikandar Sultan Raja, Rizwan Ahmed and Hussain Asghar.[4]

After his retirement from the civil services, Afzal was appointed as member of the Federal Public Service Commission in April 2020. Later in November 2020, he was notified as Chairman of the Federal Public Service Commission however he could not take oath of his office as he contracted coronavirus. On 10 December 2020, he died due to coronavirus.[5]

See also

References
  1. "Maroof Afzal posted as Establishment Division Secretary". Pakistan Today. December 15, 2017.
  2. "Mr. Maroof Afzal Federal Secretary for Information Technology and Mr. Raza Shah, Member IT from Ministry of IT and Telecommunication visit to KPITB office | KPITB | Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Information Technology Board". www.kpitb.gov.pk.
  3. "Future strategy & implementation plan: Dawood to get briefings this week – Business Recorder".
  4. "Maroof Afzal Appointed as the New Chairman of PTCL". propakistani.pk.
  5. "FPSC Chairman Maroof Afzal dies from coronavirus". 24 News HD. December 10, 2020.
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