Principal Secretary to the Prime Minister of Pakistan

The Principal Secretary to the Prime Minister of Pakistan (also referred to as PSPM or PM's Chief of Staff) is the administrative head and highest-ranking official of the Prime Minister's Office. The position holder is usually an officer belonging to the Pakistan Administrative Service serving in BPS-22 grade. The Principal Secretary advises and assists the Prime Minister on all the official business routed through the PM Office, and because of this the PSPM is generally regarded as the most crucial aide to the Prime Minister. The current Principal Secretary to the Prime Minister is Muhammad Azam Khan.[1][2][3][4][5]

Principal Secretary to the Prime Minister of Pakistan
Incumbent
Muhammad Azam Khan
Prime Minister's Office
Reports toPrime Minister of Pakistan
AppointerPrime Minister of Pakistan
WebsitePrime Minister's Office

Being the administrative head of the Prime Minister's Office, the Principal Secretary wields significant amount of power over the daily affairs of the Government of Pakistan. The duties of the Principal Secretary includes, but are not limited to; advising the Prime Minister on national policy and its implementation, dealing with official paperwork in the Prime Minister's Office, placing before the Prime Minister critical files of importance for approval, coordinating activities in the Prime Minister's Office, and preparing notes on issues to be discussed by the PM with senior politicians, bureaucrats and other dignitaries.[6][7]

List of principal secretaries to PM
No.Name of Principal SecretaryName of Prime Minister
1Anwar ZahidMuhammad Khan Junejo
2Usman Ali IsaniMuhammad Khan Junejo
3Salim Abbas JillaniBenazir Bhutto
4Usman Ali IsaniBenazir Bhutto
Ghulam Mustafa Jatoi
5Anwar ZahidNawaz Sharif
6Qazi M. AlimullahNawaz Sharif
Balakh Sher Mazari
7Shamsher Ali KhanNawaz Sharif
8Mohammad Ahmed SadikBenazir Bhutto
9Aminullah ChaudryMalik Meraj Khalid
10A. Z. K. SherdilNawaz Sharif
11Saeed MehdiNawaz Sharif
12Nasiruddin AhmedZafarullah Khan Jamali
13Shuja ShahZafarullah Khan Jamali
14Javed Sadiq MalikShaukat Aziz
15Khalid SaeedShaukat Aziz
16Siraj ShamsuddinYousaf Raza Gillani
17Nargis SethiYousaf Raza Gillani
18Khushnood Akhtar LashariYousaf Raza Gillani
19Muhammad Ayub QaziRaja Pervaiz Ashraf
20Seerat Asghar JauraMir Hazar Khan Khoso
21Khawaja Siddique AkbarMir Hazar Khan Khoso
22Nasir Mahmood KhosaNawaz Sharif
23Javaid AslamNawaz Sharif
24Fawad Hasan FawadNawaz Sharif
Shahid Khaqan Abbasi
25Suhail AamirNasirul Mulk
26Muhammad Azam Khan Imran Khan

See also

References
  1. "Prime Minister's Office, Islamabad, Pakistan". pmo.gov.pk.
  2. "A Multani PS for Multani PM?". Thenews.com.pk.
  3. "Coveted post: Khosa appointed PM's principal secretary". Tribune.com.pk.
  4. Ghumman, Khawar (26 March 2013). "Jaura principal secretary to PM". Dawn.com.
  5. Ghumman, Khawar (2 March 2012). "'Cold war' between two top secretaries". Dawn.com.
  6. "Assistant Foreign Minister Liu Jianchao Meets with Principal Secretary Javed Aslam to the Prime Minister of Pakistan". Fmprc.gov.cn. Retrieved 27 August 2018.
  7. "PM changes his principal secretary with ECP nod". www.thenews.com.pk.
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