LAHORE: The federal government has approved the promotion of 266 bureaucrats to Grade 19, both on a regular and acting charge basis, in a significant administrative reshuffle aimed at strengthening key departments.
The decision was taken during the Departmental Selection Board meetings held on February 13-14, chaired by the Establishment Division secretary. Approval was granted for officers of the Police Service of Pakistan (PSP), Pakistan Administrative Service (PAS) and Office Management Group (OMG), to be promoted to Grade 19 either on a regular basis or on acting charge.
Twenty-eight officers of the Police Service of Pakistan were granted regular promotion to Grade 19. Those promoted include Malik Jameel Zafar, Capt (retd) Amir Saud, Zeeshan Haider, Najeebullah Pindrani, Shahbaz Elahi, Mahzoor Ali, Capt (retd) Muhammad Ajmal, Muhammad Rashid, Zunera Azfar, Muhammad Asim, Muhammad Bahram Khan, Muhammad Imran Sethi, Shah Nawaz, Hissam Bin Iqbal, Imran Ahmed Malik, Sameer Noor, Capt (retd) Dost Muhammad, Muhammad Abdullah Lak, Capt (retd) Mazhar Iqbal, Muhammad Umar Khan, Zubair Nazir Ahmed Sheikh, Javeria Muhammad Jameel, Muhammad Imran, Suhay Aziz, Muhammad Ayaz, Muhammad Usman Tariq Butt, Ambrin Ali, and Sonia Shamroz Khan.
Additionally, 14 PSP officers were approved for promotion to Grade 19 on acting charge basis, including Asadullah Khan, Khurram Shehzad, Ahmed Nawaz Shah, Muhammad Imran Khan, Ataur-Rehman, Muhammad Imran, Sarfaraz Virak, Capt (retd) Ali Bin Tariq, Najamul Hasnain Liaquat, Tasawwur Iqbal, Capt (retd) Sher Ali, Ziauddin Ahmed, Abdul Wahab, and Capt (retd) Naveed Alam.
In the Pakistan Administrative Service, promotion of 64 officers to Grade 19 was approved. The list includes Abdullah Nair Sheikh, Nazia Zaman, Major (retd) Bashir Ahmed, Syeda Ramallah Ali, Muhammad Ali Asghar, Zainia Humayun Sank, Rana Adeel Tasawur, Dr Altamash Janjua, Capt (retd) Sarmad Saleem Akram, Quratul-Ain Malik, Salman Khan, Kashif Ali, Syed Jawad Muzaffar, Mian Behzad Adil, Arshad Qayyum Burki, Sidra Saleem, Saba Asghar Ali, Kamran Khan, Capt (retd) Samiullah Farooq, Muhammad Asif Rahim, Ahmed Usman Javed, Aamira Bedar, Muhammad Usman Khalid, Capt (retd) Nadeem Nasir, Mir Raza Ozgan, Ayesha Rizwan, Jehangzeb, Mansoor Ahmed Khan, Waseem Hamid, Arifullah Awan, Zahid Parvez, Muhammad Umair, Imran Hussain Ranjha, Ehsan Ali Jamali, Muhammad Zeeshan Hanif, Javed Nabi, Wasif Rehman, Nisha Ishtiaq, Altaf Ahmed Chachar, Dharmoon Bhawani, Khurram Shehzad, Adeel Haider, Sarah Hayat, Naveed Ahmed, Bushra Iqbal Rao, Bilawal Abro, Humaira Irshad, Muhammad Abbas Shah, Muhammad Khalid Saleem, Batool Asadi, Mir Muhammad Nawaz, Muhammad Saeed Laghari, Neelam Sultana Khattak, Mansoor Arshad, Roman Borana, Asma Ejaz, Amber Mir, Muhammad Ikram Malik, Waseem Ahmed, Shehana Khalil, Muhammad Waqas Rajput, Bilal Saleem, and Bilal Shahid.
Furthermore, 24 PAS officers were approved for acting charge promotion to Grade 19, including Noorul-Ain Qureshi, Ayesha Ghazanfar, Afifa Shajia, Usman Ashraf, Maham Asif Malik, Owais Mushtaq, Adnan Khan Bhittani, Hina Arshad, Hussain Ahmed Raza, Faiz Ali, Aamir Hussain, Aoun Haider Gondal, Mudassar Ahmed Shah, Azuba Azeem, Mir Mehrullah Badini, Abdul Rauf Mehr, Muhammad Musa Ali Bukhari, Capt (retd) Zulfiqar Ali Karrar, Capt (retd) Jumma Dad, Umar Liaquat Randhawa, Adnan Zahid, Junaid Iqbal Khan, Fatima Bashir, and Adnan Farid.
In the Office Management Group, 114 officers were granted regular promotion to Grade 19, while 22 officers were approved for acting charge promotion.
The government has formally endorsed these promotions following the board’s recommendations.