The communications secretary of Pakistan is the federal secretary for the Ministry of Communications. The position holder is a BPS-22 grade officer, usually belonging to the Pakistan Administrative Service. The secretary heads the Ministry that is the central administrative authority on communications and transport sector in Pakistan. Notable organisations that come under the purview of the communications secretary includes the National Highway Authority (NHA) and the National Highways & Motorway Police (NH&MP). The incumbent federal secretary for communications is Zafar Hassan.
Federal secretaries source Sr. Secretary name From To 1 H. S. Ishaque 18-07-1956 06-06-1962 2 M. H. Zuberi 07-06-1962 27-03-1967 3 A. R. Khan 27-03-1967 09-01-1970 4 Ali Hassan 09-01-1970 20-08-1973 5 K. T. Kidwai 27-08-1973 26-04-1975 6 Shah Nawaz Khan 26-04-1975 06-02-1978 7 Maj Gen. Shafqat Ahmed Syed 16-02-1978 25-07-1979 8 F. K. Bandial 25-07-1979 12-03-1986 9 R. A. Akhund 12-03-1986 11-01-1987 10 K. U. Fafooqi 11-01-1987 07-01-1988 11 H. N. Akhtar 07-01-1988 30-08-1989 12 Badruddin Zahidi 30-08-1989 19-04-1990 13 M. Salman Farooqi 19-04-1990 26-07-1993 14 Aitizazuddin Ahmed 26-07-1993 27-12-1994 15 Muhammad Sher Khan 28-12-1984 10-11-1996 16 Inamul Haque 10-11-1998 19-03-1998 17 Dr. Muhammad Akram Sheikh 20-03-1998 10-05-2000 18 Nazar Mohammad Shaikh 14-07-2000 31-03-2001 19 Iftikhar Rashid 12-04-2001 07-02-2005 20 Tariq Mahmud 10-02-2005 12-11-2007 21 Sajid Hussain Chattha 12-11-2007 05-07-2008 22 Sharif Ahmed 11-10-2008 31-12-2010 23 Anwar Ahmad Khan 01-01-2011 04-04-2013 24 Muhammad Arshad Bhatti 04-04-2013 14-02-2014 25 Babar Yaqoob Fateh Muhammad 01-07-2014 05-11-2014 26 Shahid Ashraf Tarar 05-11-2014 01-03-2016 27 Shahid Ashraf Tarar 01-03-2016 26-12-2016 28 Khalid Masood Chaudhary 26-12-2017 17-07-2017 29 Muhammad Siddique Memon 17-07-2017 18-12-2017 30 Furqan Bahadur Khan 19-12-2017 30-08-2018 31 Shoaib Ahmad Siddiqui 31-08-2018 19-07-2019 32 Jawwad Rafique Malik 19-07-2019 24-04-2020 33 Mohammad Khurram Agha 09-05-2022 02-11-2023 34 Asif Nawaz 03-11-2023
See also Government of Pakistan Federal Secretary Maritime Secretary of Pakistan Cabinet Secretary of Pakistan Finance Secretary of Pakistan Petroleum Secretary of Pakistan
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