The Chairman Planning and Development Board (Sindh) is the Chairman of the Planning and Development Department, and serves as the Chief Executive of the Board. Chairman P&D is considered to be the top most office in the Government of Sindh after those of Chief Minister and Chief Secretary of Sindh. The office of the chairman has been vacant since May 2021 to date.[1][2]

Chairman of Planning & Development Board
Reports toChief Minister/Chief Secretary
SeatKarachi, Sindh
AppointerChief Minister Sindh
WebsiteGovernment of Sindh
Coat of Arms of Sindh Province

The chairman oversees all policy matters of the board and matters pertaining to development in Sindh. The chairman is also responsible for coordinating with organizations such as World Bank, Asian Development Bank, and USAID. The Chairman P&D can even approach these foreign organizations through the Economic Affairs Division (Government of Pakistan).[3] Apart from that, the chairman is to maintain a close liaison with national planning or development agencies.[4] The chairman is the competent authority to process and approve all development schemes,[5] proposals, and proposals submitted by other Departments of the Government of Sindh.[6]

The Planning and Development Department has different wings such as the Monitoring and Evaluation Cell, Bureau of Statistics, and Research and Training Wing.[7] The department also has 100+ specialized projects around Sindh, making it one of the largest provincial departments, not only in Sindh but around the country.

Sections of planning & development department

Sections of P&D Department[8]
Administrative Sections Technical Sections Economic Sections
General Transport & Communication Economic
Admin-I Water & Drainage Foreign Aid
Admin-II Physical Planning & Housing Coordination
Coordination Health Development
Legal Education Social Sector
Foreign Tratining Livestock & Fishiries CPEC Unit
Agriculture
Science & Technology
Environment & Climate Change
Industries & Energy
Sports, Culture & Tourism

List of additional chief secretaries

List of all those who served as the Additional Chief Secretaries (now abolished) of the P&D Department.[9]

Name of Additional Chief Secretary Entered Office Left Office
Mr. Nusrat Hassan 01-07-1970 01-01-1971
Mr. Aftab Ahmed Khan 02-01-1971 01-03-1972
Mr. Badruddin Zahidi 01-03-1972 09-04-1975
Mr. R.A. Akhund 10-04-1975 22-10-1983
Mr. S.G. Murtaza Shah 03-11-1983 02-01-1985
Mr. A.B. Soomro 02-01-1985 27-11-1989
Mr. Salahuddin 10-12-1989 28-12-1989
Mr. Fazlullah Qureshi 28-12-1989 01-03-1994
Mr. Mirza Qamar Baig 02-03-1994 13-01-1996
Mr. Jiwan Khan 14-01-1996 07-11-1996
Mr. Salik Nazir Ahmed 16-11-1996 02-12-1998
Mr. Muhammad Javed Ashraf Hussain 03-12-1998 09-10-1999
Dr. Mutawakkil Kazi 19-11-1999 20-12-2000
Mr. Shahzado Shaikh 12-01-2001 10-01-2003
Mr. Ghulam Sarwar Khero 13-01-2003 21-02-2008
Mr. Nazar Hussain Mahar 21-02-2008 26-09-2009
Mr. Munawar Opel 28-09-2009 10-02-2010
Mr. Muhammad Siddique Memon 20-07-2010 22-09-2010
Mr. Muhammad Ishaque Lashari 22-09-2010 25-08-2011
Mr. Malik Asrar Hussain 25-08-2011 07-02-2013
Mr. Arif Ahmed Khan 07-02-2013 31-01-2014
Mr. Muhammad Waseem 02-02-2014 21-08-2015
Mr. Aijaz Ali Khan 24-08-2015 22-02-2016
Mr. Muhammad Waseem 23-02-2016 12-01-2017

List of chairpersons

List of all those who served as Chairperson P&D Board.

NAME Entered Office Left Office
Mr. Muhammad Waseem (Grade-22) January 13, 2017 April 26, 2019
Ms. Naheed Shah Durrani (Grade-22) April 29, 2019 January 2, 2020
Mr. Muhammad Waseem (Grade-22) January 3, 2020 - till date -

History

Previously the post of Chairman Planning and Development Board was referred to as Additional Chief Secretary Planning and Development. However, as the department and its board got larger, the post was abolished and replaced with Chairman P&D.[10]

See also

References

  1. ↑ Sindh, Government of. "Planning and Development Department". Planning and Development Department. Archived from the original on 2020-08-07.
  2. ↑ Reporter, The Newspaper's Staff (2020-12-05). "Committee reviews progress of work on Karachi projects". DAWN.COM. Retrieved 2021-05-06.
  3. ↑ Sindh, Government of. "Functions of Planning & Development Department". Planning and Development Department.
  4. ↑ Ayub, Imran (2020-08-23). "Centre-Sindh body for Karachi betterment holds first meeting". DAWN.COM. Retrieved 2021-05-06.
  5. ↑ "Sindh preparing for 'Citizen budget': CM". The Nation. 2021-05-04. Retrieved 2021-05-06.
  6. ↑ "CM approves Link Road for Korangi". The Nation. 2020-10-16. Retrieved 2021-05-06.
  7. ↑ Government of Sindh. "Wings of Planning & Development Department".
  8. ↑ Sindh, Government of. "Sections". Planning & Development Department.
  9. ↑ Sindh, Government of Sindh. "ACS/Chairperson". Planning & Development Department.
  10. ↑ Sindh, Government of. "History". Planning & Development Department.
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