Finance Secretary of Pakistan
‎معتمدِ خزانہ پاکستان
Reports toFinance Minister of Pakistan
AppointerPrime Minister of Pakistan
First holderSir Victor Turner
WebsiteMinistry of Finance

The finance secretary of Pakistan (Urdu: ‎معتمدِ خزانہ پاکستان) is the federal secretary for the Ministry of Finance. The federal finance secretary is one of the most powerful bureaucrats in the country. Being the head of the Finance Division, the secretary plays an important part in shaping the country's economic and financial policies.[1] The position holder is a BPS-22 grade officer, usually belonging to the Pakistan Administrative Service.[2][3] The current finance secretary is Imdadullah Bosal. The finance secretary is assisted by one Special Secretary of grade 22, six additional secretaries of grade 21 and one Special Assistant of grade 17-18, the most number of deputies any secretary has in the federal government, due to the enormous amount of workload.[4][5][6][7][8]

List of secretaries

No.NameEntered officeLeft office
1Sir Victor Turner14 August 19471 February 1950
2Abdul Qadir2 February 195025 February 1952
3Mumtaz Hasan25 February 19521 November 1958
4Hafiz Abdul Majid1 November 195829 July 1960
5Mohammed Ayub29 July 196019 June 1961
6Mumtaz Mirza19 June 19616 March 1963
7Mirza Muzaffar Ahmad6 March 196330 May 1966
8Ghulam Ishaq Khan31 May 19668 September 1970
9Aftab Ghulam Nabi Kazi8 September 197020 August 1973
10Abdur Rauf Shaikh20 August 19736 October 1977
11Aftab Ahmad Khan9 October 19771 August 1979
12Habibullah Baig1 August 19797 June 1987
13Izharul Haq8 June 198714 August 1988
14Saeed Ahmad Qureshi15 August 198821 January 1989
15R.A. Akhund22 January 1989August 1990
16Saeed Ahmad QureshiSeptember 199031 July 1991
17Qazi Alimullah1 August 199124 September 1992
18Khalid Javed25 September 199224 April 1993
19Qazi Alimullah28 October 199330 June 1994
20Javed Talat30 June 19941 March 1996
21Mian Tayeb Hasan1 March 199631 October 1996
22Chaudhry Mueen Afzal1 November 19965 November 1998
23Khalid Javed5 November 199821 October 1999
24Muhammad Younis Khan22 October 1999July 2002
25Nawid AhsanJuly 2002January 2006
26Tanwir Ali AghaJanuary 2006July 2007
27Ahmad Waqar20 July 20078 January 2008
28Dr. Waqar Masood Khan9 January 20082 May 2008
29Farrukh Qayyum3 May 20081 September 2008
30Dr. Waqar Masood Khan2 September 20083 February 2009
31Salman Siddiq4 February 200920 December 2010
32Dr. Waqar Masood Khan21 December 201011 February 2012
33Abdul Wajid Rana12 February 2012April 2013
34Dr. Waqar Masood KhanApril 201320 January 2017
35Tariq Bajwa3 February 201717 June 2017
36Shahid Mahmood17 June 20175 January 2018
37Arif Ahmed Khan10 January 201821 March 2019
38Mohammad Younus Dagha22 March 201923 May 2019
39 Naveed Kamran Baloch 23 May 2019 24 December 2020
40 Kamran Ali Afzal 24 December 2020 30 May 2021
41 Yusuf Khan 30 May 2021 3 December 2021
42 Hamid Yaqoob Sheikh 3 December 2021 18 May 2023
43 Imdad Ullah Bosal 18 May 2023

See also

References

  1. ↑ Rana, Shahbaz (2 February 2017). "Finance secretary's hiring delayed as lobbying in full swing". The Express Tribune. Pakistan. Archived from the original on 21 August 2018. Retrieved 3 May 2019.
  2. ↑ "Shahid Mehmood becomes new finance secretary – The Express Tribune". The Express Tribune. 17 June 2017. Archived from the original on 13 July 2018. Retrieved 13 July 2018.
  3. ↑ "Bureaucratic reshuffle: Waqar Masood appointed finance secretary again – The Express Tribune". The Express Tribune. 20 December 2010. Archived from the original on 13 July 2018. Retrieved 13 July 2018.
  4. ↑ "- Ministry of Finance – Government of Pakistan -". Finance.gov.pk. Archived from the original on 13 May 2021. Retrieved 4 February 2009.
  5. ↑ "Many names under consideration for finance secretary's post". The News International. 30 December 2017. Archived from the original on 13 July 2018. Retrieved 13 July 2018.
  6. ↑ "Waqar Masood to lead finance ministry again – The Express Tribune". The Express Tribune. 15 April 2013. Archived from the original on 20 July 2018. Retrieved 20 July 2018.
  7. ↑ "Arif Ahmed Khan appointed as finance secretary – Pakistan Today". Pakistan Today. Archived from the original on 13 July 2018. Retrieved 13 July 2018.
  8. ↑ Sherani, Tahir (23 May 2019). "Naveed Kamran Baloch appointed secretary finance". DAWN.COM. Archived from the original on 10 August 2019. Retrieved 11 August 2019.
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