Nasir Mahmood Khosa
Executive Director World Bank
In office
September 2013 – September 2017
Principal Secretary to the Prime Minister of Pakistan
In office
June 2013 – September 2013
Appointed byNawaz Sharif
Chief Secretary Punjab
In office
February 2010 – April 2013
Appointed byYousaf Raza Gillani
Chief Secretary Balochistan
In office
April 2008 – February 2010
Appointed byYousaf Raza Gillani
Personal details
BornDera Ghazi Khan, Pakistan
Nationality Pakistani
OccupationCareer Bureaucrat
Pakistan Secretariat, Islamabad

Nasir Mahmood Khosa is a retired Pakistani civil servant from Dera Ghazi Khan who belonged to the Pakistan Administrative Service and served in BPS-22 grade, the highest attainable rank for a serving officer. He was promoted to the rank of Federal Secretary in 2010.[1]

Khosa has an outstanding civil service record, having held the most coveted bureaucratic assignments in the country. He served as the 22nd Principal Secretary to the Prime Minister of Pakistan, as well as the administrative boss of two provinces as Chief Secretary Punjab and Chief Secretary Balochistan. Khosa also served as executive director at the World Bank from 2013-2017.[2]

Khosa is the brother of former Chief Justice Asif Saeed Khosa and Tariq Khosa, former director general of the Federal Investigation Agency. He is also the maternal cousin of former Governor Punjab Latif Khosa.[3]

Nomination for chief ministership

On 28 May 2018, Khosa was nominated to become the caretaker Chief Minister of Punjab ahead of the 2018 general elections.[4] He was nominated by Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) to which Shehbaz Sharif agreed but PTI withdrew his name on 30 May 2018,[5] followed by Khosa opting out and excusing himself from assuming the responsibilities of caretaker chief minister.[6]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Profile: Nasir Mahmood Khosa". www.geo.tv. 28 May 2018.
  2. ↑ "Nasir Khosa does Pakistan proud as Chairman HR Committee of World Bank". The News. 2018-12-24. Retrieved 2018-05-30.
  3. ↑ "The News International: Latest News Breaking, Pakistan News". 22 October 2019.
  4. ↑ "Nasir Khosa nominated Punjab caretaker chief minister". Dawn. 2018-05-28. Retrieved 2018-05-30.
  5. ↑ "PTI's change of heart over Punjab interim set-up invites rivals' ire - The Express Tribune". tribune.com.pk. 30 May 2018. Retrieved 31 May 2018.
  6. ↑ Malik, Arif (31 May 2018). "Nasir Khosa recuses himself from Punjab caretaker CM post; PTI tables new names". dawn.com. Retrieved 31 May 2018.
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