Azam Suleman Khan
Azam Suleman Khan is a retired Pakistani civil servant who serves as the Ombudsman of Punjab. He previously served in BPS-22 grade as the Interior Secretary of Pakistan, Chief Secretary Punjab and as Chief Secretary Sindh. Khan was promoted to the rank of Federal Secretary in February 2017 by Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif.Azam Suleman Khan joined Central Superior Services through Pakistan Armed Forces quota on August 31, 1990. He was serving as a major in Pakistan Army before he joined civil service.
Khan belongs to the Pakistan Administrative Service. For several years he headed the Home Department of Punjab as its top bureaucrat under former CM Shahbaz Sharif. He was promoted to the rank of Federal Secretary in February 2017 by Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif. Later he was appointed as Chief Secretary Sindh in 2018 by the Mulk caretaker ministry and then served as Chief Secretary Punjab, appointed by Prime Minister Imran Khan. Prior to hos appointment as the Provincial Ombudsman Punjab he was serving as the Interior Secretary of Pakistan.
In June 2020, Khan sought premature retirement almost twelve months before his actual retirement date from active civil service in order to qualify for the constitutional position of Provincial Ombudsman of Punjab. The Punjab Cabinet confirmed his appointment as provincial Ombudsman thereafter and he was sworn into office on 1st July 2020.
