Chief Secretary Sindh


The Chief Secretary Sindh, also referred to as CS Sindh, is the bureaucratic chief and highest-ranking official of the Government of Sindh. The appointment of the Chief Secretary is made directly by the Prime Minister of Pakistan. The position of Chief Secretary is equivalent to the rank of Federal Secretary and the position holder usually belongs to the Pakistan Administrative Service. The current Chief Secretary Sindh is Syed Mumtaz Ali Shah, in office since September 2018.
The Chief Secretary is the province's administrative boss as all administrative secretaries report to him. The CS in turn reports to the Chief Minister of Sindh, however the Chief Secretary is not under the charge of the Chief Minister as only the Prime Minister can appoint or remove the CS from his position. The Chief Secretary also serves as the Chief Advisor to the Chief Minister and as Secretary to the provincial Cabinet. The Chief Secretary is the only competent authority to approach the Federal Government in the province.

List of chief secretaries

The following table lists down the names of chief secretaries that have remained in office since June 2000.
No.Name of Chief SecretaryEntered OfficeLeft Office
1Javed Ashraf Hussain
2KB Rind
3Mutawakkil Kazi
4Aslam Sanjrani
5Fazal-ur-Rehman
6Shakeel Durrani
7Ejaz Qureshi
8Fazal-ur-Rehman
9Raja Muhammad Abbas
10Muhammad Ijaz Chaudhry
11Sajjad Saleem Hotiana
12Muhammad Siddique Memon
13Rizwan Memon
14Azam Suleman Khan
15Mumtaz Ali ShahIncumbent