Sindh Chief Secretary Mumtaz Ali Shah on Wednesday contracted Covid-19 and quarantined himself at his official residence, reported 24NewsHD TV channel.

After the top bureaucrat of the province contracted coronavirus, the Sindh government t handed over the additional charge of chief secretary to the Additional Chief Secretary (ACS) Qazi Shahid.

Mumtaz Shah is an officer of grade-22 and belongs to Pakistan Administrative Services and has been serving in Sindh as top bureaucrat since 2017.

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