The federal government transferred, posted and promoted more than a dozen senior officers of the Secretariat and Pakistan Administrative Services (PAS) groups including Secretary Youth Affairs and Sports Punjab Fuad Hashim Rabbani who has now been promoted in the grade-21, reported 24NewsHD TV channel on Friday.

Establishment Division notified 12 officers of the PAS group working in BS-20 were promoted to BS-21 whereas three officers working in BS-20 as additional secretaries have been made in-charge additional secretaries.

BS-20 officers who have been promoted to BS-21: Fuad Hashim Rabbani, who is working under the Punjab government, has been promoted; Amer Ali Ahmed, Chief Commissioner Islamabad Capital Territory, has been promoted and will continue to work at the same position; Zahid Ali Abbasi, joint secretary Overseas Pakistanis and Human Resources Development, has been made additional secretary Kashmir Affairs and Gilgit-Baltistan Division, and retired Flt-Lt Iftikhar Ali Sahoo, who is working under the KP government, has been promoted.

Joint secretary in National Heritage and Culture Division Hassan Raza Saeed has been appointed as senior joint secretary; Federal Public Service Commission director general Sabina Qureshi has been promoted and appointed as senior joint secretary Cabinet Division; PM Office joint secretary Ali Asghar has been posted as senior joint secretary; Finance Division joint secretary Tahir Noor has been made senior joint secretary.

Establishment Division joint secretary Dr Shoaib Akbar has been promoted as senior joint secretary; Ali Tahir, who is working under the Balochistan government, has been promoted and retired Capt Asadullah Khan, working under the Punjab government, has been promoted.

Mohammad Hassan Iqbal, who is working under the Punjab government, has been promoted and his services have been placed at the disposal of Sindh government.

Additional secretary at Planning and Development Abdul Aziz Uqaili has been made incharge additional secretary.

Hamed Yaqoob Khan has been transferred to the Ministry of Finance, and Yusuf Khan, additional secretary (incharge) Finance, has been appointed as secretary of the newly-established Council of Common Interests (CCI) Secretariat.