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Government of Sindh
Provincial Government Seal
Provincial Government Flag
Seat of government Karachi
Legislature
Assembly
SpeakerAwais Qadir Shah
Members168[1]
Executive
GovernorKamran Tessori[2]
Chief SecretaryAsif Hyder Shah[3]
Chief MinisterMurad Ali Shah[4]
Judiciary
High CourtSindh High Court
Chief justice of High CourtJustice Junaid Ghaffar
Websitewww.sindh.gov.pk

The Government of Sindh (Sindhi: حڪومت سنڌ) (Urdu: حکومتِ سندھ) is the provincial government of the province of Sindh, Pakistan. Its powers and structure are set out in the provisions of the 1973 Constitution, in which 30 Districts of 7 Divisions under its authority and jurisdiction.

The province's executive head and head of the government is the Chief Secretary Sindh. All officers and cabinet members report to the Chief Secretary. The Chief Secretary is an appointed official by the Prime Minister of Pakistan. The Chief Secretary of Sindh is usually a Grade 22 officer, belonging to the Pakistan Administrative Service.

Although the Governor is the head of the province on paper, it is largely a ceremonial position; and the main powers lie with the Chief Secretary of Sindh and Chief Minister of Sindh.

The province is governed by a unicameral legislature with the head of government known as the Chief Minister. The Chief Minister, invariably a leader of a political party represented in the Assembly, selects members of the provincial Cabinet.

The terms Government of Sindh or Sindh Government are often used in official documents. The seat of Government is in Karachi, thus serving as the capital of the province.

Executive

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The Chief Secretary Sindh, as head of the provincial bureaucracy, is the boss of the province. The provincial Chief Secretary of Grade-22 is equivalent in rank to a Federal Secretary, is appointed by the Prime Minister of Pakistan. Under him comes the entire Government of Sindh.

These are the officers currently serving as Secretaries in Sindh[5]

Secretaries Serving in Sindh[6]
No. Name of Officer Posting Service
1. Mr.Asif Hyder Shah Chief Secretary Sindh
2. Mr. Najam Ahmed Shah Chairman Planning & Development Board , Sindh
3. Syed Ahmed Ali Shah Additional Charge Senior Member, Board of Revenue Sindh
4. Agha Shahnawaz Khan Secretary, Environment, Climate Change & Costal Development Department
6. Dr.Shereen Mustufa Chairperson, Chief Minister's Inspection, Enquiries & Implementation Team
7. Agha Wasif Abbass Additional charge Principal Secretary to Chief Minister, Sindh
8. Mr. Muhammad Waseem Chairman Sindh Public Service Commission
9. Mr. Sajid Jamal Abro Principal Secretary to Governor Sindh
11. Muhammad Iqbal Memon Additional Chief Secretary, Home Department
12. Mr.Muhammad Saleem Baloch Secretary (Land Utilization )
13. MR. Muhammad Abbas Baloch Secretary, Universities & Boards Department
14. Mr. Muhammad Bachal Rahupoto Secretary, Food Department
16. Dr.Waseem Shamshad Ali Secretary, Local Govt. & HTP Department
17. Mr. Fayaz Ahmed Jatoi Secretary, Finance Department
18. Mr. Abid Saleem Qureshi Secretary, (I&C) SGA&CD Department
19. Mr.Muhammad Nawaz Sahoo Secretary (GA),SGA & CD
21. Mr. Ghualm Ali Brahmani Secretary, (Services) SGA&CD Department
22. Mr.Asif Ikram Secretary, Inter Provincial Coordination Department
23. Mr. Akhtar Hussain Bugti Secretary, Rehabilitation Department.
24. Mr. Abdul Waheed Shaikh Additional Chief Secretary, (Training Management & Research Wing) SGA&CD Department
26. Khair Muhammad Kalwar Secretary, Culture, Tourism & Antiquities Department
27. Dr.kazim Hussain Jatoi Secretary, Livestock & Fisheries Department
28. Mr.Sajjad Hussain Abbasi Secretary Planning & Development Department
29. Mr. Jawed Sibghatullah Mahar Secretary, Auqaf, Religious Affairs, Zakat & Ushr Department
31. MR. NADEEM-UR-REHMAN MEMON Secretary Information & Archives Department
32. Mr.Muhammad Ali Khoso Secretary, Works & Services Department
33. Mr. Muhammad Saleem Rajput Secretary, Excise,Taxation & Narcotics Department
34. Mr. Hafeezullah Abbasi Secretary , Population Welfare Department
36. Raja Shahzman Khuhro Secretary, Mines & Minerals Development Department
37. MR. ASSAD ZAMIN Secretary , Transport & Mass Transit Department
38. Mr. Muhammad Rafique Qureshi Secretary, Labour & Human Resources Department
39. Mr. Ali Ahmed Baloch Secretary, Law, Parliamentary Affairs Department
41. Mr.Zanif Iqbal Khero Secretary, Irrigation Department
42. Mr. Nazir Ahmed Qureshi Secretary(Revenue), Board of Revenue Sindh
43. Mr.Suhail Ahmed Quershi Secretary, Agriculture, Supply & Prices Department
44. Mr. Rehan Iqbal Baloch Secretary, Health Department
46. Mr. Noor Ahmed Samoo Secretary Science & Information Technology Department
47. RASHID AHMED ZARDARI Secretary, Women Development Department
48. Mr. Muhammad Yaseen Sher Baloch Secretary, Industries & Commerce Department
49. Mr.Jalaluddin Mahar Secretary, Human settlement Department
51. Mr. Agha Suhail Ahmed Secretary, Social Welfare Department
52. Mr. Musaddiq Ahmed Khan Secretary, Energy Department
53. Mr. Aijaz Ali Shah Secretary, Public Health Engineering & Rural Development Department
54. Mr. Ali Hussain Malik Secretary, Provincial Ombudsman (Mohtasib)
56. Ghulam Qadir Talpur M.D, Sindh Public Procurement Regulatory Authority
57. Mr. Shahab Qamar Ansari Secretary, College Education Department
58. Ms. Anjum Iqbal Jumani Secretary , Minorities Affairs Department
59. Mr. Makhdoom Shakeel-uz-Zaman Member Registration, Stamps & Evacuee Property (RS&EP), Board of Revenue, Sindh
61. Vacant . Member R&S, Board of Revenue
62. Mr. Chiraguddin Hingoro Member Judicial-I, Board of Revenue
63. Mr. Rafique Ahmed Buriro Member Judicial-II, Board of Revenue
64. Mr. Ejaz Hussain Baloch Member Judicial-III, Board of Revenue
66. Dr. Badar Jamil Mendhro Secretary, Forest, & Wildlife Department
67. Justice (Retd) Muhammad Sadiq Leghari Chairman S.S Tribunal
68. Mr. G.M Umar Farooq Secretary. Provincial Assembly Secretariat
69. Dr Ghulam Mustufa Suhaag MD, Sindh Education & Vocational Training Authority (STEVTA)
71. Mr. Tariq Ali Shah MD, Thar Coal & Energy board
72. Mr.Tuaha Ahmed Farooqui Secretary, Department of Empowerment of Persons of Disabilities
73. Vacant . Chariman, Employees Old-Age Benefits Association, Sindh
74. Mr. Shahid Taheem Vice Chairman, Sindh Education & Vocational Training Authority (STEVTA)
76. Dr. Wasif Ali Memon Chairman Sindh Revenue Board (SRB)
77. Mr.Muzamil Hussain Secretary , Social Protection Department
78. Mr. Ghulam Nabi Memon Inspector General of Sindh Police
79. Raja Khurram Shehzad Umar Secretary, Investment Department
81. Mr. Muhammad Nawaz Soho Secretary , Cooperative Department
82. Mr.Khalid Chachar Secretary, Human Rights (HR) Department

Governance

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At the Ministerial level, each department is headed by a Provincial Secretary. The Secretary is in-charge of all workings of their department, and in most cases are the Principal Accounting Officers of their department. Provincial Secretaries are usually Grade-20 Officers. There may also be Grade-21 Secretaries, in cases where the post has not been upgraded by the Chief Minister to that of an Additional Chief Secretary.

Apart from the Ministerial level, the Government of Sindh exercises its powers and function through Divisions and Districts. The Commissioners are in-charge of Divisions while Deputy Commissioners are in-charge of Districts. Commissioners report directly to the Chief Secretary are responsibly for everything in their Divisions. There are 6 Divisions, namely; Karachi, Hyderabad, Sukkur, Larkana, Mirpurkhas, and Shaheed Benazirbad. Commissioners are usually Officers of the rank of Grade-20 while the Commissioner Karachi Division is of the Grade-21 rank, as Karachi Division is the most important Division in all of Pakistan.

Top-Personnel

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Top Executive Offices Name's of Officials Service/Party Rank
Chief Minister Murad Ali Shah Pakistan Peoples Party 22
Chief Secretary Asif Hyder Shah PAS BS-22
Chairman Planning and Development Board Najam Ahmed Shah PAS BS-21
Chairman Enquiries & Anti-Corruption Establishment Zulfiqar Ali Shah PSS BS-21
Minister of Universities and Board Muhammad Ali Khan Malkani Pakistan Peoples Party
Commissioner Karachi Division Muhammad Saleem Rajput PAS BS-21
Secretary Finance Department Kazim Hussain Jatoi PSS BS-20

Departments

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Ministry Level

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Ministry level departments are usually headed by a Secretary who reports to the Chief Secretary and Chief Minister. The number of ministers in the cabinet is fixed, so a single minister can have multiple portfolios.[7]

  • Planning & Development Board
    • Planning & Development Department
  • Services, General Administration, Coordination Department
    • Services Wing
    • General Administration Wing
    • Inter Provincial Coordination Wing
    • I&C Wing
    • Training Management & Research Management Wing
  • Board of Revenue
  • Enquiries & Anti-Corruption Establishment
  • Local Government, Housing & Town Planning Department
  • Home Department
  • Chief Minister's  Inspection, Enquiries & Implementation Team
  • Universities and Boards Department
  • Food Department
  • Finance Department
  • Health Department
  • Culture, Tourism, Antiquities & Archives Department
  • Livestock & Fisheries  Department
  • Auqaf, Religious Affairs, Zakat & Ushr Department
  • Works & Services Department
  • Information Department
  • Excise, Taxation & Narcotics Control
  • Population Welfare Department
  • Labour & Human Resources Department
  • Law & Parliamentary Affairs Department
  • Irrigation Department
  • Agriculture, Supply & Prices Department
  • Forest  Department
  • Sindh Wildlife Department
  • Information, Science & Technology Department
  • Cooperative Department
  • Women Development Department
  • Transport & Mass Transit Department
  • Industries & Commerce Department
  • Human Settlement Department
  • Social Welfare Department
  • Mines & Minerals Development Department
  • Rehabilitation Department
  • Energy Department
  • Sports & Youth Affairs Department
  • Public Health Engineering & Rural Development Department
  • College Education Department
  • School Education & Literacy Department
  • Environment, Climate Change & Coastal Development Department
  • Investment Department
  • Minorities Affairs Department
  • Human Rights Department

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Sindh Assembly stands dissolved".
  2. ^ "MQM's Kamran Tessori appointed Sindh governor".
  3. ^ "Chief Secretary Sindh".
  4. ^ "Justice Baqar named as interim Sindh CM".
  5. ^ "Secretaries to Sindh govt". www.sindh.gov.pk. Archived from the original on 2024-05-20. Retrieved 2025-09-10.
  6. ^ "Services General Admin Department Govt of Sindh". www.sindh.gov.pk. Retrieved 2021-06-28.
  7. ^ "Official Web Portal of Sindh Government". www.sindh.gov.pk. Retrieved 2020-06-01.
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