PM appoints Advisor Finance, shuffles Federal Secretaries

Prime Minister Justice (R) Mir Hazar Khan Khoso has appointed Dr. Shahid Amjad Chaudhary as Advisor Finance, Incharge Ministry of Finance, the PM office said Monday.

The Prime Minister has also approved the transfer and postings of the following Federal Secretaries:

Mr. Taimur Azmat Usman                                  Secretary Food Security

Mr. Ahmed Baksh Lehri                                      Secretary Establishment

Ch. Ijaz                                                                 Chief Secretary Sind

Raja Abbas                                                           Secretary Board of Investment

Mr. Nasir Khosa                                                   Secretary Textiles

Dr. Waqar Masood                                              Secretary Textiles

The Finance Ministry had been vacant since the caretaker government has taken over last month.

Dr. Chaudhry is the Rector of Lahore School of Economics and also Professor of Economics. He teaches Public Finance and Pakistan Economic Policies at the Lahore School.

He has a B.A. from Punjab University, an M.A. (Cantab.) and a Ph.D. from McGill University.

He was Lecturer in Economics at Punjab University from 1967 to 1969. He served in the Civil Service of Pakistan from 1969 to 1983. From 1983 to 1985 he was Visiting Professor of Economics at the Lahore University of Management Sciences (LUMS).

Since 1985 he has been working on Public Sector Management Issues and is a member of a number of National Commissions on the subject. He was Deputy Chairman of the Pakistan Planning Commission from July 2000 to July 2003.

His major publications include ‘Agricultural Taxation in Pakistan’, National Taxation Reform Commission, 1984; ‘Industrial Policies for Pakistan’, ADB, 1985; ‘Fiscal and Budgetary Policies for Pakistan’, ADB, 1985; ‘Trade Barriers to Pakistan’s Exports’, ADB, 1986; ‘Forecasting Pakistan’s Worker Remittances’, ILO, 1986, ‘Defined Contribution Pension Plan for Pakistan’, GOP, 1994; and ‘Improving the Efficiency of the Federal Government of Pakistan’, GOP, 2001.

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