Chief Secretary of Balochistan

Chief Secretary Balochistan
Reports to	Chief Minister of Balochistan
Seat	Quetta
Appointer	Prime Minister of Pakistan
Website	Government of Balochistan

The Chief Secretary Balochistan (Urdu: مُعْتَمَد اعلٰی بلوچستان), also referred to as CS Balochistan, is the bureaucratic chief and highest-ranking official of the Government of Balochistan, Pakistan. 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 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 Balochistan, 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.

List of chief secretaries

The following table lists down the names of chief secretaries that have remained in office since 2004

No.	Name of Chief Secretary	Entered Office	Left Office
1	Naeem Khan	August 2004	May 2005
2	KB Rind	May 2005	April 2008
3	Nasir Mahmood Khosa	April 2008	February 2010
4	Mir Ahmed Bakhsh Lehri	February 2010	March 2012
5	Babar Yaqoob Fateh Muhammad	March 2012	June 2014
6	Saifullah Chattha	June 2014	March 2017
7	Shoaib Mir Memon	March 2017	May 2017
8	Aurangzeb Haque	May 2017	June 2018
9	Akhtar Nazir	June 2018	August 2019
10	Fazeel Asghar	August 2019	Incumbent

See also

• Federal Secretary
• Pakistan Administrative Service
• Establishment Secretary of Pakistan
• Cabinet Secretary of Pakistan
• Chief Secretary Sindh
• Chief Secretary Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
• Chief Secretary Punjab