Date: 04-Jul-2007 13:12
Besides tens of thousands of Army Men working in government-owned airline
and other government-owned industries here's list of Army Officers in
Civilian Govt. Departments and Government owned industries and civilian
institutions of Pakistan including Universities.
Pakistan should be called "Army Inc."
General Pervez Musharraf (President of Pakistan)
Major General (Retd) Muhammad Anwar (President of Azad Kashmir);
Lt Gen (Retd) Khalid Maqbool (Governor Punjab);
Commander Khalil (Governor NWFP);
Lt General (Retd) Javed Ashraf Qazi (Federal Education Minister);
Col (Retd) S.K. Tressler (Federal Minorities & Culture Minister);
Lt Gen. Hamid Javed (Chief Executive's Chief of Staff);
Lt General Muneer Hafeez (Chief of NAB);
Major General Usman Shah (Deputy Chief of NAB);
Major General Shujaat Zameer (Deputy Chief of NAB);
Major General Abdul Jabbar Bhatti (Chief, Regional Accountability Bureau,
RAB, Punjab);
Air Vice Marshal Zakaullah (Chief of RAB NWFP);
Major General Tariq Bashir (Chief of RAB Sindh);
Major General Owais Mushtaq (Chief of RAB Balochistan) ;
Lt General (Retd) Hamid Nawaz (Secretary Defence);
Air Marshal (Retd) Zahid Anees (Secretary Defence Production);
Lt General (Retd) Saeedul Zafar (Secretary Railways);
Major General (Retd) Fazal Ghafoor (Ambassador to North Korea);
Brigadier (Retd) Abdul Majeed Khan (Ambassador to Tajikistan);
Major General (Retd) Salimullah (Ambassador to UAE);
Major General (Retd) Muhammad Hassan Aqeel (Ambassador to Thailand);
Lt General (Retd) Asad Durrani (Ambassador to Saudi Arabia);
Vice Admiral (Retd) Shamoon Aslam Khan (Ambassador to Ukraine);
Air Marshal (Retd) Najeeb Akhtar (Ambassador to Brazil);
Major General Syed Mustafa Anwar Hussain (Ambassador to Indonesia);
Lt General (Retd) Muhammad Shafeeq (Ambassador to Bahrain);
Major General (Retd) Agha Masood Hassan (DG of Postal Services);
Major General Farrukh Javed (Chairman National Highway Authority);
Rear Admiral Ahmad Hayat (Chairman Karachi Port Trust);
Rear Admiral Sikandar Viqar Naqvi (Chairman Port Qasim Authority);
Vice Admiral Tauqir Hussain Naqvi (Chairman National Shipping Corporation) ;
Major General (Retd) Muhammad Hassan (Chief of National Fertilizer
Corporation) ;
A Lt. General (Chairman Pakistan Steel Mills);
Lt Colonel (Retd) Akbar Hussain (Export Processing Zone Authority);
Major General Shehzad Alam Malik (Chairman Pakistan Telecommunications
Authority);
Air Vice Marshal Azhar Masood (Chairman National Telecommunications
Authority);
Brigadier (Retd) Muhammad Saleem (Chairman NADRA);
Brigadier Mirza Babar Aziz (DG NADRA);
Brigadier (Retd) Muhammad Anwar Khan (DG NADRA NWFP);
Major General Raza Hussain (Chairman SUPARCO);
Major General Sabihuddin Bokhari (Surveyor General of Pakistan);
Brigadier Javed Iqbal Cheema (DG National Crisis Management Cell);
Air Marshal (Retd) Shafeeq Haider (Chairman Federal Public Service
Commission);
Lt General Arshad Hussain (Member Federal Public Service Commission);
Lt General (Retd) Jehangir Nasrullah (Chairman Punjab Public Service
Commission);
Major General (Retd) Arshad Chaudhry (Member Punjab Public Service
Commission);
Major General (Retd) Arshadullah Tarar (Member Punjab Public Service
Commission);
Air Vice Marshal (Retd) Aliuddin (DG Civil Aviation Authority);
Air Vice Marshal (Retd) Arshad Saleem (Deputy DG Civil Aviation Authority);
Major General Zafar Abbas (DG Anti-Narcotics Force);
Major General Syed Haider Javed (DG National Logistics Cell);
Major General (Retd) Inayatullah Khan Niazi (DG Auqaf, the Deptt. of
Historical Relics);
Major General Pervez Akmal (MD OGDC);
Brigadier (Retd) Rizvan Ashraf (General Manager OGDC);
Brigadier (Retd) Ishtiaq Ali Khan (MD Pakistan Mineral Development
Authority);
Major General (Retd) Hamid Hassan Butt (Chairman Pakistan Railways);
Lt General (Retd) Syed Shujaat Ali Khan (Rector Engineering University
Lahore);
Lt General (Retd) Arshad Mehmood (Vice Chancellor Punjab University);
Air Vice Marshal (Retd) Sardar Khan (Vice Chancellor Engineering University
Peshawar);
Captain (Retd) U.A.G. Isani (Vice Chancellor Islamabad University);
Lt General (Retd) Sardar Ali (DG National Institute of Public
Administration) ;
Brigadier (Retd) Maqsoodul Hassan (DG Directorate of Education);
Brigadier Muhammad Ejaz (Home Secretary Punjab);
Brigadier Abdur Rehman (Director Health NWFP);
Brigadier Shadab (Secretary C&W Punjab)
Brigadier Anees (Chairman Punjab Privatisation Commission);
Colonel (Retd) Shahid Qureshi (DIG Sindh Telecommunications) ;
Colonel (Retd) Ghulam Hussain (Secretary S&GAD NWFP);
Brigadier Mukhtar (Home Secretary, Sindh);
Brigadier Zaheer Qadri (DG, KDA, Sindh and not Secretary C&W NWFP);
Brigadier (Retd) Akhtar (Secretary to Governor Sindh);
Major General (Retd) Imtiaz (Chairman Pakistan Athletics Federation);
Brigadier Saulat Abbas (DG Pakistan Sports Board).
Brig. Khalid Javed, DG Projects Directorate, NADRA, Islamabad
Col Talmeez Abbas, DG Dataware Housing, NADRA, Islamabad
Maj Tahir M. Alvi DDG, Project Directorate, NADRA, Islambad
Brig Safdar Husain Awan is the Secy (C&W) NWFP Brig Qadri is DG KDA;
Brig Mohtarim is Home Secretary Sindh
Major General (Retd) Hashmi, Registrar, Pakistan Engineering Council;
Major General (Retd) Anis Bajwa, Chairman PTDC;
Major Genera (Retd) Asif Riaz Bokhari, NRB;
Brig Muhammad Toseef Uz Zaman Khan, Civil Aviation Authority;
Brig Saeed Ahmed Malik, WAPDA Head Qtrs Lahore;
Brig Muhammad Iqbal, WAPDA HQ Lahore;
Brig Mushtaq Ahmed, WAPDA HQ, Lahore;
Brig Khalid Sohail Cheema, DG Pak PWD;
Brig Shamshad Khan, GM NWFP NHA;
Brig (Retd) Zareen Khan, Project Incharge Ghazi Brotha Dam WAPDA;
Brig (Retd) Mukhtar Ahmed Tariq, GM Admin OGDC;
Brig (Retd) Muhammad Hamayoun Khan, GM Procurement OGDC;
Brig (Retd) Sardar Javed Ashraf, MD KW&SB;
Brig (Retd) Nisar, IG Prisons (Sindh);
Brig (Retd) Zafar Ahmed Malik, Karachi Building & Control Authority;
Brig (Retd) Aftab Ahmed, DG PHA;
Brig (Retd) Dilbar Husain Naqvi, MD National Construction Company;
Colonel Rauf, IG Prisons, NWFP;
Colonel Asif Jamal, MD, Multan Development Authority;
Colonel (Retd) Najam ul Hasan Malik, TMO Rawalpindi;
Colonel (Retd) Hafiz Abdur Rehman Malik, MD WASA, Rawalpindi;
Colonel (Retd) Kanwar Muhammad Sherbaz Khan, GM CS&E OGDC;
Lt Col Muhammad Azim, GM NHA;
LT Col Naqeeb Amjad Malik, Manager CS&E OGDC;
Lt Col (Retd) Aziz ul Haque Mirza, Member (Operations) NHA;
Lt Col (Retd) Hafeezullah Awan, MD WASA Quetta.
Major General (Retd) Shujaat Ali Khan, Ambassador to Morocco;
Major General (Retd) Badruddin, Ambassador to Brunei;
Vice Admiral(Retd) Khalid Mir, Ambassador to Lebanon;
Brig (Retd) Muhammad Nisar, Ambassador to Argentina;
Brig. Sikandar Ali, Director, Anti Narctics Force;
Brig (R) Saeed Ahmad Rafi, Director General, Ministry of Foreign Affairs (He
was inducted by Gen Musharraf into Foreign Service as incharge of overseas
polling for Presidential Referendum in April);
Brig (R) Mian Khalid Habib, Chief of Protocol, M/o foreign Affirs;
Brig Tipu Sultan, Director General, Ministry of Foreign Affairs;
Group Capt (R) Khalid Aziz Babar, Director General, M/o Foreign Affairs;
Naval Lt (R) Ghalib Iqbal, Consul General, Toronto (son-in-law of former Air
Chief Anwar Shamim) {Anwer Shamim is a Quadiyani and had served General Zia
{Ameer ul Momineen as per Jamat-e-Islami} , Anwer Shamim has huge ranches in
California, USA, which he and his brother in Law Khursheed Anwer Mirza made
through trafficking Narcotics during so-called Afghan Jihad {the Time Weekly
that carried this news was banned in Pakistan in 80s}.
Naval Lt (R) Qasim Raza Mutaqqi, Counsellor, Rome;
Col (R) Salik Nawaz, Deputy Chief of Protocol, M/o Foreign Affairs;
Capt (R) Masood Akhtar, Deputy Chief of Protocol, M/o Foreign Affairs;
Capt (R) Shaukat Muqaddam, Counsellor, Dublin;
Capt (R) Zaighamuddin Azam Khan, Counsellor, Berlin;
Capt (R) Sohail Ittehad Hussain, Director General,M/o Foreign Affairs;
Capt (R) Khalid Durrani, Director, M/o Foreign Affairs.
General (r) Jahangeer Karamat, Ambassador of Pakistan in USA.
Brigadier (r) Ejas Shah, Director General Intelligence Bureau.
The above list was of 2002. In 2003, as many as 104 serving and retired
Lieutenant Generals, Major Generals or equivalent ranks from other services
are among the 1,027 military officers inducted on civilian posts in
different ministries, divisions and Pakistani missions abroad after Oct 12,
1999 military takeover. The number of army Brigadiers or their equivalent
ranks from the Navy and Air Force is even higher at 160, according to an
annexure placed before the Senate library.
There have been 14 ambassadors and a high commissioner from the military
ranks during this period.
Of these 1,027 military officers inducted on civilian posts, 27 military
officers have been given the prized grade of 22 while 62 officers have been
adjusted in grade 21. A whopping figure of 150 officers occupy civilian
positions in Grade 20. There are 276 officers between grade 20 and 22 alone.
The nature of their jobs varies from deputation, secondment, re-employment
to contract basis. These military officers occupy civilian posts in a
situation where, according to Incharge Cabinet Division Raza Hiraj, there
are 700 'unabsorbed' surplus civilian employees. There are 33 officers on
special duty (OSD) just in grades between 19 and 21.
The range of fields where military officers are working on civilian posts
encompasses every sector of human endeavour including communications,
education, diplomacy, water and electricity management, information, post
office, jails, local bodies, think tanks, industrial production, shipping,
minority affairs, population welfare, health, agriculture, railways,
highways, housing, labour and manpower, social and women development, law
and justice and sub-sectors of sports from cricket to hockey.
A close look at the figures shows that these military personnel occupy 13
posts in the cabinet division, 5 posts in the commerce ministry, 98 in
communications ministry, 113 in the defence division, 52 in the defence
production division, 9 in the education ministry, 16 in the establishment
division, 24 in the ministry of foreign affairs, 6 in the ministry of food,
agriculture and livestock. There are 88 military officers working in the
ministry of interior, 2 in the health ministry, 6 in the housing and works
ministry, 29 in the industries and production ministry, 3 in the information
and broadcasting ministry, 58 in the ministry of Information Technology, 25
in the Kashmir affairs and northern affairs ministry, five in the labour and
manpower division, 17 in the ministry of minorities affairs, 39 in the
ministry of petroleum and natural resources, just one each in the ministry
of population welfare, the planning and development division and the
ministry of religious affairs. There are two military officials working in
the revenue division (CBR), 21 in the ministry of science and technology, 72
in the ministry of railways/railway board, 37 in the ministry of water and
power, 5 in the ministry of women development, 6 in the Wafaqi Mohtasib
(Federal Ombudsmen). There are another 37 officers who have been inducted
under the military's 10 per cent quota in civilian posts over and above
these appointments.
In the Foreign Affairs 13 Lieutenants and Major Generals were appointed as
ambassadors in different countries, while one Brigadier and a Major also got
ambassadorial positions.
Lt-Gen (retd) Asad Durrani was appointed as ambassador in Riyadh (contract
expired on October 2002).
Vice-Admiral (retd) Shamoon Alam Khan was appointed as ambassador in Kyiv
(up to August 28, 2003),
Vice-Admiral (retd) Khalid M Mir was appointed ambassador in Beirut (up to
July 2003),
Lt-Gen (retd) Nasim Rana as ambassador in Kuala Lumpur (up to July 2003),
Air Marshal (retd) Muhammad Farooq Qari as ambassador in Tripoli,
Lt-Gen (retd) Agha Jehangir Ali Khan as ambassador in Mexico,
Maj-Gen (retd) Shujaat Ali Khan as ambassador in Rabat (up to September
2003),
Maj-Gen (retd) Fazal Ghafoor as ambassador in Tashkent (contract expired on
April 2002),
Maj-Gen (retd) Salim Ullah as ambassador in Abu Dhabi (up to June 2003),
Lt-Gen (retd) Mohammad Shafique as ambassador in Bahrain (contract expired
on October 2002),
Maj-Gen (retd) Muhammad Hassan Aqeel as ambassador in Thailand (up to June
2003),
Maj Gen (retd) Syed Mustafa Anwar Hussain as ambassador in Indonesia (up to
August 2003) and Maj-Gen (retd) Sultan Habib as ambassador in DPR Korea (up
to October 2003).
Brigadier Abdul Majid Khan was appointed as ambassador in Dushambe (contract
expired on June 2002), while Major Badruddin was posted as high commissioner
to Bender Seri Begawen. In the cabinet division,
Maj-Gen Khalid Bashir was appointed as Member (Tech) Pakistan
Telecommunication Authority (PTA) (up to November 2001),
Maj-Gen Raza Hussain as chairman SUPARCO and
Maj-Gen Shahzada Alam Malik as Chairman PTA.
These inductions were made on regular basis. Similarly, in the ministry of
communications, Maj-Gen Tariq Javed was inducted as National Highway
Authority chairman on November 11, 2000 but was later repatriated. In his
place Maj Gen Furrakh Javed was appointed as NHA chief on November 5, 2001
on a secondment basis. He already had served as deputy director general
(Dev) in the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA). Likewise, Maj-Gen (retd) Agha
Masood Hasan was appointed as Director General Pakistan Post Office on a
contract basis, Vice-Admiral Taj Muhammad Khattak was appointed as Chairman
Port Qasim Authority (PQA) on secondment,
Rear Admiral Muhammad Asad Qureshi was appointed as Director General PQA,
Vice Admiral (retd) S Tauquir H Naqvi as Chairman Pakistan National Shipping
Corporation (PNSC) on contract,
Vice Admiral (retd) S Abaid Ullah Khan as chairman (PNSC) (contract
terminated on October, 2000),
Rear Admiral Bakhat Ali Jumani was appointed as Executive Director (Ship
Management PNSC),
Rear Admiral (retd) Sarfraz Khan was appointed as Chairman Gwadar Port
Authority (GPA),
Rear Admiral Muhammad Nashat Raffi as General Manager Karachi Port Trust
(KPT),
Vice Admiral Ahmed Hayat was appointed on a contract basis as Chairman
Karachi Port Trust (KPT), but prior to him Vice Admiral (retd) Khalid
Mohammad Mir was serving as chairman. Maj Gen (retd) Mohsin Ahmed Vahidy was
appointed as Executive Directive PNSC Karachi on a contract basis but he is
not serving now, while Rear Admiral Sikandar Viqar Naqvi was appointed
chairman PQA (not serving). Similarly, in the ministry of defence, Lt-Gen
(retd) Hamid Nawaz Khan was re-employed on a contract basis as secretary
ministry of defence but earlier Lt-Gen (retd) Nasim Rana was serving in this
capacity whose contract was terminated on July 8, 2001. Rear Admiral Irfan
Ahmad was appointed as Additional Secretary (contract terminated), then
Maj-Gen Muhammad Ashraf Chaudhry was made Additional Secretary, defence
ministry, on secondment basis.
Maj-Gen Javed Iqbal was appointed as Director General Military Land and
Cantonments (ML&C) on secondment but he was later retired. Later, Maj Gen
Muhammad Jawed was appointed as DG ML&C on secondment. Maj-Gen Mahboobul
Muzaffar and Maj-Gen Sabihuddin Bokhari were appointed as Surveyor General
of Pakistan. After their retirement, Maj-Gen Tariq Javed was appointed in
their place on
secondment basis. Rear Admiral Arshad Munir Ahmed was appointed Ex-Managing
Director Karachi Shipyard (contract expired),
Air Vice Marshal S Javed Raza as Director Pre Engineering PIA, AVM (retd)
Niaz Hussain Director (Engineering) PIA and AVM Arshad Rashid Sethi as
Deputy Director General, CAA (not working).
In the Defence Production Division, Air Marshal (retd) Zahid Anis was
appointed as secretary D P Division. Earlier Lt-Gen (retd) Lehrasab was
working in his place. Similarly, Maj-Gen Ali Baz was appointed as Additional
Secretary D P Division. Earlier, Maj-Gen Rehmat Khan was serving as
Additional Secretary D P Division. Maj-Gen M Salimuddin was re-employed
after his retirement from the army as Chief Scientists and Scientific
Adviser DESTO in place of Maj-Gen Akbar Saeed Awan, while Maj-Gen Syed Ali
Hamid was appointed as Director General DEPO on secondment basis while AVM
Aurangzeb Khan was appointed Chairman Pakistan Aeronautical Complex board,
Kamra.
In the Establishment Division, Maj-Gen (retd) Rahmatullah was appointed as
Managing Director Federal Employees Benevolent Fund and Group Insurance.
Earlier, Maj-Gen (retd) Inayatullah Khan Niazi was working in his place. Air
Marshal (retd) Shafique Haider was appointed as Chairman Federal Public
Service Commission (FPSC) while Lt-Gen (retd) Arshad Hussain was appointed
Member, FPSC.
Maj-Gen (retd) Sikander Shami was appointed as Director General of Head of
Institute of NIPA, Lahore, while Lt-Gen (retd) Sardar Ali as Director NIPA,
Lahore, both on a contract basis. Maj-Gen Muhammad Iqbal Khan was appointed
as Managing Director PASSCO on contract in the ministry of food, agriculture
and livestock, Maj-Gen Ahsan Ahmad as Director General health on secondment
but was replaced by Maj-Gen (retd) Muhammad Aslam also on
secondment/contract in the health ministry.
In the interior ministry Maj-Gen (retd) Zahid Ehsan was appointed as
Chairman Nadra (posted out) while in the ministry of industries and
production Maj-Gen (retd) M Mohsin was appointed as chairman NFC (national
finance commission) on contract. AVM Azhar Maud was appointed National
Telecommunication Corporation (NTC) chairman.
In the ministry of information and broadcasting Maj-Gen (retd) Jamshed Ayaz
Khan was appointed as president Institute of Regional Studies, Islamabad, on
contract. In the minorities, culture, sports, Maj-Gen (retd) Inayat Ullah
Khan Niazi was appointed Chairman ETPB (contract expired), while Maj-Gen
Anis Ahmad Bajwa was appointed as Managing Director PTDC Islamabad on
contract. He had already served as Deputy Chief of Staff to Chief Executive
in the Prime Minister's secretariat. Lt-Gen Hamid Javed was appointed as
Chief of Staff to the President in the president's secretariat.
Similarly in the Prime Minister's secretariat Lt-Gen Ghulam Ahmad was
appointed as chief of staff to Chief Executive in place of Lt-Gen Hamid
Javed. Maj-Gen Abdul Jabbar Bhatti, Maj-Gen Shafaatullah Shah and Maj-Gen
Muhammad Yousaf were also appointed as deputy chief of staff to chief
executive. Maj-Gen Haroon Sikandar Pasha was appointed as Director Chief
Executive's secretariat. Maj-Gen Nadeem Taj had also served as Military
Secretary (MS) to Chief Executive (posted as MS to the president from
January 2002). Lt-Gen Khalid Maqbool (now Governor Punjab) and Lt-Gen Syed
Muhammad Amjad were appointed as Chairm an National Accountability Bureau
(NAB), while Maj-Gen Abdul Jabbar Bhatti, Maj-Gen Ijaz Ahmed Bakhshi and
Maj-Gen Ovais Mushtaq Qureshi, AVM (retd) M Saleemud
Din, Maj-Gen Muhammad Sabir, Maj-Gen Nazakat Ali Khan, Maj-Gen Shujaat Zamir
Dar, Maj-Gen Syed Usman Shah and Maj-Gen Tariq Bashir, Rear Admiral Ihsanul
Haq, Real Admiral Ubaid Sadiq, AVM Masood Akhtar, AVM Zakaullah Khan and AVM
(retd) Khuda Dad were subsequently appointed as Director General, NAB
Maj-Gen (retd) Syed Asif Riaz Bokhari was appointed as Member, NRB on a
contract basis.
Maj-Gen Parvez Akmal was appointed as Managing Director Oil and Gas
Development Company (OGDC) (not working) while Maj-Gen (retd) Syed Usman
Shah was appointed as Director General Intelligence and Investigation.
In the railways ministry Lt-Gen (retd) Javaid Ashraf Qazi was appointed as
secretary/chairman Pakistan Railways. After his contract was terminated
Lt-Gen (retd) Saeeduz Zafar replaced him. On termination of his contract,
Maj-Gen (retd) Hamid Hassan Butt was appointed as General Manager M & SPR
but his contract too was terminated. Lt-Gen (retd) Zulfiqar Ali Khan was
appointed as WAPDA Chairman on secondment/contract while Maj-Gen (retd) M
Aslam Zuberi was appointed Adviser in the Wafaqi Mohtasib secretariat
(contract expired). Those who were appointed in the attached departments
include Air Marshal (retd) Sharbat A Changazi who was appointed as Director
State Life Insurance Corporation of Pakistan and Rear Admiral (retd) Ejaz
Husain appointed as General Manager Special Project, Pakistan State Oil
Company Ltd. {4}
