Interior ministry sends for Lahore commissioner for capital

ISLAMABAD: The Ministry of Interior has requisitioned the services of Lahore Commissioner Chaudhry Muhammad Ali Randhawa, a BPS-20 officer of Pakistan Administrative Service, for his posting in the Islamabad Chief Commissioner Office or Capital Development Authority (CDA). 

Official sources said that with the approval of the prime minister, the senior bureaucrat would be appointed as federal capital’s chief commissioner. According to CDA Ordinance, the chief commissioner is also a CDA board member.

The Cabinet Division would later issue orders for his appointment as CDA chairman. Randhawa would replace Captain (retd) Anwarul Haq on both posts.

Meanwhile, in a reshuffle in CDA, Director General Administration Aamir Khalil has been appointed as DG Resources. He would replace Abdul Razzaq who had been directed to report to HR Directorate. Director Administration Fayyaz Ahmad Watto has been given additional charge of DG Administration, while Deputy Director General Estate has been transferred and posted DG Human Resource.

Deputy DG HR Kamran Bakht has been directed to report to the HR department for further posting. A BPS-18 officer of Police Hina Munawwar has been posted in the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) on deputation.

Meanwhile, the Establishment Division has nominated six senior bureaucrats for a course in the National Defence University (NDU). They include Joint Secretary Finance Noreen Bashir, DG Foreign Affairs Tahir Hussain Andrabi, DG Foreign Affairs Ali Asad Gilani, DIG FIA Headquarters Ali Asad Gilani and Joint Secretary Trade Bilal Pasha.