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Aviation Division merged with Defence Ministry

Safron Division has been merged with Ministry of Kashmir Affairs

By Rana Ghulam Qadir
February 08, 2025
A representational image of a an aeroplane during a flight. — Reuters/File
A representational image of a an aeroplane during a flight. — Reuters/File

ISLAMABAD: The Aviation Division has been merged with the Ministry of Defence, while the Safron Division with the Ministry of Kashmir Affairs.

Ahsan Ali Mangi, Secretary of the Aviation Division, and Ali Tahir, Secretary of Kashmir Affairs and Gilgit-Baltistan Division, have been directed to report to the Establishment Division. Both are Grade-21 officers of the Pakistan Administrative Service.

Umar Saeed Chaudhry, Grade-20 officer of Military Lands and Cantonment Group, has been posted as a Member (Admin) National Highway Authority (NHA), Islamabad, while services of Mansoor Azam, Member (Admin), have been returned to the Ministry of Communications.

Meanwhile, Qasim Ijaz, a Grade-18 officer of the Pakistan Administrative Service, has been posted as Deputy Secretary, Overseas Pakistanis Division. Section Officers State and Frontier Regions Raheela Sandilo, Miss Assaab, Nuweera Farooq and Maria Gul have been transferred and directed to report to the Establishment Division.

Section Officer Huma Iqbal has been transferred from the Maritime Affairs Division to the Cabinet Division, Section Officer Aamir Shafiq from the Parliamentary Affairs Division to the National Food Security Division, while Abdul Rauf has been posted as Section Officer Parliamentary Affairs Division.