Maj (r) Azam Suleman Khan () is a retired

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civil servant who served as the Provincial Ombudsman of Punjab. He previously served in BPS-22 grade as the

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and as Chief Secretary Sindh. Khan was promoted to the rank of

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in February 2017 by Prime Minister

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Career in civil service

Azam Suleman Khan joined

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through

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quota on August 31, 1990. He was serving as a

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before he joined civil service. Khan belongs to the

. For several years he headed the Home Department of Punjab as its top bureaucrat under former CM

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. He was promoted to the rank of

in February 2017 by Prime Minister

. Later, he was appointed Chief Secretary Sindh in 2018 by the Mulk caretaker ministry and then served as

, appointed by Prime Minister

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. Prior to his appointment as the Provincial Ombudsman Punjab he was serving as the

. He also remained

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government

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and

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during 2001 to 2003 and 2006 to 2008 respectively, in President General Pervaiz Musharraf's Government. He remained Deputy Commissioner

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from 1999 to 2001. In June 2020, after sudden death of former Provincial Ombudsman of Punjab Najam Saeed (PAS), Khan sought premature retirement almost twelve months before his actual retirement date from active civil service in order to qualify for the constitutional position of Provincial Ombudsman of Punjab. The Punjab Cabinet confirmed his appointment as provincial Ombudsman thereafter and he was sworn into office on 1 July 2020.

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