Kamran Lashari (; ; born 21 December 1952) is a Pakistani retired

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of the

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who served in BPS-22 grade at the top bureaucratic offices including as

Petroleum Secretary of Pakistan The Petroleum Secretary of Pakistan (Urdu: ) is the Federal Secretary for Ministry of Energy (Petroleum Division). The officer is a BPS-22 grade officer, usually belonging to the Pakistan Administrative Service. The Secretary Petroleum is conside ...

and

Chief Secretary Sindh The chief secretary Sindh (Urdu: ), also referred to as CS Sindh, is the bureaucratic chief and highest-ranking official of the Government of Sindh. The position holder is usually a Grade-22 officer of the Pakistan Administrative Service. The po ...

. Lashari is best known for his five-year stint as chairman of the Capital Development Authority during the government of

Pervez Musharraf Pervez Musharraf (11 August 1943 – 5 February 2023) was a Pakistani general and politician who served as the tenth president of Pakistan from 2001 to 2008. Prior to his career in politics, he was a four-star general and appointed as ...

. After retirement from active civil service, Lashari remained president of the Lahore Gymkhana and director general of the

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Early life and family

Kamran was born on 21 December 1952 into a Baloch family belonging to the Lashari tribe in

Lahore Lahore ( ; ; ) is the capital and largest city of the Administrative units of Pakistan, Pakistani province of Punjab, Pakistan, Punjab. It is the List of cities in Pakistan by population, second-largest city in Pakistan, after Karachi, and ...

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. He is father of film director

Bilal Lashari Bilal Lashari is a Pakistani filmmaker, cinematographer, screenwriter and occasional actor. He made his directorial debut with ''Waar'' (2013), which at the time of release became Pakistan's highest-grossing film (currently 12th highest). His ne ...

. He also featured in

Waar ''Waar'' (Urdu: ; , ) is a 2013 Pakistani action-thriller film directed by Bilal Lashari (in his feature directorial debut), written by Hassan Rana, and produced by Syed Mujtaba Tirmizi. The film stars Shaan Shahid as Major Mujtaba Rizvi, a r ...

, a movie directed by his son in 2013. In the movie, Lashari played the role of Asher Azeem, DG of Pakistan's Internal Security.

Career

Lashari served as the

and

. Other assignments he held include

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for Environment and chairman of the Capital Development Authority (CDA). He was brought in CDA by then Interior Minister

Faisal Saleh Hayat Makhdoom Syed Faisal Saleh Hayat (; born 21 July 1952) is a Pakistani politician from Jhang, Punjab and sports administrator. Early life and education Born into a feudal Shi'a family, Hayat is the alleged Sajjada nashin (lineal descendant and ...

. He is widely regarded as the most successful chairman in CDA's history. He served as chairman CDA for five years and became an aide of President

. In the initial stages of his career, he served as assistant commissioner of

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and deputy commissioner of

Karachi Karachi is the capital city of the Administrative units of Pakistan, province of Sindh, Pakistan. It is the List of cities in Pakistan by population, largest city in Pakistan and 12th List of largest cities, largest in the world, with a popul ...

and

Sukkur Sukkur is a city in the Pakistani province of Sindh along the western bank of the Indus River, directly across from the historic city of Rohri. Sukkur is the List of cities in Sindh by population, third largest city in Sindh after Karachi and H ...

. He also served in

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as deputy commissioner in many districts.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Lashari, Kamran Living people Pakistani civil servants Pakistani government officials People from Lahore 1952 births

Early life and family

Career

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