Maroof Afzal (died 10 December 2020) was a

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civil servant who belonged to the

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and served as the Establishment Secretary and

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Biography

He served in BPS-22 grade as the

under Prime Minister

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and as Establishment Secretary under Prime Minister

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. He belonged to the

. He is among the very few civil servants in the country's history to have served at both the coveted positions of Secretary Cabinet and Secretary Establishment; two bureaucratic posts which report directly to the

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. Afzal was promoted to the rank of

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in December 2017. Other key

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positions which he held include Federal Secretary for Industries and Production and Federal Secretary for Information Technology. As a grade 21 officer, Maroof served as chairman of the Capital Development Authority and chairman of the

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. He belonged to the 15th CTP and was batchmates with Jawad Rafique Malik,

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, Sikandar Sultan Raja, Rizwan Ahmed and Hussain Asghar. After his retirement from the civil services, Afzal was appointed as member of the

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in April 2020. Later in November 2020, he was notified as Chairman of the

however he could not take oath of his office as he contracted coronavirus. On 10 December 2020, he died from

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during the

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Awards

In 2023, he was awarded the

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by the

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Biography

Awards

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