Rizwan Ahmed () is a former
grade 22 officer of the
Pakistan Administrative Service who served at the highest civil service office of
Federal Secretary to the Government of Pakistan. He is currently a
Member of Sindh Public Service Commission for a four-year term. Rizwan did his two-year Masters in Public Administration from
Harvard University
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and holds the rare distinction of having served as the chief executive of four state-owned organisations under the
Government of Pakistan
The Government of Pakistan () (abbreviated as GoP), constitutionally known as the Federal Government, commonly known as the Centre, is the national authority of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, a federal republic located in South Asia, con ...
, the most by any individual in history at the federal level.
He first came to the fore when he saved more than PKR 7 billion of the national exchequer through a sweeping anti-corruption drive and commodity financing operation during his tenure as
Chairman of the Trading Corporation of Pakistan (TCP).
Rizwan held the high profile portfolio of
Maritime Secretary of Pakistan for a period of almost three years, during which he also became the first ever Pakistani to be appointed as Chairman of INFOFISH, an intergovernmental organisation setup by the
United Nations Food and Agriculture Organisation.
He is considered to be one of the most successful
Chairman of the Pakistan National Shipping Corporation (PNSC), having extensively expanded the national fleet during his tenure which led to PNSC posting its highest ever profit of PKR 30 billion. He remains the only individual to have served twice as Chairman & CEO of PNSC.
He is a Certified Director from the Pakistan Institute of Corporate Governance and remained a Teaching Fellow for Financial Management at the
Harvard Kennedy School
The John F. Kennedy School of Government, commonly referred to as Harvard Kennedy School (HKS), is the school of public policy of Harvard University, a private university in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
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. He was promoted to the highest bureaucratic rank of
grade 22 at the age of 55.
Family
Rizwan is the son of
Jamil Ahmed, the former twice-elected and longest-serving
Mayor of Hyderabad; and is the son-in-law of former FSC Chief Justice
Haziqul Khairi.
Career
Rizwan Ahmed joined the
Pakistan Administrative Service in 1988 after passing the
CSS examinations, and was first posted under the
Government of the Punjab where he served in various capacities including as Director Local Government
Bahawalpur Division and Assistant Commissioner of
Rahim Yar Khan and
Mianwali.
He then was transferred to the
Government of Sindh
The Government of Sindh () () is the provincial government of the province of Sindh, Pakistan. Its powers and structure are set out in the provisions of the 1973 Constitution, in which 30 Districts of 7 Divisions under its authority and ju ...
where he served as
Deputy Commissioner of Hyderabad - the then largest district in the province of Sindh. He also served as Secretary Sindh Local Government Board and Additional Home Secretary (Law Enforcement) after which he was promoted to the position of provincial secretary and held the assignments of Health Secretary of Sindh, Secretary General Administration (SGA&CD Sindh) and Secretary to
Governor Sindh.
Rizwan Ahmed then joined the
Government of Pakistan
The Government of Pakistan () (abbreviated as GoP), constitutionally known as the Federal Government, commonly known as the Centre, is the national authority of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, a federal republic located in South Asia, con ...
where he held key assignments including that of
Chairman Trading Corporation of Pakistan,
Chairman Pakistan National Shipping Corporation,
Additional Establishment Secretary and
Additional Cabinet Secretary, before being elevated to the country's highest bureaucratic rank of
Grade 22 and subsequently being appointed to the coveted office of
Federal Secretary for Maritime Affairs - a position he held till he reached his age of superannuation. At the time of his retirement from active civil service, Rizwan Ahmed was one of the country's senior-most
federal secretaries and was also serving as Member of the
Central Selection Board.
After his retirement from active civil service, he was made
Member Sindh Public Service Commission for a period of four years.
See also
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Fawad Hasan Fawad
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Naveed Kamran Baloch
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Sikandar Sultan Raja
References
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Pakistani civil servants
Harvard Kennedy School alumni
Year of birth missing (living people)
Living people
Muhajir people
People from Hyderabad, Sindh
Pakistani government officials
Cadet College Petaro alumni