Sajjad Saleem Hotiana () (born 14 March 1955) is a retired

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civil servant who served in BPS-22 grade as Chief Secretary Sindh. Hotiana also served as Chief Secretary Gilgit Baltistan and Senior Member Federal Land Commission. After retirement from active civil service, he tenured as Member of Punjab Public Service Commission (PPSC). He is civil service batchmates with Babar Yaqoob Fateh Muhammad, Shehzad Arbab and Tariq Bajwa.

Early life and education

Sajjad Saleem was born in Hota,

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. He studied at St Mary's Convent High School Montgomery in

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from 1963 to 1969. He attended Forman Christian College from 1972 to 1976 and got a

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in literature and political science. After obtaining bachelor's degree, Sajjad joined

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in 1976 from where he got a

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in English language, literature and letters. After joining the civil service, he was admitted to

University of Karachi The University of Karachi (; informally Karachi University, KU, or UoK) is a public research university located in Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan. Established in June 1951 by an act of Parliament and as a successor to the University of Sindh (which is ...

and did

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in 1986. In 1987, he joined Marshall School of Business,

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and graduated with a master's degree in public administration (

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) in 1989. Later, he attended John F. Kennedy School of Government,

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for executive leadership development program in 2005. In 2007, he did

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with specialization in financial laws from

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Career in civil service

Sajjad Saleem Hotiana topped the CSS exam and joined District Management Group (now Pakistan Administrative Service) in 1980. He belongs to 9th Common Training Program (CTP) of

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. He secured full marks in CSS viva voce, a record which can only be matched and cannot be beaten. After completion of training at Civil Services Academy,

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, he was posted in

Sindh Sindh ( ; ; , ; abbr. SD, historically romanized as Sind (caliphal province), Sind or Scinde) is a Administrative units of Pakistan, province of Pakistan. Located in the Geography of Pakistan, southeastern region of the country, Sindh is t ...

as assistant commissioner in 1982 where he served till 1986. He served as assistant commissioner in

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, and

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. In 1986, his services were transferred to federal government of Pakistan and he was posted as principal staff officer to federal minister for finance. He served in this position till 1989. He served as consul general commercial and head of Pakistan trade mission on

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from 1991 to 1994. In 1998, he was posted as deputy managing director in Punjab Small Industries Corporation. In BS-20, he served as District Coordination Officer D.C.O Chawal from 2003 to 2004 and secretary Environment Protection Department,

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from March 2009 to March 2012. In May 2012, he was elevated as chief secretary Gilgit Baltistan where he served till May 2013. He was appointed as Chief Secretary Sindh, replacing Muhammad Ejaz Chaudhry, in November 2013 by Prime Minister

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. He served as CS Sindh till March 2015. His other career appointments include additional deputy commissioner

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, deputy commissioner

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, deputy commissioner Muzaffargarh, chairman of board of directors of Karakoram Bank, chairman of Board of Directors Northern Areas Transport Corporation (NATCO), federal secretary ministry of industries and production, managing director Printing Corporation of Pakistan, and head of department / senior member Federal Land Commission of Pakistan. He retired from civil service in 2015.

Punjab Public Service Commission

He was appointed acting chairman of Punjab Public Service Commission on 25 January 2021.

References

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