The governor-led government in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa has transferred most administrative secretaries and the commissioners of six divisions. The Human Resource Management Department, the provincial office that manages officers' postings, issued the notification.
The moves, set out for 13 October 2026, come while the province is under governor's rule, meaning the governor is administering Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. The outgoing commissioners have been directed to report back to the Human Resource Management Department.
New secretaries for home, health and finance
Several of the province's most watched departments have new heads. Amjad Ali Khan, the industries secretary, becomes secretary for home and tribal affairs. Matiullah Khan moves from the information department to health, while Fayyaz Ali Shah, the health secretary, has been directed to report to the Human Resource Management Department.
Finance passes to Muhammad Ayaz, who was secretary for inter-provincial coordination. Kamran Afridi has been told to report to the Human Resource Management Department from the finance department. Amir Sultan Tareen, principal secretary to the chief minister, takes industries. Masood Younas becomes inter-provincial coordination secretary, and Bakhtiar Khan becomes secretary for information and public relations.
School administration also changes. Inayatullah Wasim, chairman of the Board of Intermediate and Secondary Education Abbottabad, is posted as elementary and secondary education secretary. Muhammad Khalid, who held that charge, must report to the Human Resource Management Department. Abidullah, chairman of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Textbook Board, becomes higher education secretary, and Amber Ali Khan leaves higher education under the same report-back order. Tashfeen Haider, special secretary in elementary and secondary education, becomes administration secretary.
Shahid Sohail Khan moves from administration to law and parliamentary affairs. Akhtar Saeed Turk, the law and parliamentary affairs secretary, has been told to report to the Human Resource Management Department.
Energy, works, relief and the officers called back
Nisar Ahmed leaves energy and power to become secretary for science and information technology. Muhammad Zubair moves from transport and mass transit to energy and power. Zubair Ahmed, special secretary in finance, takes transport and mass transit. Mian Adil Iqbal has been directed to report to the Human Resource Management Department from science and information technology.
Amir Latif is mines and minerals secretary, and Muhammad Israr leaves that post to report back. Saqib Raza takes communication and works; Ziaul Haq, who held it, must report back. Khalid Ilyas moves from excise and taxation to irrigation, replacing Abid Khan, who has been called back. Hamidullah Shah is posted to excise and taxation, and Amir Afaq becomes agriculture secretary.
Idress Khan, secretary of the Benevolent Fund department, takes auqaf, hajj and religious and minority affairs, which handles religious endowments and minority affairs. Attaur Rehman leaves the religious affairs charge to report back. Tahir Orakzai becomes housing secretary and Anwar Khan leaves housing to report back. Manzoor Ahmed becomes secretary for public health engineering.
Fakhr Alam, who was waiting for a posting in the Human Resource Management Department, becomes population welfare secretary. Aneela Mahfooz Durrani, the population secretary, must report back. Yousaf Rahim takes relief, rehabilitation and settlement, and Sohail Khan leaves that department under the same order.
Six divisions, new commissioners
The notification changes commissioners in six divisions. Khalid Mahmood, commissioner in Bannu, is posted as Peshawar commissioner. Riaz Khan Mehsud, removed from Peshawar, has been directed to report to the Human Resource Management Department.
Naeemullah, director of the Provincial Disaster Management Authority, becomes Bannu commissioner. Muhammad Ali Shah, who was awaiting a posting in that department, becomes Mardan commissioner. Habibullah Arif, the outgoing Mardan commissioner, has also been directed to report back. Perwaiz, special secretary in the agriculture department, becomes Kohat commissioner, and Motasim Billah Shah leaves Kohat under the same order.
Shahrukh Ali, special secretary in home and tribal affairs, is the new Hazara commissioner. Shahidullah Khan, the outgoing Hazara commissioner, must report to the Human Resource Management Department. Iqbal Hussain, a joint secretary from the federal government, becomes Malakand commissioner, and Masood Ahmed, the outgoing Malakand commissioner, has been told to report to the same department.
The same orders also transfer most deputy commissioners. Names of those deputy commissioners are not listed with the secretary and commissioner postings.
Aasan alfaaz mein
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa mein governor ki hukumat ne bari afsar shahi tabdeeli kar di hai. Zyadatar secretaries aur chhe divisionon ke commissioners badal diye gaye hain: Peshawar, Mardan, Bannu, Kohat, Hazara aur Malakand. Sehat, taleem, maaliya aur home ke secretaries naye hain. Nikalne wale commissioners ko Human Resource Management Department report karne ko kaha gaya hai.
