News Desk:
QUETTA: Abdul Aziz Uqaili, a grade 21st officer has been posted as the Chief Secretary Balochistan on Wednesday. His predecessor Mathar Niaz Rana has been directed to report to the Establishment Division.
According to a notification issued by the Cabinet Secretariat, Mr. Uqaili who was serving currently as the Additional Secretary (Incharge) Planning and Development and Special Initiative Division has been posted as the CS Balochistan.
Abdul Aziz Uqaili is an officer of the 1992 batch of Pakistan Administrative Service (20th CTP). He also has represented Pakistan for 8 years in Australia, Malaysia, and Saudi Arabia, in diplomatic/consular positions.
Prior to his elevation as Pakistan’s 42nd Secretary of Planning & Development, Mr. Uqaili worked as Additional Secretary (Development & Special Initiatives), Ministry of Planning, Development, and Special Initiatives (2020-21). In the Ministry of Interior Islamabad, he served as Additional Secretary and Joint Secretary for 2½ years (2018-20).
Mr. Uqailai served as Secretary of Education Sindh
In Govt. of Sindh, Mr. Uqaili worked as Secretary School Education & Literacy Department (2017) and Secretary, Culture & Archaeology Department (2011-13). He had very successful tenures as District Coordination Officer & Administrator in Larkana (2008) and Ghotki @ Mirpur Mathelo (2010) Districts, where he proved his mettle as a “doer”, especially in Ghotki during the 2010 Super Floods. Other important assignments in Sindh, included Additional Finance Secretary (Resource) (2006-08), Deputy Secretary (Staff) to Chief Secretary Sindh (2000-01), and Assistant Commissioner & SDM, Civil Lines (1998).
Mr. Uqaili started his civil service career in 1994 as Assistant Commissioner in Govt. of Punjab and worked in Bahawalpur, Rahim Yar Khan, and Jhelum districts.
The new CS Balochistan has served as Consul General and Trade Commissioner for Australia in Sydney
While posted in Pakistan’s Missions abroad, he worked as Consul General & Trade Commissioner for Australia in Sydney (2013-16) and as Community Welfare Attaché in Jeddah and Kuala Lumpur (2001-05). In Malaysia, he also held the position of First Secretary & Commercial Counsellor.
Mr. Uqaili holds a master’s degree (MSc in Development Management) from the London School of Economics, UK (2006). He is a Civil Engineer from NED University Karachi (1993). He is also a law graduate from Sindh Muslim Law College Karachi (2001). He maintained his academic distinctions by standing 8th in Pakistan in the 1991 CSS Competitive Examination on the first attempt, at 22. Earlier he had held the distinctive honor of consecutively securing Three Gold Medals in Bachelors for faculty top (1991), and Board Top both in HSSC (1987) and SSC (1985) Examinations, held by BISE Hyderabad.
