Maj (r) Azam Suleman Khan ( ur, میجر (ر) اعظم سلیمان خان ) is a retired Pakistani civil servant who serves as the Ombudsman of Punjab. He previously served in BPS-22 grade as the

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and as Chief Secretary Sindh. Khan was promoted to the rank of Federal Secretary in February 2017 by Prime Minister

Nawaz Sharif Mian Muhammad Nawaz Sharif (Urdu, Punjabi: ; born 25 December 1949) is a Pakistani businessman and politician who has served as the Prime Minister of Pakistan for three non-consecutive terms. He is the longest-serving prime minister of Pak ...

Career in civil service

Azam Suleman Khan joined

Pakistan Administrative Service The Pakistan Administrative Service, or PAS ( ur, ) (previously known as the District Management Group or DMG before 1 June 2012) is an elite cadre of the Civil Services of Pakistan. The Pakistan Administrative Service over the years has emerge ...

through

Pakistan Armed Forces The Pakistan Armed Forces (; ) are the military forces of Pakistan. It is the world's sixth-largest military measured by active military personnel and consist of three formally uniformed services—the Army, Navy, and the Air Force, which are ...

quota on August 31, 1990. He was serving as a major in Pakistan Army before he joined civil service. Khan belongs to the

. For several years he headed the Home Department of Punjab as its top bureaucrat under former CM

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. He was promoted to the rank of Federal Secretary in February 2017 by Prime Minister

. Later, he was appointed as Chief Secretary Sindh in 2018 by the Mulk caretaker ministry and then served as

, appointed by Prime Minister

Imran Khan Imran Ahmed Khan Niazi ( ur}; born 5 October 1952) is a Pakistani politician and former Cricket captain who served as the 22nd Prime Minister of Pakistan from August 2018 to until April 2022, when he was ousted through a no-confidenc ...

. Prior to his appointment as the Provincial Ombudsman Punjab he was serving as the

. He also remained

District Coordination Officer District Coordination Officer (popularly abbreviated as ''DCO'' or now the Deputy Commissioner ''DC'') was the administrative head of the newly formed district and city district governments in Pakistan and a senior officer (BS20/21) belonging from ...

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government

Multan Multan (; ) is a city in Punjab, Pakistan, on the bank of the Chenab River. Multan is Pakistan's seventh largest city as per the 2017 census, and the major cultural, religious and economic centre of southern Punjab. Multan is one of the old ...

and

Faisalabad Faisalabad (; Punjabi/ ur, , ; ), formerly known as Lyallpur (Punjabi, Urdu: لائل پور), named after the founder of the city, but was renamed in 1977 in honour of late King Faisal of Saudi Arabia. It is the 3rd largest city of Pakis ...

during 2001 to 2003 and 2006 to 2008 respectively, in President General Pervaiz Musharraf's Government. He remained Deputy Commissioner

Kasur Kasur (Urdu and pa, ; also romanized as Qasūr; from pluralized Arabic word ''Qasr'' meaning "palaces" or "forts") is a city to south of Lahore, in the Pakistani province of Punjab. The city serves as the headquarters of Kasur District. Kasu ...

from 1999 to 2001. In June 2020, After sudden death of former Provincial Ombudsman of Punjab Najam Saeed (PAS), Khan sought premature retirement almost twelve months before his actual retirement date from active civil service in order to qualify for the constitutional position of Provincial Ombudsman of Punjab. The Punjab Cabinet confirmed his appointment as provincial Ombudsman thereafter and he was sworn into office on 1 July 2020.

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