civil servant
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, belonging to the
Pakistan Administrative Service
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Cabinet Secretary of Pakistan
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from 14 August 2018 until his retirement on 21 March 2019.
Prior to his posting as the Cabinet Secretary, Fazal Abbas Maken was the
Federal Secretary
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for
Ministry of National Food Security & Research
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. He also remained Federal Secretary of
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. He has also served as the Additional Secretary of Ministry of Commerce and Additional Secretary of Ministry of Interior. From February 2005 to August 2009, Mr Maken served as Minister (Trade) at the Pakistan High Commission, New Delhi.
After his retirement,
Prime Minister of Pakistan
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,
Imran Khan
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, proposed his name for the post of the
Chief Election Commissioner of Pakistan
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Befor ...
.
He was appointed as the Member of the prestigious
Federal Public Service Commission
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History
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by order of the
President of Pakistan
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