Mir Ahmed Bakhsh Lehri is a retired Pakistani

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of the

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who served in BPS-22 grade as the

Establishment Secretary of Pakistan The Establishment Secretary of Pakistan is the Federal Secretary for the Establishment Division and is in charge of the transfers, postings as well as promotions in the country's civil service. The position holder is a BPS-22 Officer, usually bel ...

and

Chief Secretary Balochistan Chief Secretary of Balochistan (Urdu: ), also referred to as CS Balochistan, is the bureaucratic chief and highest-ranking official of the Government of Balochistan, Pakistan. The appointment of the Chief Secretary is appointed directly by the Prim ...

. Lehri is the most decorated

federal secretary The federal secretary (also referred to as the secretary to the Government of Pakistan) is the highest-ranking position in the Government of Pakistan, occupied by the most senior civil servant in a specific ministry or division. The secretary is ...

from

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in civil service history as he headed five federal ministries and also remained the administrative boss of his home province. Lehri cleared his CSS examination in 1978 and joined the

in 1980. He retired from active civil service in April 2014.

Career

Lehri served as federal secretary of the

Establishment Division The Establishment Division is the human resource arm of the Government of Pakistan. It deals with all matters related to the country's civil service and is regarded as one of the most sensitive and important divisions of the federal government. ...

in 2013. He also served as

, Federal Education Secretary and

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for Housing and Works. Other assignments Lehri held include director general of the

Gwadar Development Authority Gwadar Development Authority (GDA;Urdu: گوادر ڈویلپمنٹ اتھارٹی) is a public and government sector corporation responsible for providing municipal services in Gwadar City (Southwestern Arabian Sea Coastline of Pakistan), establi ...

, Pakistan's director general for Hajj in

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and the provincial education secretary of

. In the initial stages of his career, he served as deputy commissioner for

Zhob District Zhob District ( ps, ږوب ولسوالۍ, ur, ) is a district in the north west of Balochistan province of Pakistan. The population of Zhob District is estimated to 310,544 in 2017. Zhob River is used for irrigation in the Zhob District. Admi ...

and political agent for

Chagai District Chaghi District ( bal, ; urd, ), also known as Chaghi District, is the largest Districts of Pakistan, district of Pakistan by area, located in the north west corner of Balochistan (Pakistan), Balochistan, Pakistan. Demographics At the time of ...

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Lehri, Mir Ahmed Bakhsh Living people Pakistani civil servants Government of Pakistan Pakistani government officials 1954 births

Career

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