Tariq Bajwa is a retired
Pakistani civil servant
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who served in
BPS-22 grade as the
Finance Secretary
The Finance Secretary () is the administrative head of the Ministry of Finance. This post is held by senior IAS officer of the rank of Secretary to Government of India. T. V. Somanathan is the incumbent Finance Secretary.
As a Secretary to Go ...
and
Economic Affairs Secretary of Pakistan. Bajwa also served as the 19th
Governor of the State Bank of Pakistan
Here is a list of the governors of the State Bank of Pakistan.
List of governors
See also
* State Bank of Pakistan
* Planning Commission (Pakistan)
* Economy of Pakistan
References
Profile of Past Governors of State Bank of Pakistan and the 20th
Chairman of the Federal Board of Revenue. He is the only Pakistani who won the
Littauer fellowship at
Harvard University
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. He also received a master's degree in Public Administration from the same institution. Bajwa is batchmates with
Shehzad Arbab,
Sajjad Saleem Hotiana and
Babar Yaqoob Fateh Muhammad
Babar Yaqoob Fateh Muhammad is a retired Pakistani civil servant who serves as chairman of the Federal Land Commission of Pakistan (with status of a Federal Minister), in office since April 2020. Previously, he served in BPS-22 grade as the Cabi ...
.
Career
Bajwa served as the Governor of the State Bank from 7 July 2017 up till he was asked to resign from the post on 3 May 2019. Prior to this, he served as a
civil servant
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belonging to the
Pakistan Administrative Service
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. He served as the
Economic Affairs Secretary of Pakistan from November 2015 to February 2017, and as
Finance Secretary of Pakistan
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from February 2017 to July 2017. He also remained the chairman of
Federal Board of Revenue from July 2013 to October 2015.
He also previously served as Finance Secretary to the
Government of Punjab and as Head of Pakistan’s Trade Mission in
Los Angeles
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.
See also
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Nasir Khosa
Nasir Mahmood Khosa is a retired Pakistani civil servant from Dera Ghazi Khan who belonged to the Pakistan Administrative Service and served in BPS-22 grade, the highest attainable rank for a serving officer. He was promoted to the rank of Feder ...
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Fawad Hasan Fawad
Fawad Hasan Fawad ( ur, ) (born 14 January 1960) is a retired Pakistani civil servant who served in BPS-22 grade as the Principal Secretary to two Prime Ministers, Nawaz Sharif and Shahid Khaqan Abbasi. Fawad belongs to the Pakistan Adminis ...
*
Rizwan Ahmed
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Nargis Sethi
Nargis Sethi ( ur, ) is a retired Pakistani civil service officer of the Pakistan Administrative Service who served in BPS-22 grade as the Cabinet Secretary of Pakistan and Principal Secretary to the Prime Minister of Pakistan. Other heavy ...
*
Shamshad Akhtar
Shamshad Akhtar is a Pakistani development economist, United Nations diplomat and banker who also served as the caretaker Finance Minister of Pakistan.
Prior to that, she served as the 14th Governor of the State Bank of Pakistan, the first wo ...
References
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Governors of the State Bank of Pakistan
Harvard Kennedy School alumni
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