Muhammad Shehzad Arbab | |
Nationality: | Pakistan |
Occupation: | Career Bureaucrat |
Office: | Special Assistant to Prime Minister on Establishment |
Term Start: | 11 April 2020 |
Term End: | 10 April 2022 |
President: | Arif Alvi |
Primeminister: | Imran Khan |
Predecessor: | Himself, as an advisor |
Office1: | Advisor to the Prime Minister on Establishment |
Term Start1: | 20 August 2018 |
Term End1: | 06 April 2020 |
President1: | Arif Alvi |
Primeminister1: | Imran Khan |
Successor1: | Himself, as special assistant |
Office2: | Secretary for States & Frontier Regions |
Term Start2: | March 2016 |
Term End2: | March 2017 |
President2: | Mamnoon Hussain |
Primeminister2: | Nawaz Sharif |
Office3: | Commerce Secretary of Pakistan |
Term Start3: | February 2014 |
Term End3: | March 2016 |
President3: | Mamnoon Hussain |
Primeminister3: | Nawaz Sharif |
Office4: | Chief Secretary Khyber Pakhtunkhwa |
Term Start4: | June 2013 |
Term End4: | February 2014 |
Appointer4: | Nawaz Sharif |
Governor4: | Shaukatullah Khan |
1Blankname4: | Chief Minister |
Muhammad Shehzad Arbab is a retired Pakistani civil servant who served as Advisor to Prime Minister Imran Khan on Establishment from August 2018 to 10 April 2022. Before his retirement from civil services, Arbab served in BPS-22 grade as the Commerce Secretary of Pakistan and Chief Secretary Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.[1] He belongs to the Pakistan Administrative Service and is batchmates with Tariq Bajwa, Babar Yaqoob Fateh Muhammad and Sajjad Saleem Hotiana.[2]
A member of the eminent Arbab family of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, Shehzad Arbab is known for having played a key role in the FATA reforms of 2017 during his tenure as Federal Secretary SAFRON.[3] He has previously also served as Chief Secretary Azad Kashmir and Additional Secretary at Aiwan-e-Sadr.[4] [5] [6]
Arbab is son of Arbab Niaz Muhammad, former Pakistan Army officer who served as a member of President Zia-ul-Haq's cabinet in the capacity as Minister for Culture. The international cricket stadium in Peshawar, Arbab Niaz Stadium, is named after Arbab Niaz.[7]