PESHAWAR: Following the imposition of emergency and Governor Rule in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, a large-scale administrative reshuffle continues in the province.
According to the notification issued, new Commissioners have been appointed in six different divisions of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, while Deputy Commissioners have been transferred in several districts. As per the notification, Commissioner Bannu Khalid Mehmood has been posted as Commissioner Peshawar, while Ahmed Ali Shah, who was awaiting posting, has been appointed as Commissioner Mardan.
Former Secretary D.I. Khan Samiullah has been appointed as Commissioner Bannu, and Additional Secretary Interior Shakirullah has been appointed as Commissioner Hazara, while Federal Joint Secretary Iqbal Hussain has been given the responsibility of Commissioner Malakand.
During this administrative reshuffle, Additional Secretary Agriculture Parvez Kashar has been removed from his post, while Commissioner Peshawar Riaz Khan Mehsud and Commissioner Mardan Habibullah Khan have been removed and made OSD (Officer on Special Duty).
Commissioner Hazara Shahidullah and Commissioner Malakand Masood Ahmed have been directed to report to the Establishment Division. On the other hand, large-scale transfers of Deputy Commissioners have also been made in various districts of the province.
In Peshawar, Deputy Commissioner Captain Sanaullah has been transferred and Afaq Wazir has been appointed as the new Deputy Commissioner Peshawar, while in Charsadda Mansoor Arshad has replaced Fazal Raheem. In Mardan, Special Secretary Local Government Shah Saud has been posted as DC in place of Wasif-ur-Rehman, and in Bannu, Additional Secretary Relief Zia-ur-Rehman has been appointed as the new Deputy Commissioner Bannu.
Similarly, in Karak, Additional Deputy Commissioner Kohat Hamid Iqbal has been appointed as DC Karak in place of Asad Sarwar, while in Abbottabad, Additional Secretary Energy Behzad Adil has been given the responsibility of Deputy Commissioner Abbottabad in place of Sarmad Saleem.
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