Government of Sindh

Provincial Government Seal
Provincial Government Flag
Seat of government	Karachi
Legislature
Assembly	Sindh Assembly
Speaker	Awais Qadir Shah
Members	168[1]
Executive
Governor	Kamran Tessori[2]
Chief Secretary	Asif Hyder Shah[3]
Chief Minister	Murad Ali Shah[4]
Judiciary
High Court	Sindh High Court
Chief justice of High Court	Justice Junaid Ghaffar
Website	www.sindh.gov.pk

TheGovernment of Sindh (Sindhi:حڪومت سنڌ) (Urdu:حکومتِ سندھ) is theprovincial government of theprovince ofSindh,Pakistan. Its powers and structure are set out in the provisions of the1973 Constitution, in which30 Districts of7 Divisions under its authority and jurisdiction.

The province's executive head and head of the government is theChief Secretary Sindh. All officers and cabinet members report to the Chief Secretary. The Chief Secretary is an appointed official by the Prime Minister of Pakistan. TheChief Secretary of Sindh is usually aGrade 22 officer, belonging to thePakistan Administrative Service.

Although the Governor is the head of the province on paper, it is largely a ceremonial position; and the main powers lie with theChief Secretary of Sindh andChief Minister of Sindh.

The province is governed by aunicameral legislature with thehead of government known as theChief Minister. The Chief Minister, invariably a leader of a political party represented in the Assembly, selects members of the provincial Cabinet.

The termsGovernment of Sindh orSindh Government are often used in official documents. Theseat of Government is inKarachi, thus serving as thecapital of the province.

TheChief Secretary Sindh, as head of the provincial bureaucracy, is the boss of the province. The provincial Chief Secretary ofGrade-22 is equivalent in rank to a Federal Secretary, is appointed by thePrime Minister of Pakistan. Under him comes the entire Government of Sindh.

These are the officers currently serving as Secretaries in Sindh^[5]

At the Ministerial level, each department is headed by a Provincial Secretary. The Secretary is in-charge of all workings of their department, and in most cases are the Principal Accounting Officers of their department. Provincial Secretaries are usually Grade-20 Officers. There may also be Grade-21 Secretaries, in cases where the post has not been upgraded by the Chief Minister to that of an Additional Chief Secretary.

Apart from the Ministerial level, the Government of Sindh exercises its powers and function through Divisions and Districts. The Commissioners are in-charge of Divisions while Deputy Commissioners are in-charge of Districts. Commissioners report directly to the Chief Secretary are responsibly for everything in their Divisions. There are 6 Divisions, namely; Karachi, Hyderabad, Sukkur, Larkana, Mirpurkhas, and Shaheed Benazirbad. Commissioners are usually Officers of the rank of Grade-20 while the Commissioner Karachi Division is of the Grade-21 rank, as Karachi Division is the most important Division in all of Pakistan.

Ministry level departments are usually headed by a Secretary who reports to the Chief Secretary and Chief Minister. The number of ministers in the cabinet is fixed, so a single minister can have multiple portfolios.^[7]

• Planning & Development Board
  • Planning & Development Department
• Services, General Administration, Coordination Department
  • Services Wing
  • General Administration Wing
  • Inter Provincial Coordination Wing
  • I&C Wing
  • Training Management & Research Management Wing
• Board of Revenue
• Enquiries & Anti-Corruption Establishment
• Local Government, Housing & Town Planning Department
• Home Department
• Chief Minister's  Inspection, Enquiries & Implementation Team
• Universities and Boards Department
• Food Department
• Finance Department
• Health Department

• Culture, Tourism, Antiquities &Archives Department
• Livestock & Fisheries  Department
• Auqaf, Religious Affairs, Zakat & Ushr Department
• Works & Services Department
• Information Department
• Excise, Taxation & Narcotics Control
• Population Welfare Department
• Labour & Human Resources Department
• Law & Parliamentary Affairs Department
• Irrigation Department
• Agriculture, Supply & Prices Department
• Forest  Department
• Sindh Wildlife Department
• Information, Science & Technology Department
• Cooperative Department
• Women Development Department
• Transport & Mass Transit Department
• Industries & Commerce Department
• Human Settlement Department
• Social Welfare Department
• Mines & Minerals Development Department
• Rehabilitation Department
• Energy Department
• Sports & Youth Affairs Department
• Public Health Engineering & Rural Development Department
• College Education Department
• School Education & Literacy Department
• Environment, Climate Change & Coastal Development Department
• Investment Department
• Minorities Affairs Department
• Human Rights Department

• Pakistan Administrative Service
• Chief Secretary Sindh
• Chief Minister of Sindh
• Governor of Sindh

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