Establishment Division issues list of retiring senior bureaucrats

ISLAMABAD: The Establishment Division has issued a notification listing several senior bureaucrats set to retire in 2026.

According to the notification, Grade-21 Senior Joint Secretary Sohail Akhtar will retire on February 11, 2026, while Grade-21 Senior Joint Secretary at the Water Resources Division, Adil Akbar Khan, will retire on April 15, 2026.

Grade-21 Additional Secretary at the Cabinet Division, Samar Ahsan, will retire on June 4, 2026.

Similarly, Joint Secretary at the Finance Division, Sohbat Ali Talpur, will retire on January 1, 2026; Grade-20 officer Hafiz Abdul Hadi, serving in the Sindh government, will retire on January 11, 2026.

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Heavy Industries Taxila Board member Khan Nawaz will retire on February 2, 2026; Establishment Division OSD, Grade-20 officer Arshad Farid Khan, on February 9, 2026 and Power Division Joint Secretary Muhammad Nasir Khan will retire on February 10, 2026.

The notification further said that Establishment Division Joint Secretary Sanaul Islam will retire on March 10, 2026; Religious Affairs Division Joint Secretary Sahibzada on March 26, 2026; Cabinet Division Joint Secretary Sanaullah Khan on April 19, 2026; and Defence Production Division Joint Secretary Mir Afzal Khan on April 30, 2026.

In addition, Science and Technology Division Joint Secretary Tahir Ehsan will retire on May 12, 2026, while National Heritage Division Joint Secretary Muzaffar Ali Barki will retire on June 3, 2026.

The officers are retiring upon reaching the age of 60.