Ahmad Raza Sarwar Appointed Interior Secretary as Khurram Agha Directed to Report to Establishment Division

ISLAMABAD, (APP - UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 29th Jul, 2026) In a significant bureaucratic reshuffle, the Federal government on Wednesday appointed BS-22 Pakistan Administrative Service (PAS) officer Ahmad Raza Sarwar as Secretary, Interior and Narcotics Control Division, replacing Capt. (Retd.) Muhammad Khurram Agha, who has been directed to report to the Establishment Division with immediate effect.

Separate notifications issued by the Establishment Division stated that Mr. Sarwar, who was serving under the Government of Punjab, has been transferred and posted as Secretary, Interior and Narcotics Control Division, with immediate effect and until further orders.

In a corresponding notification, Capt. (Retd.) Muhammad Khurram Agha, also a BS-22 officer of the Pakistan Administrative Service and serving as Secretary, Interior and Narcotics Control Division, was transferred and directed to report to the Establishment Division, also with immediate effect and until further orders.

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Both notifications, issued from the Cabinet Secretariat's Establishment Division in Islamabad on July 29, were signed by Deputy Secretary Mahmood-ul Hassan and are scheduled to be published in the next issue of the Weekly Gazette of Pakistan (Part-I).

The transfer marks a change in the top administrative leadership of the Interior and Narcotics Control Division, with Ahmad Raza Sarwar assuming charge of one of the country's most important federal ministries responsible for internal security, law and order coordination, immigration, and narcotics control. The outgoing secretary, Capt. (Retd.) Muhammad Khurram Agha, has been asked to report to the Establishment Division pending further orders.