Tasneem Noorani is a retired Pakistani civil servant who has served in BPS-22 grade as the Interior Secretary and Commerce Secretary of Pakistan.[1][2]

Tasneem Noorani
Interior Secretary of Pakistan
In office
January 2001 – May 2004
Commerce Secretary of Pakistan
Personal details
NationalityPakistani
Political partyPakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (until 2016)
Alma materPakistan Air Force School Sargodha

University of the Punjab

Iran Centre of Management Studies
ProfessionCivil Servant

Education edit

Tasneem attended Pakistan Air Force School Sargodha for high school from 1956 to 1960. He holds a master's degree in geology from University of the Punjab, Lahore where he studied from 1962 to 1966. After joining the civil service, he got a degree in finance from Iran Centre of Management Studies Tehran in 1979.[3]

Career edit

From January 2001 to May 2004, Tasneem Noorani served as the Interior Secretary of Pakistan in Pervez Musharraf's regime.[1][2][4]

Noorani has also served as Commerce Secretary of Pakistan and Pakistan Secretary of Industries and Production.[5] On deputation, he served as Charge de Affairs & Trade Commissioner, Pakistan Embassy - Singapore.[6]

He remained Commissioner Faisalabad Division In Punjab Government. He also served as Deputy Commissioner Dera Ghazi Khan. He remained Director civil services academy (CSA) Lahore and Chairman Punjab Liquidation board. Lahore . Also served as Secretary, Planning and Development board, Punjab. At the start of his career, he served as Assistant Commissioner Bhalwal, Chunian and Shakargarh tehsils.[6]

After retirement from his civil service career, Noorani joined the Pakistani political party Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf and served as the party's chief election commissioner, but left the party in 2016 after some differences with the party chief Imran Khan.[7][6]

Tasneem Noorani now serves as a Member of the Board of Directors of Pakistan Industrial Development Corporation. Before this, he had served as a Director of Karachi Electric Supply Company.

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ a b Douglas Jehl (13 February 2002). "A NATION CHALLENGED: JOURNALISTS; Pakistan Officials Arrest a Key Suspect in Pearl Kidnapping". The New York Times. Retrieved 28 February 2018.
  2. ^ a b Susannah Price (12 May 2012). "Pakistan steps up security measures". BBC News. Retrieved 28 February 2018.
  3. ^ "Federal Secretary Tasneem Noorani". sargodhian.com.
  4. ^ Matthias Williams, Nigam Prusty (29 March 2011). "Indian investigators to visit Pakistan in Mumbai probe". Reuters News Agency. Archived from the original on 1 April 2011. Retrieved 28 February 2018.
  5. ^ Warehouse at Torkham border planned Dawn (newspaper), Published 13 April 2005, Retrieved 28 February 2018
  6. ^ a b c "Tasneem M. Noorani profile". PakistanHerald.com website. Retrieved 22 November 2021.
  7. ^ A test for the PTI The Express Tribune (newspaper), Published 30 March 2016, Retrieved 28 February 2018