Fawad Hasan Fawad

Fawad Hasan Fawad (Urdu: فواد حسن فواد) (born 14 January 1960) is a Pakistani public policy practitioner, civil servant, diplomat and poet who is the current caretaker Federal Minister for Privatisation, in office since 16 September 2023.[3]

Fawad Hasan Fawad
فواد حسن فواد
Federal Minister for Privatisation
Assumed office
16 September 2023
Prime MinisterAnwar ul Haq Kakar
Preceded byShamshad Akhtar
Director General Civil Services Academy of Pakistan[1]
In office
1 June 2018 – 5 July 2018
Preceded byAzmat Ali Ranjha
Succeeded bySuhail Aamir
24th Principal Secretary to the Prime Minister of Pakistan[2]
In office
21 November 2015 – 1 June 2018
Preceded byJavaid Aslam
Succeeded bySuhail Aamir
Personal details
Born
Fawad Hasan

(1960-01-14) 14 January 1960
Sialkot, Islamic Republic of Pakistan
RelativesKhurshid Hasan Khurshid (Brother-in-law)
Alma materKing's College London
OccupationCareer Bureaucrat
Diplomat
Poet
Writer
Signature
WebsiteOfficial website

He is a former Pakistani civil servant who served in BPS-22 grade as the Principal Secretary to two Prime Ministers, Nawaz Sharif and Shahid Khaqan Abbasi.[1]

His work during his tenure as the Principal Secretary to the Prime Minister of Pakistan from November 2015 to June 2018 was largely focused on the fruition of the China–Pakistan Economic Corridor, effectively spearheading multiple infrastructure and energy projects and directing sector-wide investment across the nation.[4]

Fawad was promoted to the rank of Federal Secretary in December 2017.[5]

Family

His brother-in-law Khurshid Hasan Khurshid was the Private Secretary of Jinnah.

His brother Raoof Hassan, a political and security strategist, was appointed as the Central Information Secretary of Imran Khan's PTI in May 2023.[6]

Career

Public service

Fawad belongs to the Pakistan Administrative Service, formerly referred to as the District Management Group and served as Director General of the Civil Services Academy from 1 June 2018 to 5 July 2018.[7] Before joining the Civil Services Academy as Director General, he served as Principal Secretary to two Prime Ministers, Shahid Khaqan Abbasi and Nawaz Sharif.[8] Fawad also served as Punjab's Provincial Secretary for Health, Communication & Works as well as held other portfolios.[9][10]

Fawad has served in the Government of Pakistan, Government of Punjab and Government of Balochistan. He is batchmates with Zafarullah Khan (PAS), Shoaib Mir (PAS), Sikandar Sultan Raja (PAS), Tahir Hussain (PAS), Rizwan Ahmed (PAS), Suleman Khan (PSP), Jawad Rafique Malik (PAS) and Allah Dino Khawaja (PSP).[11][12]

Fawad served as Secretary to Chief Minister Punjab (Implementation), and Punjab from July 2012 to April 2013. Fawad served as Joint Secretary, Economic Affairs Division from April 2013 to 4 June 2013.[2] From July 1994 to March 1997, Fawad Hasan Fawad served as Deputy Commissioner Quetta and Lahore; being the youngest individual to do so in Pakistan's history. He also served as Principal Staff Officer to Principal Secretary to Prime Minister of Pakistan and Deputy Secretary to Chief Secretary Balochistan.[13] Earlier, he served as Assistant Commissioner in Quetta and Hub from August 1989 to January 1993.[14]

Private sector

His services in the financial sector included his appointment as Senior Group Advisor to the JS Group, Executive-in-Charge Infrastructure Development Division Bank Alfalah Limited from August 2005 to November 2006.[2]

Corruption allegations and arrest

Fawad Hasan Fawad was accused of corruption and misuse of authority by Pakistan's National Accountability Bureau (NAB) in the Ashiana Housing scam. He was arrested by NAB on 6 July 2018 in the Ashiana Housing scam criminal investigation[15] and was sent on fourteen days physical remand by an accountability court in Lahore. He directed the PLDC management to cancel the contract of Ashiana Iqbal without any inquiry.[16] On 14 February 2019 the Lahore High Court division bench comprising Justice Malik Shahzad Ahmad Khan and Justice Mirza Viqas Rauf also granted bail to Fawad, former implementation secretary to the chief minister, in the Ashiana Housing scam, but denied him bail in another NAB reference relating to assets beyond means.[17] On 21 January 2020 Fawad was granted bail in the Assets case by the Lahore High Court by a two-judge bench comprising Justice Muhammad Tariq Abbasi and Justice Chaudhry Mushtaq, on the grounds that no illegitimate asset belonging to him had been unearthed by the National Accountability Bureau (NAB), no charge had been framed against him and that there was no nexus between him and any asset, however he had been arrested at the inquiry stage.[18]

On the 2 of February 2023 Fawad was acquitted of all charges in the assets beyond means and the Ashiana Housing cases on merit due to irrefutable documentary evidence provided by the prosecution's witnesses. His acquital goes to show that the National Accountability Bureau was used to target and persecute civil servants and politicians to manipulate the democratic set-up over the years. [19][20]

Books

Kunj-e-Qafas (کنج قفس) published in February 2023. A profound piece of poetry that reflects on Fawad's journey from a passionate public-speaker in his youth to a prisoner of conscience at the peak of his public service career, who was punished for his commitment to transparency and the rule of law. His poetry symbolises the transformation of Pakistan through the last five decades espousing a romantic self-belief at the start to a yearning for liberty of speech and thought in today’s Pakistan.

His verses are composed in the finest traditions of Urdu language which appear to draw inspiration from the likes of Ghalib, Faiz Ahmed Faiz, Ahmed Faraz and Habib Jalib.[21][22]

See also

References
  1. Fawad Hasan Fawad removed as Principal Secretary to Prime Minister Pakistan Today (newspaper), Published 1 June 2018, Retrieved 30 June 2018
  2. "Fawad appointed secretary to PM". The Nation (newspaper). 21 November 2015. Retrieved 30 June 2018.
  3. "Fawad Hasan inducted into interim cabinet". Dawn.com. Dawn. Retrieved 17 September 2023.
  4. "Pakistan, China to promote cooperation". The News International (newspaper). Retrieved 30 June 2018.
  5. Reporter, A (12 December 2017). "Fawad among officers promoted to grade 22". Dawn (newspaper). Retrieved 30 June 2018.
  6. "Imran appoints Raoof Hassan as PTI's Central Information Secretary". The Nation. 28 May 2023. Retrieved 30 May 2023.
  7. "Principal Secretary to PM Fawad Hasan Fawad replaced". Khybernews.tv. 1 June 2018.
  8. GHUMMAN, MUSHTAQ (23 April 2017). "Energy matters now come under intense government focus". Business Recorder (newspaper). Retrieved 30 June 2018.
  9. "Fawad Hassan Fawad Removed from Secetary Health Post". pakworkers.com website. 23 April 2011. Retrieved 30 June 2018.
  10. "Bureaucracy creating hurdles, says industries minister". The Express Tribune (newspaper). 3 May 2017. Retrieved 30 June 2018.
  11. 15th Common officials – a 'darling' group of ruling government Pakistan Today (newspaper), Published 3 January 2018, Retrieved 30 June 2018
  12. Malik Asad (7 October 2017). "Selection board drops top bureaucrats for promotions". Dawn (newspaper). Retrieved 30 June 2018.
  13. "Fawad Hassan Fawad along with 15 others promoted to Grade 22 – Pakistan Today". www.pakistantoday.com.pk.
  14. "Fawad Hasan Fawad made secretary to PM". Thenews.com.pk. 21 November 2015. Retrieved 4 August 2018.
  15. Waqar, Ali (5 July 2018). "Fawad Hassan Fawad arrested by NAB in Ashiana housing scam". Dawn.com.
  16. "Fawad Hassan Fawad sent on 14-day physical remand". Tribune.com. 6 July 2018.
  17. Ahmed Sheikh, Wajih (15 February 2019). "LHC grants bail to Shahbaz in two references". Dawn.com. Retrieved 26 February 2019.
  18. Butt, Tariq. "Fawad Hasan's release on bail: LHC knocks down all four charges for lack of evidence". thenews.com. thenews. Retrieved 9 April 2020.
  19. "Nawaz's former principal secretary acquitted in assets case".
  20. "Fawad Hasan Fawad acquitted in Ashiana scam".
  21. Shahzad, Muhammad. "The bird who san in the cage".
  22. Fawad, Fawad Hasan. Kunj-e-Qafas. Nigarshaat.
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