Grade 22

Grade 22 (also referred to as BPS-22 grade) is the highest attainable rank and pay scale for a civil servant in Pakistan. Grade 22 is equal to a three-star rank of the Pakistan Armed Forces. With over five thousand civil servants and bureaucrats in Pakistan, only a few dozen officers serve in BPS-22 grade at a given time. Hence, not even 1% of the country's civil servants make it to the highest basic pay scale of grade 22. Officers serving in BPS-22 grade are largely considered to be one of the most influential individuals in the country.

Each officer who reaches grade 22 has, on average, a civil service career spanning over 30 years to 32 years. The promotion to this rank is done by the High Powered Selection Board (HPSB), which is chaired by the Prime Minister of Pakistan. Other members of the Board, who advise the PM on promotions, are the Establishment Secretary of Pakistan, the Cabinet Secretary of Pakistan and the Principal Secretary to the Prime Minister of Pakistan.

The following key positions in the country are occupied by BPS-22 grade officials:
Secretary to the Government of Pakistan
Chief Secretary of a Provincial Government
Director General/ Chairman of a large state-owned corporation or agency such as the Federal Board of Revenue, Federal Investigation Agency, Intelligence Bureau, etc.
Inspector General of Police

Prominent Grade 22 officers
Roedad Khan
Usman Ali Isani
Shehzad Arbab
Nasir Mahmood Khosa
Tariq Bajwa
Rizwan Ahmed
Jawad Rafique Malik
Syed Abu Ahmad Akif
Sikandar Sultan Raja
Tasneem Noorani
Shahjehan Syed Karim
Hussain Asghar
Allah Dino Khawaja
Fawad Hasan Fawad
Qudrat Ullah Shahab
Rubina Ather
Ghulam Ishaq Khan
Jalil Abbas Jilani
Rabiya Javeri Agha
Syed Hassan Raza
Aftab Ghulam Nabi Kazi
Sohail Mahmood
Abdul Basit (diplomat)
Riaz Mohammad Khan
Javid Husain
Inam-ul-Haq (diplomat)
Shamshad Ahmad
Riaz Khokhar
Masood Khan
Mojib-ur-Rehman
Najmuddin Shaikh
Tanvir Ahmad Khan
Humayun Khan (diplomat)
Niaz Naik
Abdul Sattar (diplomat)
Agha Shahi
Jalaludin Abdur Rahim
Nasir Durrani
Nargis Sethi
Tehmina Janjua
Fazal-ur-Rehman
Salman Bashir
Hamid Ahmad Qureshi
Rana Shabbir Ahmed Khan (Ex Chairman of ADBP )

References

Category: Government of Pakistan