Punjab CS requests federal govt to transfer him with immediate effect

Lahore: Punjab Chief Secretary (CS) Kamran Ali Afzal officially requested the federal government on Saturday to transfer him from the province as he is unable to continue his current assignment “owing to personal reasons”.

According to a letter written to the Secretary Establishment, Afzal requested that his services be withdrawn with immediate effect.

Omar Sarfraz Cheema, adviser to Punjab chief minister on information, was questioned about the matter during a press conference in Lahore and said it had nothing to do with the PTI.

“What his role has been in the last 2.5-3 months is before you and maybe he did not feel [right] about moving forward together because he has his own priorities and service career [to think about],” Cheema said.

Kamran Azfal was posted the provincial chief secretary in September 2021 when Sardar Usman Buzdar was the Punjab chief minister.

He was the fifth Punjab chief secretary during the three years of the previous PTI-led government and belonged to the 21st Common of the District Management Group.

Punjab Chief Minister Pervaiz Elahi had expressed his annoyance at Afzal and former police chief Rao Sardar Ali Khan over their action against PTI legislators and deploying the police force on the floor of the Punjab Assembly earlier this year.