Naveed Asghar appointed acting Wapda chairman

Islamabad: The federal government has appointed Naveed Asghar Chaudhry as the acting chairman of the Water and Power Development Authority (Wapda).

A notification was issued by the Ministry of Water Resources on Saturday. The appointment of Asghar follows the resignation of retired Lieutenant General Sajjad Ghani earlier in the day. Ghani served in the role for almost three years before stepping down.

Asghar previously served as the interim Wapda chairman in 2022 after retired Lt Gen Muzammil Hussain resigned due to “personal reasons”. He then passed the role to retired Lt Gen Ghani three months later.