Secretary
Silwat Saeed
Incumbent
Serving
Institutional Roll of Honor
Leadership Archive & Roll of Honor
The secretaries of the Environment Protection Department and the director generals of EPA Punjab, listed from the officer serving now back to the first provincial environment desk.
32
EPD Secretaries
24
Director Generals
1987
EPA Punjab Formed
Chronological roll
Secretaries to the Government of the Punjab
Most recent tenure first. Open a biography where the archive holds one.
32 Officers
Secretary
Mr. Jahangir Anwar
May 2024 – June 2025
Secretary
Rashid Kamal-Ur-Rehman
Oct 2023 – Mar 2024
Secretary
Dr. Sajid Mahmood Chauhan
Mar 2023 – Oct 2023
Secretary
Babar Aman Babar
Feb 2023 – Mar 2023
Secretary
Usman Ali Khan
Oct 2022 – Jan 2023
Secretary
Dr. Naeem Rauf
May 2022 – Oct 2022
Secretary
Syed Mubasher Hussain
Sep 2021 – May 2022
Secretary
Zahid Hussain
Feb 2020 – Sep 2021
Secretary
Saima Saeed
Nov 2019 – Feb 2020
Secretary
Salman Ijaz
Jun 2019 – Nov 2019
Secretary
Asad Rehman Gillani
Mar 2019 – Jun 2019
Secretary
Dr. Zafar Nasrullah Khan
Jun 2018 – Mar 2019
Secretary
Capt. (Retd) Saif Anjum
Oct 2016 – Jun 2018
Secretary
Iqbal Muhammad Chauhan
Jul 2014 – Sep 2016
Secretary
Mohammad Anwar Rashid
Jun 2013 – Jul 2014
Secretary
Sher Alam Mahsud
Mar 2013 – Jun 2013
Secretary
Saeed Iqbal Wahla
Mar 2012 – Nov 2012
Secretary
Sajjad Saleem Hotiana
Mar 2009 – Mar 2012
Secretary
Zafar Iqbal
May 2008 – Oct 2008
Secretary
Major (Retd) Shahnawaz Badar
Feb 2007 – May 2008
Secretary
Muhammad Javed Malik
Feb 2007 – Apr 2007
Secretary
Muhammad Arif Azim
Aug 2006 – Feb 2007
Secretary
Muhammad Iqbal Sheikh
Nov 2003 – Aug 2006
Secretary
Kamran Lashari
May 2003 – Nov 2003
Secretary
Brig. (Retd) Riaz Bashir
May 2001 – May 2003
Secretary
Raees Abbas Zaidi
Jan 2001 – May 2001
Secretary
Safdar Javaid Syed
Jan 1999 – Nov 2000
Secretary
Sarod Lashari
Sep 1998 – Jan 1999
Secretary
Chaudhry Akhter Hussain
Jan 1997 – Sep 1998
Secretary
Ghulam M. Sikandar
Jun 1996 – Aug 1996
Secretary
Mushtaq Malik
Feb 1996 – Jun 1996
First EPD Secretary
Institutional record
How the two desks were formed
The roll covers both desks. These are the dates and the split of work between them.
- When was the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA Punjab) established?
- On July 01, 1987, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Punjab was formed as the first provincial EPA in Pakistan. Earlier in 1975, the Environmental Pollution Control Organization (EPCO) was formed under the Public Health Engineering Department.
- When was Environment Protection Department (EPD) created as an independent department?
- On December 31, 1996, a separate administrative department, Environment Protection Department (EPD), was created by the Government of the Punjab. EPA Punjab was then placed as its functional statutory execution agency.
- What is the role of the Secretary versus the Director General?
- The Secretary to the Government of the Punjab heads the administrative department (EPD), overseeing provincial policy, budget, and legislation. The Director General heads the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA Punjab), leading operational enforcement, inspections, laboratories, and legal prosecutions under PEPA 1997.
Institutional archives
Historical records and inquiries
For archival documentation or a question about a past secretary or director general, write to the EPA Punjab archives desk.