Cabinet Secretary (Pakistan)

{{Short description|Post in federal government of Pakistan}}

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| post = Cabinet Secretary of Pakistan

|native_name = {{Nastaliq|معتمدِ کابینہ پاکستان}}

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| insignia = File:State emblem of Pakistan.svg

| insigniasize = 175

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| incumbent = Kamran Ali Afzal

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| reports_to = Prime Minister of Pakistan

| appointer = Prime Minister of Pakistan

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|seat= Islamabad

| website = [http://cabinet.gov.pk Cabinet Division]

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The Cabinet Secretary of Pakistan (Urdu: {{Nastaliq|معتمدِ کابینہ پاکستان}}) is the Federal Secretary to the Cabinet of Pakistan. The Cabinet secretary serves as the administrative head of the Cabinet Division, providing policy advice to the prime minister and Cabinet. Usually the senior-most BPS-22 grade officer of the Pakistan Administrative Service is appointed to this post.{{Cite news |date=30 December 2008 |title=All Is Not Well Between the Country's Top Two Offices |work=thenews.com.pk |url=https://www.thenews.com.pk/archive/amp/661599-all-is-not-well-between-country |url-status=dead |access-date=23 March 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171107002728/https://www.thenews.com.pk/archive/amp/661599-all-is-not-well-between-country |archive-date=7 November 2017}}{{Cite news |last=Khawar Ghumman |date=2 March 2012 |title=Cold War' Between Two Top Secretaries |work=Dawn |url=https://www.dawn.com/news/699730 |access-date=31 March 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180328231126/https://www.dawn.com/news/699730 |archive-date=28 March 2018}}

Officeholders being the senior-most civil servants of the country head the secretaries' committee and have direct say in the transfers, postings and promotions of unmatched civil servants in BPS 20, BPS 21 and BPS 22. During meetings of the federal cabinet, the Cabinet secretary sits on the right-hand side of the Prime Minister.{{Cite news |date=2 March 2016 |title=PM Appoints New Cabinet Division, Establishment Secretaries |work=Samaa |agency=Associated Press of Pakistan |url=https://www.samaa.tv/news/2016/03/pm-appoints-new-cabinet-division-establishment-secretaries/amp/ |access-date=18 July 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180712024910/https://www.samaa.tv/news/2016/03/pm-appoints-new-cabinet-division-establishment-secretaries/amp/ |archive-date=12 July 2018}}{{cite web|url=http://www.cabinet.gov.pk|title=Home Page|website=www.cabinet.gov.pk|access-date=1 February 2022|archive-date=23 January 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220123220956/https://cabinet.gov.pk/|url-status=live}}