Shehzad Arbab

Muhammad Shehzad Arbab is a retired Pakistani civil servant who served as Advisor to Prime Minister Imran Khan on Establishment from August 2018 to 10 April 2022. Before his retirement from civil services, Arbab served in BPS-22 grade as the Commerce Secretary of Pakistan and Chief Secretary Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.^[1] He belongs to the Pakistan Administrative Service and is batchmates with Tariq Bajwa, Babar Yaqoob Fateh Muhammad and Sajjad Saleem Hotiana.^[2]

Muhammad Shehzad Arbab
Special Assistant to Prime Minister on Establishment
In office 11 April 2020 – 10 April 2022
President	Arif Alvi
Prime Minister	Imran Khan
Preceded by	Himself, as an advisor
Advisor to the Prime Minister on Establishment
In office 20 August 2018 – 6 April 2020
President	Arif Alvi
Prime Minister	Imran Khan
Succeeded by	Himself, as special assistant
Secretary for States & Frontier Regions
In office March 2016 – March 2017
President	Mamnoon Hussain
Prime Minister	Nawaz Sharif
Commerce Secretary of Pakistan
In office February 2014 – March 2016
President	Mamnoon Hussain
Prime Minister	Nawaz Sharif
Chief Secretary Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
In office June 2013 – February 2014
Appointed by	Nawaz Sharif
Governor	Shaukatullah Khan
Chief Minister	Pervez Khattak
Personal details
Nationality	Pakistani
Occupation	Career Bureaucrat

A member of the eminent Arbab family of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, Shehzad Arbab is known for having played a key role in the FATA reforms of 2017 during his tenure as Federal Secretary SAFRON.^[3] He has previously also served as Chief Secretary Azad Kashmir and Additional Secretary at Aiwan-e-Sadr.^[4][5][6]

Personal life

Arbab is son of Arbab Niaz Muhammad, former Pakistan Army officer who served as a member of President Zia-ul-Haq's cabinet in the capacity as Minister for Culture. The international cricket stadium in Peshawar, Arbab Niaz Stadium, is named after Arbab Niaz.^[7]