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E. Sindh Government — Cabinet, Departments & Bureaucratic Hierarchies

Sindh snapshot: Political head — Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah. Permanent administration is headed by the Chief Secretary Sindh.

1. Top hierarchy

Governor → Chief Minister → Provincial Cabinet → Chief Secretary → Administrative Secretaries → Directorates/Authorities → District/field offices.

2. Main Sindh departments / provincial organizations

The official Sindh portal currently lists, among others:

  1. Agriculture, Supply & Prices
  2. Auqaf, Religious Affairs, Zakat & Ushr
  3. Board of Revenue
  4. Chief Minister's Inspection, Enquiries & Implementation Team
  5. Chief Minister's Secretariat
  6. College Education
  7. Cooperative
  8. Culture, Tourism & Antiquities / Archives
  9. Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities
  10. Energy
  11. Enquiries & Anti-Corruption Establishment
  12. Environment, Climate Change & Coastal Development
  13. Food
  14. Forest & Wildlife
  15. Health
  16. Home
  17. Human Rights
  18. Human Settlement / Housing & Town Planning arrangements
  19. Industries & Commerce
  20. Information
  21. Inter-Provincial Coordination
  22. Investment
  23. Irrigation
  24. Labour & Human Resources
  25. Law & Parliamentary Affairs
  26. Livestock & Fisheries
  27. Local Government
  28. Mines & Mineral Development
  29. Minorities Affairs
  30. Planning & Development
  31. Population Welfare
  32. Public Health Engineering & Rural Development
  33. Rehabilitation
  34. School Education & Literacy
  35. Services, General Administration & Coordination Department (SGA&CD)
  36. Social Protection
  37. Social Welfare
  38. Sports & Youth Affairs
  39. Transport & Mass Transit
  40. Universities & Boards
  41. Women Development
  42. Works & Services
  43. Prisons & Corrections Service
  44. Criminal Prosecution / Prosecutor General structure
  45. Police
  46. Major authorities/boards such as Sindh HEC, STEVTA, Sindh Mass Transit Authority and other statutory bodies.

3. Current Cabinet portfolio examples — 2026 snapshot

The CM Sindh official cabinet page lists portfolios including:

  • Health & Population Welfare.
  • Local Government & Housing Town Planning / Public Health Engineering.
  • Irrigation & Food.
  • Home; Law & Parliamentary Affairs; Criminal Prosecution.
  • School Education & Literacy; College Education; Mines & Minerals Development.
  • Transport & Mass Transit; Excise, Taxation & Narcotics Control.
  • Energy; Planning & Development.
  • Agriculture, Supply & Prices; Sports & Youth Affairs; Enquiries & Anti-Corruption.
  • Prisons / Works & Services.
  • Industries & Commerce.
  • Culture, Tourism, Antiquities & Archives.
  • Livestock & Fisheries.
  • Labour & Human Resources.
  • Rehabilitation and other portfolios assigned through ministers/advisers.

4. Core Sindh bureaucratic chains

  • SGA&CD: Chief Secretary → Secretary Services/General Administration/Coordination wings → DS → SO.
  • Home: Home Secretary / Additional Chief Secretary Home → Police, Prisons and other allocated law/order organizations.
  • Police: IGP Sindh → Additional IGP → DIG → SSP/District/City command → SP/DSP/ASP → SHO.
  • Revenue: Board of Revenue → Senior Member/Member → Commissioners → Deputy Commissioners/Collectors → ACs → Mukhtiarkar/Tehsildar-equivalent revenue field staff according to Sindh law.
  • Works & Services: Secretary → Chief Engineers → SE → XEN → Assistant/SDO engineering chain.
  • Irrigation: Secretary → Chief Engineers → SE → XEN → subdivision/field officers.
  • Health: Secretary → DG/Directorates → district health administration → hospitals/BHUs/RHCs.
  • School Education: Secretary → directorates → district education officers → school management.
  • Local Government: Secretary → Local Government Board/Directorate → municipal corporations/committees/councils and local officers.
  • Agriculture: Secretary → DGs/directorates → district agriculture officers → field service.
  • Livestock/Fisheries: Secretary → DG/Directors → district/field officers.
  • Excise: Secretary → DG → Directors → district/regional Excise officers → inspectors.
  • Prosecution: Department/Prosecutor General → Additional/Deputy PGs → District Public Prosecutors → subordinate prosecutors.
  • Prisons: Home/Prisons portfolio → IG Prisons → DIG/Regional → Superintendent Jail → Deputy/Assistant Superintendent.
  • P&D: Chairman/department leadership → Secretary/Chief Economist/Chiefs → sector wings → project appraisal/monitoring.

5. Sindh territorial administration

Chief Secretary → Commissioner → Deputy Commissioner → Assistant Commissioner.

Karachi additionally has metropolitan/commissionerate and specialized city arrangements; police and municipal chains remain distinct.

📖 Official references