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F. Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Government — Cabinet, Departments & Bureaucratic Hierarchies

Khyber Pakhtunkhwa snapshot: Political head — Chief Minister Muhammad Sohail Afridi (official KP minister list current in 2026). Provincial departments collectively form the Secretariat; each Department is headed by a Secretary to Government.

1. Constitutional / bureaucratic chain

Governor KP
   ↓
Chief Minister
   ↓
Provincial Cabinet
   ↓
Chief Secretary
   ↓
Secretary of Department
   ↓
Additional / Special Secretary
   ↓
Deputy Secretary
   ↓
Section Officer
   ↓
Attached Department / Directorate / Authority
   ↓
Division / District / Tehsil / field institution

KP Rules of Business state that the Minister frames policy and the Secretary advises the Minister, while the Secretary is the official head responsible for efficient administration and discipline.

2. Main KP administrative departments

The current KP portal organizes government into Administrative Departments, Directorates, attached departments, authorities, autonomous/semi-autonomous bodies, Commissioners and DCs. Major departments include:

  1. Administration / Establishment (Cabinet and service-management wings)
  2. Agriculture
  3. Auqaf, Hajj, Religious & Minority Affairs
  4. Climate Change, Forestry, Environment & Wildlife
  5. Communication & Works
  6. Culture, Tourism & Archaeology
  7. Elementary & Secondary Education
  8. Energy & Power
  9. Excise, Taxation & Narcotics Control
  10. Finance
  11. Food
  12. Health
  13. Higher Education, Archives & Libraries
  14. Home & Tribal Affairs
  15. Housing
  16. Industries, Commerce & Technical Education
  17. Information & Public Relations
  18. Inter-Provincial Coordination
  19. Irrigation
  20. Labour
  21. Law, Parliamentary Affairs & Human Rights
  22. Livestock / Fisheries-related agriculture formations
  23. Local Government, Elections & Rural Development
  24. Mines & Minerals Development
  25. Planning & Development
  26. Population Welfare
  27. Public Health Engineering
  28. Relief, Rehabilitation & Settlement
  29. Revenue & Estate / Board of Revenue arrangements
  30. Science & Information Technology
  31. Social Welfare / Special Education / Women Empowerment
  32. Sports & Youth Affairs
  33. Transport & Mass Transit
  34. Zakat, Ushr and Social Welfare arrangements
  35. Police
  36. Prisons
  37. Prosecution
  38. Anti-Corruption Establishment and inspection bodies

3. Current KP Cabinet — 2026 official snapshot

The DGIPR list shows:

  • Muhammad Sohail Afridi — Chief Minister.
  • Meena Khan — Local Government, Elections & Rural Development.
  • Arshad Ayub Khan — Elementary & Secondary Education.
  • Fazal Shakoor Khan — Public Health Engineering.
  • Amjid Ali — Housing.
  • Aftab Alam Afridi — Law, Parliamentary Affairs & Human Rights.
  • Syed Fakhar Jehan — Excise, Taxation & Narcotics Control.
  • Riaz Khan — Irrigation.
  • Khaleeq ur Rehman — Health.
  • Aqib Ullah Khan — Relief, Rehabilitation & Settlement.
  • Faisal Khan Tarakai — Labour.
  • Muzzamil Aslam — Finance.
  • Taj Muhammad — Sports & Youth Affairs.
  • Shafi Ullah Jan — Information & Public Affairs.

The cabinet was expanded in May 2026 with additional ministers; portfolios should be rechecked close to the exam.

4. Important KP chains

Establishment & Administration

Chief Secretary → Secretary Establishment/Administration → Additional/Deputy Secretaries → Section Officers → service-management / anti-corruption / inspection institutions.

Home & Tribal Affairs

Home Secretary → Police / Prisons / Probation / Prosecution and other allocated internal-security bodies.

Police

IGP → Additional IGP → DIG / Regional command → DPO → SP → DSP/ASP → SHO.

Revenue / Estate

Board of Revenue / Senior Member → Members → Commissioners → DCs/Collectors → ACs → Tehsildars → Naib Tehsildars → Patwaris.

Health

Secretary → DG Health Services → Directors → District Health Officers → hospitals/BHUs/RHCs.

Education

Secretary E&SE → Directorate → District Education Officers → school heads → teachers.

Higher Education has a separate Secretary/Directorate → colleges → principals/faculty.

C&W

Secretary → Chief Engineers → Superintending Engineers → Executive Engineers → SDOs → sub-engineers.

Irrigation

Secretary → Chief Engineers (regional/sectoral) → SE → XEN → SDO → field staff.

Local Government

Secretary → Directorate / Local Government Commission / authorities → district/tehsil/local councils and municipal officers.

Finance

Finance Secretary → budget/expenditure/resources wings → Director Treasuries & Accounts / Local Fund Audit and other attached financial formations.

P&D

Additional Chief Secretary/Secretary P&D → sector chiefs → project appraisal/monitoring → development coordination.

5. Territorial administration

Chief Secretary → Commissioner → Deputy Commissioner → Assistant Commissioner.

📖 Official references