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G. Balochistan Government — Cabinet, Departments & Bureaucratic Hierarchies

Balochistan snapshot: Political head — Chief Minister Mir Sarfaraz Ahmed Bugti. Permanent provincial administration is headed by the Chief Secretary Balochistan. Balochistan's Rules of Business allocate subjects among provincial departments.

1. Top structure

Governor → Chief Minister → Provincial Cabinet → Chief Secretary → Administrative Secretaries → Directorates/Attached Departments → Commissioners/DCs/field formations.

2. Main Balochistan departments

The official Balochistan portal lists the following major departments:

  1. Agriculture & Cooperative
  2. Board of Revenue
  3. Chief Minister Inspection Team
  4. Communication, Works, Physical Planning & Housing
  5. Culture, Tourism & Archives
  6. Climate Change & Environment
  7. Excise, Taxation & Anti-Narcotics
  8. Finance
  9. Food
  10. Fisheries
  11. Forest & Wildlife
  12. Health
  13. Home & Tribal Affairs
  14. Industries & Commerce
  15. Information
  16. Inter-Provincial Coordination
  17. Irrigation
  18. Labour & Manpower
  19. Law & Parliamentary Affairs
  20. Livestock & Dairy Development
  21. Local Government & Rural Development
  22. Mines & Minerals Development
  23. Planning & Development
  24. Population Welfare
  25. Public Health Engineering
  26. School Education
  27. Higher Education / Colleges / technical education arrangements as allocated
  28. Printing & Stationery
  29. Prosecution
  30. Services & General Administration Department (S&GAD)
  31. Social Welfare
  32. Transport
  33. Women Development
  34. Minorities Affairs
  35. Urban Planning & Development
  36. Energy
  37. Police / Levies and internal-security formations
  38. Prisons and Civil Defence structures under Home arrangements
  39. Zakat / Auqaf and related welfare/religious portfolios where notified

3. Services & General Administration Department

Chief Minister
   ↓
Chief Secretary
   ↓
Secretary S&GAD
   ↓
Additional / Deputy Secretaries
   ↓
Section Officers

S&GAD handles central provincial administration: Cabinet work, service matters, government organization, coordination, postings/policies under rules and conferences/coordination of Commissioners and DCs.

4. Home & Tribal Affairs

Official Home Department description covers law & order, prisons, civil defence and licensing and coordinates police, levies and rescue/other security formations.

Chief Minister / Home Minister
        ↓
Home Secretary
        ↓
Police / Levies / Prisons / Civil Defence / other internal-security bodies

Police / Levies distinction

Balochistan has both regular police structures and Levies in relevant jurisdictions. Their command structures are separate professional chains but are coordinated through the provincial internal-security machinery.

5. Core technical chains

  • Revenue: Board of Revenue → Senior Member/Member → Commissioner → DC/Collector → AC → Tehsildar → Naib Tehsildar → Patwari.
  • C&W / Physical Planning: Secretary → Chief Engineer → SE → XEN → SDO → sub-engineer.
  • Irrigation: Secretary → Chief Engineer → SE → XEN → SDO → field staff.
  • Agriculture: Secretary → DG/Directors → district agriculture officers → extension/field staff.
  • Livestock: Secretary → DG → Directors → district livestock officers → veterinary officers.
  • Health: Secretary → DG Health → Directors → district health management → hospitals/BHUs/RHCs.
  • Education: Secretary → directorate → divisional/district education officers → institutions.
  • Excise: Secretary → DG North / DG South and directorates → district/field officers → inspectors.
  • Mines: Secretary → DG Mines & Minerals → Directors → licensing/inspection field staff.
  • Local Government: Secretary → Directorate → district/local councils and municipal/rural-development institutions.
  • Prosecution: Secretary Prosecution → Prosecutor General / senior prosecutors → district prosecution → assistant prosecutors.
  • P&D: Additional Chief Secretary/Secretary P&D → sector chiefs/directors → project appraisal/monitoring.
  • Finance: Secretary Finance → budget/resources/expenditure wings → treasury/accounts-linked provincial formations.

6. Territorial administration

Chief Secretary → Commissioner → Deputy Commissioner → Assistant Commissioner.

7. Current leadership examples — 2026

  • Chief Minister: Mir Sarfaraz Ahmed Bugti.
  • Chief Secretary: Shakeel Qadir Khan (shown on current official Balochistan department pages).
  • Home portfolio/department leadership and other Cabinet assignments can change; verify the latest portfolio notification before the exam.

📖 Official references