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H. Federal Ministries — Department-by-Department Bureaucracy Map
Purpose: Department-by-department view of the 32 current federal Ministries listed by Cabinet Division. The common secretariat chain applies to each Division; below it, operational bodies use professional hierarchies.
1. Common structure of every federal Division
Prime Minister
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Federal Minister / Minister-in-Charge
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Secretary to Government of Pakistan
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Additional Secretary
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Joint Secretary
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Deputy Secretary
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Section Officer
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Attached Departments / Authorities / Corporations
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Field formations
2. Ministry-by-ministry bureaucracy map
| Ministry / Division | Main administrative machinery / implementation side | CSS/service connection |
|---|---|---|
| Cabinet Secretariat | Cabinet Division, Establishment Division, National Security, IB Division, SIFC Division | OMG/Secretariat Group, PAS and officers from other groups in secretariat/deputation posts |
| Climate Change & Environmental Coordination | Climate/environment policy, federal environmental and climate institutions/projects | Secretariat officers + technical/environment specialists |
| Commerce | Trade policy, trade bodies, commercial diplomacy | Commerce & Trade Group + secretariat |
| Communications | Federal road/communications policy and attached road/highway organizations | Secretariat + engineering/technical cadres |
| Defence | Civil defence administration, defence coordination, ML&C linkage | MLCG + secretariat/PAS/deputation posts |
| Defence Production | Defence-production policy and production organizations | Secretariat + technical/defence-production management |
| Economic Affairs | External economic assistance, loans/grants, development partner coordination | Economists/secretariat officers; PAS/other groups on postings |
| Energy — Power | Power-sector policy, utilities/regulators/companies as allocated by law | Secretariat + engineers/sector specialists |
| Energy — Petroleum | Oil, gas and petroleum policy/regulation/companies | Secretariat + energy/technical specialists |
| Federal Education & Professional Training | Federal education institutions, standards/coordination, vocational/professional initiatives | Secretariat + education cadres/specialists |
| National Heritage & Culture | Federal heritage/culture institutions | Secretariat + professional cultural/archaeology cadres |
| Finance | Budget, expenditure, fiscal policy, debt, economic/financial management wings | Secretariat/PAS/economic services; PAAS interacts through accounts/audit machinery |
| Revenue | Federal Board of Revenue → Inland Revenue + Customs field formations | IRS and Pakistan Customs Service |
| Foreign Affairs | Foreign Office HQ + embassies/high commissions/consulates | Foreign Service of Pakistan |
| Housing & Works | Federal accommodation, estates and public-works organizations | Secretariat + engineering/estate cadres |
| Human Rights | Federal human-rights policy, commissions/institutions as allocated | Secretariat + legal/policy officers |
| Industries & Production | Industrial policy and federal industrial/public-sector entities | Secretariat + technical/industrial management |
| Information & Broadcasting | PID, external publicity, broadcasting/information institutions | Information Group |
| IT & Telecommunication | Digital/telecom policy, federal IT bodies/programmes | Secretariat + IT/telecom specialists |
| Interior & Narcotics Control | Federal internal-security/civil-security, immigration/identity/law-enforcement bodies as allocated | PSP/PAS/secretariat and agency-specific cadres |
| Inter-Provincial Coordination | Federation–province coordination, inter-provincial forums/subjects | Secretariat/PAS |
| Kashmir Affairs, GB & SAFRON | Federal coordination relating to AJK/GB/frontier-region subjects | Secretariat/PAS and region-specific services |
| Law & Justice | Federal legal drafting, legislation, law officers/legal institutions | Legal cadres + secretariat officers |
| Maritime Affairs | Ports, shipping, maritime organizations | Secretariat + maritime/port specialists |
| National Food Security & Research | Federal agriculture/food-security policy, research and coordination | Secretariat + agriculture/research specialists |
| National Health Services, Regulations & Coordination | Federal health regulation/coordination, national institutions/programmes | Secretariat + medical/public-health cadres |
| Overseas Pakistanis & HRD | Overseas employment/welfare and federal labour/HRD-linked bodies | Secretariat + labour/welfare cadres |
| Parliamentary Affairs | Government–Parliament legislative/business coordination | Secretariat/OMG/SG and officers on secretariat postings |
| Planning, Development & Special Initiatives | Planning Commission, PSDP and national development coordination | Secretariat + economists/planners/PAS/deputation officers |
| Poverty Alleviation & Social Safety | Federal social-protection policy/programmes and attached bodies | Secretariat + social-policy/programme specialists |
| Privatisation | Privatisation Division/Commission and transaction management | Secretariat + finance/legal/transaction specialists |
| Railways | Railway Board/HQ → divisions → stations/operations/commercial formations | Railways Commercial & Transportation Group + technical railway services |
| Religious Affairs & Interfaith Harmony | Hajj/religious-affairs/interfaith administration | Secretariat + specialized administration |
| Science & Technology | Federal S&T policy, councils/research institutions | Secretariat + scientific/technical cadres |
| Water Resources | Federal water policy, major water/river-basin/infrastructure coordination | Secretariat + engineering/water specialists |
3. Detailed high-value federal chains
Revenue / FBR
Finance & Revenue Minister → Secretary Revenue / Chairman FBR → Members → Chief Commissioners/Chief Collectors → Commissioners/Collectors → Additional/Deputy/Assistant Commissioners or Collectors → field officers.
Foreign Affairs
Foreign Minister → Foreign Secretary → Additional Secretaries → DGs → Directors → Deputy Directors / desk officers; abroad: Ambassador/High Commissioner → Minister/Counsellor → First/Second/Third Secretaries.
Interior
Interior Minister → Interior Secretary → Additional/Joint/Deputy Secretaries → federal law-enforcement, immigration, identity/civil-security bodies according to their governing statutes. Each agency retains its own Director-General/command chain.
Finance
Finance Minister → Finance Secretary → Additional Finance Secretaries → Joint Secretaries → Deputy Secretaries → Section Officers; specialized budget, expenditure, debt, corporate and provincial-finance wings.
Planning
Prime Minister / Planning Commission leadership → Planning Minister → Secretary Planning → Members/Chief Economist → Chiefs/sector specialists → project/appraisal/monitoring wings.
Railways
Railways Minister → Secretary/Chairman Railway Board → Railway Board/HQ → functional chiefs → Divisional Superintendents → operations/commercial/transportation officers → station/field units.
Information
Information Minister → Secretary Information → Principal Information Officer / DGs / Directors → Deputy Directors → Information Officers; overseas press wings may be staffed through Information Group assignments.
Defence / Military Lands & Cantonments
Defence Minister → Defence Secretary → DG Military Lands & Cantonments → Regional Directors → Cantonment Executive Officers / Military Estate Officers → cantonment/estate staff.
Postal
Federal portfolio → Director General Pakistan Post → Deputy DGs → Postmasters General (Circles) → Deputy PMGs / divisional heads → post offices/units.