Iqbal Hussain Durrani | |
Nationality: | Pakistan |
Birth Place: | Islamic Republic of Pakistan |
Occupation: | Civil servant |
Office: | National Security Secretary of Pakistan |
Term Start: | March 2019 |
Term End: | June 2019 |
Appointer: | Imran Khan |
Office1: | Additional Secretary for National Health Services |
Term Start1: | September 2018 |
Term End1: | March 2019 |
Appointer1: | Shahid Khaqan Abbasi |
Iqbal Hussain Durrani is a retired Pakistani civil servant who served in BPS-22 grade as the National Security Secretary of Pakistan.[1] Durrani belongs to the Pakistan Administrative Service and is the son-in-law of former Chief Minister of Sindh, Qaim Ali Shah.[2] History was made when Prime Minister Imran Khan in 2019 promoted both Durrani as well as his wife, Pakistan Administrative Service officer Naheed Shah Durrani, to grade 22; as it was the first time in the country's bureaucratic history that both husband and wife were promoted together to the elite rank of Federal Secretary.[3]
Durrani spent majority of his active service years in the Government of Sindh having served as provincial secretary of various departments. He was widely regarded as being one of the most influential provincial secretaries of Sindh.[4] He belongs to the 15th CTP and is batchmates with Sikandar Sultan Raja, Fawad Hasan Fawad, Rizwan Ahmed, Hussain Asghar, Jawad Rafique Malik and Allah Dino Khawaja.[5]