Jawad Rafique Malik جواد رفیق ملک | |
Birth Date: | 28 April 1962 |
Nationality: | ![]() |
Birth Place: | Lahore, Pakistan |
Occupation: | Civil servant |
Office1: | Chief Secretary Punjab |
Term Start1: | 24 April 2020 |
Term End1: | 7 September 2021 |
Successor1: | Kamran Ali Afzal[1] |
Appointed1: | Imran Khan |
Office2: | Communications Secretary of Pakistan |
Term Start2: | July 2019 |
Term End2: | April 2020 |
Appointer2: | Imran Khan |
Office3: | Chairman National Highway Authority |
Term Start3: | December 2017 |
Term End3: | July 2019 |
Appointer3: | Shahid Khaqan Abbasi |
Office4: | Federal Secretary National Assembly |
Term Start4: | April 2017 |
Term End4: | December 2017 |
Appointer4: | Nawaz Sharif |
Office: | Industries Secretary of Pakistan |
Term Start: | 7 September 2021 |
Term End: | 20 December 2022 |
Appointed: | Imran Khan |
Jawad Rafique Malik (Urdu: جواد رفیق ملک) is a retired officer of Pakistani civil service who served in BPS-22 grade as Chief Secretary Punjab and Federal Secretary of the Kashmir Affairs and Gilgit-Baltistan Division. Hailing from Lahore, Malik belongs to the Pakistan Administrative Service and is batchmates with Fawad Hasan Fawad, Rizwan Ahmed, Sikandar Sultan Raja and Shoaib Mir Memon.[2] [3]
Jawad Rafique Malik served as the Pakistan Secretary of Industries and Production; from September 2021 to December 2022. Prior to this, he tenured as Chief Secretary of Punjab from April 2020 to 7 September 2021.
He served as Communications Secretary of Pakistan, in office from July 2019 to April 2020.[4] He has also previously served as Chairman of the National Highway Authority.[5] [6]
Malik was promoted to the rank of Federal Secretary in 2017, and served as Federal Secretary of the National Assembly of Pakistan from April 2017 to December 2017.[7] Malik belongs to the Pakistan Administrative Service and is batchmates with Sikandar Sultan Raja, Fawad Hasan Fawad, Rizwan Ahmed, Allah Dino Khawaja and Zafarullah Khan.
Before serving in the federal government, Malik served in the Government of Punjab as the provincial Health Secretary and Commissioner Lahore.[8] [9]