Fakhre Alam appointed as acting health secretary following Mahmood's removal
Most outlets reported the appointment of Dr Muhammad Fakhre Alam as the acting health secretary, replacing Capt. (r) Muhammad Mahmood. Pakistan Observer and Daily Pakistan (English) both highlighted the change in bureaucratic leadership within the health ministry, with Daily Pakistan specifying that the change occurred "once again," suggesting prior shifts in leadership. Both mentioned Alam’s new role and his current position as Power Division Secretary, though no other details about the reasoning or context of the change were provided in the excerpts.
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Dr Fakhre Alam replaces Capt. (r) Muhammad Mahmood as Health Secretary
ISLAMABAD — The federal government has once again changed bureaucratic leadership of the health ministry, assigning additional charge of Secretary National Health Services to Power Division Secretary Dr Muhammad Fakhre Alam Irfan. The move comes only weeks after the government changed health secretary in wake of devastating fire at Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences (PIMS), […]
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Fakhre Alam replaces Muhammad Mahmood as health secretary
ISLAMABAD – The federal government has assigned additional charge of health secretary to Dr Muhammad Fakhre Alam Irfan. Alam, a…
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