Akhtar Munir appointed Press Secretary/Information Advisor to President.

ISLAMABAD -- Akhtar Munir, a BS-21 officer of the Information Group - currently serving as Managing Director of Associated Press of Pakistan, has been appointed as Press Secretary/Information Advisor to President.

Akhtar Munir, who had also served in the position earlier from January 2020 to May 2022, will assume his new responsibilities on February 02, 2023, upon the retirement of incumbent Press Secretary to President Qamar Bashir.

'In pursuance of this Ministry's Notification No.2(5)/2022-IG, dated 15-12-2022, Mr Akhtar Munir, a BS-20 officer of the Information Group, presently working as Managing Director, Associated Press of Pakistan Corporation, Islamabad on promotion to BS-21, is posted as Press Secretary/Information Advisor to the President (BS-21), President Secretariat (Public), Islamabad, w.e.f 02-02-2023, upon retirement of Mr Qamar Bashir and until further orders,' said a...