Principal Secretary to the President of Pakistan
The principal secretary to the president of Pakistan is the administrative head of Aiwan-e-Sadr. The position was considered to be a very important one until 2010 as after the Eighteenth Amendment, the presidency was reduced to a mere ceremonial position. The position holder usually belongs to the Pakistan Administrative Service. The current principal secretary to the president is Tariq Najmi. The longest-serving principal secretary to the president was ace bureaucrat Qudrat Ullah Shahab, who served with three heads of state.