Mr. Sajjad Azhar

Mr. Sajjad Azhar is an experienced civil servant from Inland Revenue Service of Pakistan (28th Common Training Programme), having more than 22 years of experience in public financial management. He has served as Commissioner Inland Revenue and Additional Commissioner Inland Revenue in various field formations across Pakistan under Federal Board of Revenue. 

In addition to his experience of Inland Revenue policy and administration, Mr. Sajjad Azhar has also served on various important assignments in the Federal Secretariat. He has worked as Joint Secretary (Budget), Ministry of Finance, dealing with federal budget formulation, fiscal management, Treasury and Cash management etc. His other assignments include his incumbency as Joint Secretary (Medium Enterprises Development), Ministry of Industries and Production, where he supervised SME policy formulation and implementation, restructuring of small and medium level SOEs, international linkage creation etc.

Presently, Mr. Sajjad Azhar is serving as Joint Secretary (Corporate Finance), Ministry of Finance dealing with the financial and corporate affairs of SOEs of various sectors including petroleum, power, minerals, aviation etc.

Mr. Sajjad Azhar has also worked as Executive District Officer (Finance & Planning) under the District Governments’ devolution plan, thus having worked on provincial and local governments’ revenue streams and expenditures, project planning and financing etc.

Mr. Sajjad Azhar, holds a Master’s degree in English and a bachelor’s in Law from University of the Punjab. He is a graduate of Civil Services Academy, National Institute of Management/National School of Public Policy.

Mr. Sajjad Azhar has attended a number of international seminars, workshops, visits etc on various topics of public financial management.