Islamabad has new chief commissioner

Shahid Mehmood, a district management group (DMG) officer of the 12th common course, has assumed the charge as chief commissioner, Islamabad, on Wednesday in place of Fazeel Asghar.

Fazeel Asghar was removed from the post following the controversy of Haris Steel Mills.

According to the deputy commissioner’s office spokesman, the new chief commissioner was accorded a warm welcome by officials of the Islamabad Capital Territory (ICT) administration. He met officials of the capital administration.

Deputy Commissioner (Islamabad) Amer Ali Ahmed, Director (Administration) Chaudhry Muhammad Ali, Director (Development and Finance) Anita Turab, Director (Industries and Labour) Malik Zafar Iqbal Awan and Director (Agriculture Extension Services) Abdul Qadus Malik gave a briefing to the chief commissioner on the working and responsibilities of their offices.

Shahid Mehmood had served as tourism secretary, deputy commissioner at Sialkot and other important posts in Punjab and other provinces. He remained assistant commissioner (city), Islamabad, for a short period in 1989.