Younus Dagha, former Secretary Finance and one of the brilliant officers of Pakistan Administrative Service (PAS) has opted for early retirement, three months after being made OSD, well-informed sources told
Business Recorder. Dagha served as Secretary Power, Secretary Commerce, before joining Finance Division as Secretary Finance. He reportedly had a very good equation with former Finance Minister, Asad Umar.
However, when Dr Abdul Hafeez Shaikh replaced Asad Umar, differences emerged between Dagha and Shaikh on economic policies, especially during negotiations with the IMF team for the $ 6 billion facility after which he was made OSD. Since then, Younus Dagha was resident in Karachi, his native city, and rarely came to Islamabad. Last month, he was in Islamabad with a group of friends.
When contacted, Younus Dagha confirmed that he has applied for early retirement to look after family matters in Karachi.
Asked why he has applied for early retirement, he replied "for personal reasons. Wanted to look after family matters in Karachi," said Dagha who will reach superannuation on April 23, 2022 which implies he is scheduled to retire after three years.
Copyright Business Recorder, 2019
I did graduation from the Government Murray College Sialkot and MSc in Psychology from the University of Punjab. I am in journalism since 1990. I worked in Daily Nawa-i-Waqt as sub editor and staff reporter in Daily Pakistan and Daily Din prior to joining Daily Business Recorder. I have been associated with this newspaper since 2000 as staff reporter. Energy Sector, Commerce / Trade and Industries are key areas of my interest. I have also the credit of exposing number of scams like Rental Power Plants (RPPs), LNG, sugar import, etc.
