Government of Sindh


The Government of Sindh is the provincial government of the province of Sindh, Pakistan. Its powers and structure are set out in the provisions of the 1973 Constitution, in which 29 districts come under its authority and jurisdiction. The government includes the cabinet, selected from members the Sindh Assembly, and the non-political civil staff within each department.
The province is governed by a unicameral legislature with the head of government known as the Chief Minister. The Chief Minister, invariably the leader of a political party represented in the Assembly, selects members of the provincial Cabinet. The Chief Minister and Cabinet are thus responsible the functioning of government and are entitled to remain in office so long as it maintains the confidence of the elected Assembly.
The head of state of the province is known as the Governor and the province's administrative head is the Chief Secretary. Although the Governor is the head of the province on paper, it is largely a ceremonial position; and the main powers lie with the Chief Minister of Sindh and Chief Secretary of Sindh.
The terms Government of Sindh or Sindh Government are often used in official documents. The seat of government is in Karachi, thus serving as the capital of the province.

Executive

The official head of the province of Sindh is the Governor, appointed by the president of Pakistan under article 101 of the Constitution of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan 1973 and holds so during the pleasure of the president. Nevertheless, as to the certain provisions of the constitution, the Governor, in performance of the vested functions, does act in accordance with the advice of the Chief Minister.
The Chief Minister is appointed by the Governor from amongst the chosen representatives of the Sindh assembly, who, in his opinion, must possess the confidence of the 1/3 majority out of aggregate number of members.
The Chief Secretary Sindh, as head of the provincial bureaucracy, is the administrative boss of the province. The provincial Chief Secretary is appointed by the Prime Minister of Pakistan.
The Additional Chief Secretary is entrusted to take charge of an important portfolio, given by the Chief Minister, and head them with the guidance of the Chief Minister and Chief Secretary.
The Government of Sindh holds a cabinet of minister, each entrusted with a specific portfolio, with the chief minister as its head. The cabinet aids and advises the Governor in the exercise of his functions.
The Chief minister, as the head to the cabinet, notifies to Governor of all the decisions of the cabinet relative to the affairs of the administration as well as the proposals for legislation.

Personnel

The Sindh Assembly is a unicameral legislature with 168 Members and 30 seats are reserved for women and 8 seats for non-Muslims.

Services

Government of Sindh has established an online job portal, Rozgar Sindh and website of the portal was developed by the provincial information, science and technology department.

Departments/محکموں

Agriculture,Supply & Prices Department
AUQAF, Religious Affairs,Zakat & Ushr Department
Board of Revenue  بورڈ آف ریونیو
Chief Minister's Secretariat وزیر اعلی سیکرٹریٹ
Thar Coal & Energy Board تھرکول اینڈ انرجی بورڈ
Cooperation Department تعاون  ڈیپارٹمنٹ
Culture,Tourism &Antiquities Department
Excise,Taxation & Narcotics Department
Finance Department  خزانہ ڈیپارٹمنٹ
Food Department  
Forest, & Wildlife Department
Sindh Governor House
Higher, Technical Education & Research & School Education Department
Home Department
Information & Archieve Department
Information, Science & Technology Department
Industries & Commerce
Irrigation Department
Human Settlement Department
Labour & Human Resources Department
Law, Parliamentary Affairs & Human Rights Department
Livestock & Fisheries Department
Local Government, Rural Development, & HTP Department
Public Health Engineering & Rural Development Department
Mines & Minerals Development Department
Minorities Affairs Department
Planning & Development Department  اقدامات ڈیپارٹمنٹ
Population Welfare Department ڈیپارٹمنٹ بہبود آبادی
Rehabilitation Department بحالی ڈیپارٹمنٹ
Health Department
Sindh higher Education Commission
SGA & CD خدمات، جنرل، انتظامیہ کوآرڈینیشن ڈیپارٹمنٹ
Social Welfare Department/ڈیپارٹمنٹ سماجی بہبود
Department of Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities
Sports & Youth Affairs Department کھیل اور امور نوجوانان ڈیپارٹمنٹ
Transport & Mass Transit Department ٹرانسپورٹ اینڈ ماس ٹرانزٹ ڈیپارٹمنٹ
Women Development Department  خواتین کی ترقی ڈیپارٹمنٹ
Energy Department   توانائی ڈیپارٹمنٹ
Environment Climate Change & Coastal Development Department
College Education Department
Works & Services Department  ورکس اینڈ سروسز ڈیپارٹمنٹ
Benazir Bhutto Shaheed Human Resource Research & Development Board