Zafarullah Khan (lawyer)
Zafarullah Khan is a Pakistani politician and barrister, who also previously served as a civil servant. He belonged to the Pakistan Administrative Service.Education
Khan received a Bachelor of Arts degree from Bahauddin Zakariya University in 1981.
Khan did postgraduate diploma in Bar Vocational Course from the University of the West of England in 1997 and later received his Barrister-at-Law degree from Lincoln's Inn in 1998.Career
In October 2013, Khan was appointed as Law Secretary of Pakistan. where he remained until November 2014.
In 2015, he was appointed as the special assistant to Prime Minister of Pakistan Nawaz Sharif for human rights division with the status of minister of state.
Before starting his law practice in 2002, Khan served for 15 years in the civil service as a Pakistan Administrative Service officer after clearing his CSS examinations. He belonged to the 15th CTP, the same batch as Allah Dino Khawaja, Rizwan Ahmed, Sikandar Sultan Raja, Jawad Rafique Malik and Fawad Hasan Fawad. Khan served as Assistant Commissioner, Deputy Commissioner, Deputy Secretary, and Additional Secretary in provincial departments in Sindh and Punjab. He also served as Administrator of various municipal committees and corporations during his tenure with the Government.
