Mr. Zafar Abbas

Mr. Zafar Abbas is a career civil servant who joined the Government of Pakistan in 1998. He has experience of working in economic and energy ministries dealing with policy formulation and implementation, internal cooperation for development, project management. Prior to assuming his responsibilities at the Ministry of Energy (Petroleum Division), he has served as Additional Secretary (Power Finance) for two years in Power Division and Additional Secretary, Finance Division for a short period. 

He has also served as Joint Secretary in Power Division and Interior Division between 2015 to 2022. During the stay at Interior Division he worked as one of the team leads on FATF which helped Pakistan to get out of grey list in 2022. He also served as MD, NTDC, MD PPMC and as Secretary to Government of GB. He holds Bachelor degree in Civil Engineering from UET, Lahore and MBA (Oil & Gas Management) degree from University of Dundee, Scotland (UK).

He is also a board member of Pakistan Petroleum Limited (PPL), Sui Northern Gas Pipelines Limited (SNGPL) and Pakistan State Oil (PSO).