Aftab Ghulam Nabi Kazi

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Aftab Ghulam Nabi Kazi
Aftab Ghulam Nabi Kazi in Washington D.C., United States, circa 1960.
Chairman of Pakistan Board of Investment
In office 19 October 1993 – 15 November 1994
President	Farooq Leghari
Prime Minister	Benazir Bhutto
12th Deputy chairman of the Planning Commission (Pakistan)
In office 7 October 1986 – 23 August 1993
President	General Zia-ul-Haq Ghulam Ishaq Khan
Prime Minister	Muhammad Khan Junejo Benazir Bhutto Ghulam Mustafa Jatoi Nawaz Sharif
Preceded by	V.A. Jafary
Succeeded by	Saeed Ahmed Quresh
8th Governor of the State Bank of Pakistan
In office 15 July 1978 – 9 July 1986
President	General Zia-ul-Haq
Preceded by	S. Osman Ali
Succeeded by	Vasim Aon Jafarey
Chairman of the Federal Board of Revenue (Pakistan)
In office 8 September 1970 – 20 August 1973
President	Fazal Ilahi Chaudhry Zulfikar Ali Bhutto
Prime Minister	Zulfikar Ali Bhutto
9th Finance Secretary of Pakistan
In office 8 September 1970 – 20 August 1973
President	Fazal Ilahi Chaudhry Zulfikar Ali Bhutto
Prime Minister	Zulfikar Ali Bhutto
Personal details
Born	Aftab Ahmad Ghulam Nabi Kazi (1919-11-06)6 November 1919 Sindh, British India
Died	9 August 2016(2016-08-09) (aged 96) Islamabad, Pakistan
Citizenship	Pakistan
Nationality	Sindhi
Spouse	Zakia Nabi Kazi
Alma mater	University of Bombay
Occupation	Teacher, civil servant
Notable awards	Star of Pakistan (1966) Star of Service (1969)

Aftab Ghulam Nabi Kazi (Urdu: آفتاب غلام نبی قاضی; 6 November 1919 – 9 August 2016) SPk, SK, also known as AGN Kazi, was a Pakistani civil servant and a bureaucrat during the Cold War and during the post cold war. Kazi was born in Sindh, Bombay Presidency, in 1919 to an academic family. He started his career in the Indian Civil Service in 1944 and served as the Deputy Commissioner of Bihar and Orissa. After the partition of India, Kazi migrated to Pakistan and joined the Provincial Government of Sindh, and held positions such as Secretary of Finance and Secretary to the Governor.

During the early 1960s, Kazi was Economic Minister in the Pakistan Embassy to the USA. After a brief stint as Additional Chief Secretary of West Pakistan, he was appointed Chairman of the Water and Power Development Authority. In that role, he was responsible for the completion of the Mangla Dam Project. In March 1969, he was appointed Secretary for Industries and Natural Resources and then a year later he became Finance Secretary, a post he held for over three years until his elevation as secretary general.

After the power struggle triggered by General Yahya Khan's general election, Zulfikar Bhutto became the new leader of Pakistan. In 1973, Kazi became Secretary General Finance and Economic Coordination. When Ghulam Ishaq Khan became Finance Minister, Kazi was appointed Economic Advisor to the President in July 1977. In 1978, Kazi was appointed as Governor of State Bank of Pakistan until 1986. The Pakistan State Bank, under Kazi, was characterised by excellent financial discipline in the banking sector coupled with good relations with the Federal Government.

Kazi was the longest-serving civil servant in the history of Pakistan. As a leading civil servant, Kazi passed through several major events in the history of Pakistan, including the removal of Bhutto and the mysterious death of General Zia-ul-Haq. In 1993, he was appointed as the chairman Privatization Commission and was again given the status of a Federal Minister as Chief Executive of the Pakistan Investment Board. In 1994, Kazi retired from office, at the age of 75, and led a quiet retired life in Islamabad. He died on 9 August 2016 after a prolonged illness. At his death, he was among the last living members of the old Indian Civil Service.^{[citation needed]}