New Delhi, July 4 : Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officer Afzal Amanullah Thursday took charge as the secretary in the union parliamentary affairs ministry.
Prior to the appointment, he was special secretary in the consumer affairs, food and public distribution ministry.
A 1979 batch IAS officer, Amanullah has also served in the information and broadcasting ministry.
—IANS
Muslim Mirror input:
Afzal Amanullah is son-in-law of former diplomat and parliamentarian Syed Shahabuddin. Amanullah’s wife Parveen is cabinet minister in the Nitish Kumar government in Bihar. Afzal was also posted in Bihar for years. He was cabinet secretary as well as secretary to Governor of Bihar.