The Living Scripts | Parvez Ahmed Butt (Former Secretary, Ministry of Housing/S&T)

The
fourteenth session of IPS’ series of programs ‘The Living Scripts‘
was held with Parvez Ahmed Butt, former secretary, Minister of Housing, Works
& Environment, & Ministry of Science & Technology, on September 11,
2020.

Reflecting
on his childhood, Butt told that he was born before the partition of Indo-Pak
so he had a chance to pursue his earlier studies from both the countries. His
ambition all this time however was to join civil services so he channeled his
path keeping that in mind.

Speaking
of his rich life experiences, the speaker shared several anecdotes from his professional
life with the audience, especially from his tenures as home secretary,
assistant political agent, subjugate magistrate of Jirgah, deputy commissioner
of Khairpur, chairman of the Karachi Metropolitan Corporation (KMC), his
posting in Ministry of Presidential Affairs, and his times as director general
of Exchanges and Supplies as well as the commissioner of Karachi Electric
Supply (KES), apprising the audience on the way about several occasions when he
was faced with difficult circumstances but came out successful on the back of
his determination and hard work.