In 2020, a separate secretariat was established for southern areas of Punjab (Saraikistan). The secretariat is made up of Dera Ghazi Khan Division, Multan Division and Bahawalpur Division. It became officially operational on 15 October 2020.[5] Initially the departments of Services and General administration (S & GAD), Home department, Health, Law, Education, Agriculture, Planning and Development, Live stock and dairy development, Local government and community development, Housing, urban development and Public health engineering, Irrigation, Forest, Communication and works, Revenue[6] and Police are included in the separate Administrative Secretariat of Saraikistan region with following officers:
(i) Zahid Akhtar Zaman, June 30, 2020 to March 3, 2021 [7]
(ii) Captain Retd, Saif Anjum, March 10, 2021 to April 11, 2021[8]
(iii) Captain Retd Saqib Zafar, April 12, 2021 to till now,[9][10] Additional Chief Secretary Captain (Retd) Zafar Iqbal, Additional Inspector General of Police[11]Momin Agha, Secretary Home department Nosheen Malik, Secretary S & GAD Dr. Ahtasham Anwar, Secretary Education Muhammad Ajmal Bhatti, Secretary Health Rana Ubaidullah Anwar, Secretary Finance Shoaib Iqbal Syed, Secretary Planning and Development Rana Khurram Shehzad Umar, Secretary Local government and community development Liaqat Ali Chatha, Secretary Housing, Urban development and Public health engineering Saqib Ali Ateel, Secretary Agriculture Aftab Ahmad Pirzada, Secretary Live stock and dairy development Nadeem Ahmad Gajana, Secretary Law[12]