Staff Correspondent
PESHAWAR: The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government has ordered transfers and postings of 18 senior police officers, with several officials relieved of their provincial assignments and directed to report to the Establishment Division in Islamabad.
Additional Inspector General Dr Fasihuddin is among the officers reportedly relieved of their currents posts in the province.
Under the reshuffle, Nasir Mahmood Satti has been appointed Commandant of the Frontier Reserve Police (FRP), while Syed Fida Hassan Shah, RPO Malakand, has been posted as Deputy Inspector General (DIG) Operations.
Jehanzeb Nazir Khan has been appointed Regional Police Officer (RPO) Hazara Region. Shakir Hussain Dawar has been posted as RPO Kohat, while Zahid Nawaz has been appointed RPO Malakand.
Muhammad Azhar has been assigned as Assistant Inspector General (AIG) Operations at the Central Police Office (CPO). Muhammad Waqas Khan has been appointed District Police Officer (DPO) Mansehra, Muhammad Jameel Akhtar DPO Buner, and Niaz Muhammad DPO Karak.
Mushtaq Ahmed has been posted as Superintendent of Police (SP) Elite Force for the Peshawar Region. Muhammad Khalid appointed DPO Lower Chitral, while Taimoor Khan has been posted as DPO Haripur.
DPO Lower Chitral Resham Jehangir and Haripur DPO Shafiullah have been directed to report to the Central Police Office in Peshawar. DPO Karak Imran Khan has also been ordered to report to the Establishment Division.
DIG Legal Humayun Masood Sandhu and Kohat RPO Irfan Tariq have been relieved of their provincial assignments and ordered to report to the Establishment Division in Islamabad.
The reshuffles were made soon after the federal government imposed a state of emergency in 12 districts of Khyber Pakthunkhwa and governor’s rule in the whole province on October 11.