Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Police


The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Police is responsible for law enforcement and policing in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan.

History

The areas that constitute the present-day Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province have witnessed influences from various civilizations, such as the Persians, Greeks, Bactrians and the Kushans. Further, the land of Pashtun came under the rule of the Ghaznavi, Ghauri, Timurid, Afghan, Mughal and the Sikh dynasties as well. These dynasties maintained various arrangements to police over its populations, such as instating kotwals in cities, chaukidars in villages, barkandaz for the supervision of labour work of convicts and private militia in different Khanates of the time.
In 1849, the land of the Pashtun was annexed by the British. Initially the British maintained the policing system of the Mughals and Sikhs in major part of the Pashtun land, however, to establish durable peace and security Punjab Frontier Force was raised. After the war of independence in 1857, there was no organised police force in India and a full-fledged policing system was established under Police Act of 1861. The Act was extended to frontier territory in 1889 and a number of armed personnel were placed at the disposal of the Deputy Commissioner/district Magistrate for Police duties.

Police Act of 1861

After gaining full control of India the British rulers constituted a Police Commission on 17 August 1860. This Commission submitted its report within 22 days with a draft Police Act which was enacted in 1861 and the present Police force came into being. This Police Act was drafted on the lines of Irish Constabulary Act and was primarily meant to create a Police force to consolidate and maintain British rule in the region. It was absolutely different from the philosophy, duties and objectives of Police forces in Great Britain.
In 1901, the frontier territory was constituted as a province called the North-West Frontier Province and placed under the Chief Commissioner control who used to agent to the Governor General of India. In this new province, two administrative systems were established: The British territory of the province was divided into five Settled Districts, i.e. Hazara, Peshawar, Kohat, Bannu and Dera Ismail Khan and the territories lying in the North and the West of the settled districts were divided into five Political Agencies, i.e. Khyber, Mohmand, Kurrum, North Waziristan & the South Waziristan Agencies. Each Political Agency was under a Political Agent. The Settled Districts were under the Inspector General of Police of the N-WFP. Criminal Courts were established under Code of Criminal Procedure in 1889. There was Cantonment Police for the protections of garrisons as well.
For Political Agencies, different Levies were raised like Samana Rifles, Border Military Police, Chitral Scouts and Kurrum Militia. In addition to the Levies, the indigenous Maliki and Khasadari systems were also allowed to continue. Samana Rifles and Border Military Police were later merged in 1913 to form a new force – the Frontier Constabulary was constituted. In 1935, Police Training School was established in Hangu.
After a reasonable time of its introduction and operations on ground, the government of British India appointed a seven-member commission headed by Andrew Henderson Leith Fraser on 9 July 1902 in order to have a detailed review and to recommend possible improvements. The Commission recommended limited organizational and procedural modifications.

After Independence

The Police Rules were framed in 1934 which provide detailed instructions/procedures on all aspects of Police working. After the independence of Pakistan in 1947, the Police Act of 1861 was still in vogue, yet successive governments appointed 24 commissions and committees to suggest proposals to improve the police force in teething country.
The First Martyr/ Shaheed of KPK Police was Assistant Sub-Inspector Arbab Rafiullah Jan. He was a brave officer from Peshawar. He sacrificed his life while solving a public dispute between two parties in 1966 and he was awarded civil award Tamgha E Shujaat for the sacrifice.
From 1901 to 1947, all Inspector General were British military of civil officers. After independence in 1947, Khan Gul Muhammad Khan became the first local IG Police in 1948. In 1955, Muhammad Anwar Ali became the IGP when NWFP became part of West Pakistan under One Unit System. MAK Chaudhary was posted as IGP NWFP in 1970 after the abolishment of the One Unit system. In 2010, NWFP was renamed as Khyber Pakhtunkhwa during the tenure of IGP Malik Naveed Khan.

Modern times

From 1947 to 2001, no major paradigm shift took place in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa police organisation except when the police uniform was changed and black coloured shirt was introduced while the Khaki drill trousers of Pakistan Army was kept intact. This was done during President Muhammad Ayub Khan's time. This pattern of uniform is still in use.
The Government promulgated a new police order 2002 which brought many important changes in the police system and made it more responsive accountable and democratic.

Special Police Organizations

The Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa government will provide funding for police commandos to receive training along the pattern of the al Zarrar company of the Pakistan Army's Special Services Group. The govt has also set up a training school in Nowshehra for this very sole purpose.
Note that the Levies and Khasadar will now fall under the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Police.

Agency executives of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Police

Inspector Generals of Police

The current Inspector General of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Police is: Sanaullah Abbassi
Below is a list of former inspector generals that served the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Police.
  1. Arthur Finch Perrott
  2. * 4 April 1938 – 3 April 1939
  3. * 2 August 1940 – 1 September 1940
  4. * 2 December 1940 – 30 August 1944
  5. * 3 October 1944 – 1 July 1945
  6. * 29 August 1945 – 3 October 1945
  7. Sir Oliver Gilbert Grace
  8. * 10 April 1947 – 23 April 1948
  9. * 1 November 1948 – 9 August 1951
  10. Sardar Abdur Rashid
  11. * 10 August 1951 – 31 July 1952
  12. * 1 October 1952 – 23 April 1953
  13. Ayub Baksh Awan
  14. * 1 August 1952 – 9 November 1952
  15. * 24 April 1953 – 17 August 1955
  16. Mahmood Ali Khan Chaudhry
  17. * 1 July 1970 – 10 May 1971
  18. Muhammad Muzaffar Khan Bangash
  19. * 14 May 1971 – 7 Nov 1972
  20. Saifullah Khan
  21. * 7 November 1972 – 12 February 1974
  22. Mian Bashir Ahmed
  23. * 18 February 1972 – 19 February 1975
  24. M Y Orakzai
  25. * 19 February 1975 – 14 July 1980
  26. Dil Jan Khan Marwat
  27. * 1 December 1983 – 2 November 1985
  28. Muhammad Abbas Khan
  29. * 3 November 1985 – 1 June 1988
  30. * 29 January 1989 – 5 September 1990
  31. Syed Saddat Ali Shah
  32. * 12 June 1988 – 29 January 1989
  33. Syed Masud Shah
  34. * 5 September 1990 – 28 July 1993
  35. * 26 February 1994 – 10 November 1996
  36. Javaid Qayum Khan
  37. * 28 July 1993 – 26 February 1994
  38. Muhammad Aziz Khan
  39. * 10 November 1996 – 10 March 1997
  40. Syed Kamal Shah
  41. * 10 March 1997 – 26 October 1999
  42. Muhammad Saeed Khan
  43. * 26 October 1999 – 7 June 2003
  44. Muhammad Raffat Pasha
  45. * 17 June 2003 – 8 January 2007
  46. Muhammad Sharif Virk
  47. * 8 January 2007 – 11 March 2008
  48. Malik Naveed Khan
  49. * 12 March 2008 – 30 August 2010
  50. Fiaz Ahmad Khan Toru
  51. * 31 August 2010 – 24 October 2011
  52. Muhammad Akbar Khan Hoti
  53. * 25 October 2011 – 16 April 2013
  54. Lt.Cdr Ihsan Ghani
  55. * May 2013 - September 2013
  56. Nasir Durrani
  57. * 25 September 2013 – 16 March 2017
  58. Syed Akhtar Ali Shah
  59. * 17 March 2017 – 4 APRIL 2017
  60. Salahuddin Khan Mehsud
  61. * 31 March 2017 – 13 June 2018
  62. Muhammad Tahir
  63. * 14 June 2018- 10 September 2018
  64. Salahuddin Khan Mehsud
  65. * 11 September 2018 to 9 February 2019
  66. Muhammad Naeem Khan
  67. * 11 February 2019 to 2 January 2020
  68. Sanaullah Abbasi from 2 January 2020
  69. *

    Additional IGs

Various Additional Inspector Generals of Police are assisting the IGP to look after distinct affairs in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province. Below is a list of current Additional IGPs:
Designations of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Police are as follow:
GradePolice RanksAbbreviations
BPS-05
  • Constable
  • FC
    • BPS-07
  • Head Constable
  • HC
    • BPS-09
  • Assistant Sub-Inspector
  • ASI
    • BPS-14
  • Sub-Inspector
  • SI
    • BPS-16
  • Police Inspector
  • Inspector
    • BPS-17
  • Assistant Superintendent of Police
  • Deputy Superintendent of Police
  • ASP
  • DSP
    • BPS-18
  • Superintendent of Police
  • SP
    • BPS-19
  • Senior Superintendent of Police/Assistant Inspector General
  • SSP/AIG
    • BPS-20
  • Deputy Inspector General
  • DIG
    • BPS-21
  • Additional Inspector General
  • Addl. IG
    • BPS-22
  • Inspector General of Police
  • IGP

    • Posts

    SHO, SDPO, DPO, CPO, RPO and PPO are posts, not ranks. So you may see a lower rank acting as a higher post for some time.