Malik Muhammad Saad Khan Shaheed (19 May 1959 – 27 January 2007), was
one-star rank
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senior police officer, engineer, and former Chief Capital City Police Officer (CCPO) of
Peshawar
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,
North-West Frontier Province
The North-West Frontier Province (NWFP; ps, شمال لویدیځ سرحدي ولایت, ) was a Chief Commissioner's Province of British India, established on 9 November 1901 from the north-western districts of the Punjab Province. Followi ...
, Pakistan. He was in charge of security in the provincial capital of Peshawar. He was killed in a suicide bomb attack while on duty reviewing security arrangements during a Shia procession during the
Islamic month of
Muharram
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in January 2007.
Death and legacy
Still young Malik Saad was martyred in a suicide attack on 27 January 2007. His funeral was attended by over 200,000 people and his legacy remains an integral part of the history of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province and the
Civil Services of Pakistan.
Honors
Numerous buildings and charities have been named after him, including the Malik Muhammad Saad Khan Shaheed flyover, a project which Malik Saad personally began during his tenure as DG CD&MDD and the Peshawar Police Lines, which was renamed the Malik Saad Shaheed Police Lines in his honour. Malik Saad was awarded the
Nishan-e-Shujaat
Nishan-e-Shujaat ( ur, , lit=Order of Bravery; also spelled Nishan-i-Shujaat) is a civilian honour awarded by the Government of Pakistan for military and civilian acts of conspicuous gallantry, which are not always in the face of the enemy. The N ...
, the highest civilian award for gallantry.
See also
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Tahir Dawar
Mohammad Tahir Khan Dawar ( ur, طاہر داوڑ; ps, طاهر داوړ) was a Pakistani police officer and Pashto poet who was abducted from Islamabad on October 26, 2018 and then tortured and killed. His body was found on November 13, 2018 b ...
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Safwat Ghayur
References and external links
Malik Saad Shaheed Sports Trust Web SiteMalik Saad memorial web siteDurrani pays tribute to Mailk Saad Federal minister pays tribute to SaadTHE NEWS: NWFP loses its finest copDecember 2006 PeshawarJanuary 2007 Peshawar*
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NWFP loses a fine copSaad the MartyrTwo Fine Police Officers
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Pashtun people
Pakistani Muslims
Pakistani police officers
1959 births
2007 deaths
Pakistani civil engineers
Pakistan Army civilians
People from Kohat District
People from Peshawar