Nasir Khan Durrani (17 March 1957 – 19 April 2021) was a Pakistani police officer belonging to the 10th CTP who served in BPS-22 grade.

Biography

Durrani was highly regarded as an honest police officer in the country. In September 2013, he was appointed the Provincial Police Office (

Inspector General of Police An Inspector General of Police is a senior police officer in the police force or police service of several nations. The rank usually refers to the head of a large regional command within a police service, and in many countries refers to the most se ...

) of the

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thus making him top cop of the province, where he served till March 2017. As Inspector General of Police, Durrani oversaw all patrol and speciality units, and managed department policy that affected Khyber Pakhtunkhwa's many diverse communities. He was a

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, belonging to

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tribe. Durrani's tenure as chief of

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earned him fame and good repute since his policies were admired by the public. Showing his intellect, he managed to establish police specialised schools all over the province which has a vital part to play in raising the standards of policing. He was also credited as a pioneer of the safe city and rapid response projects of KPK police. After winning the elections in 2018,

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shared in his first speech to the nation that he had asked Durrani to help improve the police standards of Punjab province. He was subsequently appointed the chairman of the Punjab Police Reform Commission in September 2018, where he served until October 2018. Nasir Durrani died on 19 April 2021, in Mayo Hospital, Lahore of COVID-19.

References

Pakistani police officers 1957 births 2021 deaths Pashtun people IGPs of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Police Deaths from the COVID-19 pandemic in Pakistan {{Pakistan-law-enforcement-bio-stub