The federal government has appointed Mohammad Aamir Zulfiqar Khan as the Punjab Inspector General (IG) after Faisal Shahkar stepped down amid political turmoil.
A notification issued by Establishment Division confirmed Zulfiqar’s appointment. With the approval of the Federal Government. Mr. Muhammad Aamir Zulfiqar Khan, a BS-21 Officer of the Police Service of Pakistan presently serving as Deputy Director General Anti-Narcotics Force (ANF). under Narcotics Control Division, is transferred and posted as Provincial Police Officer (PP0).
The newly appointed senior law enforcement official in the most populous area of the country is one of many distinguished and skilled cops. Both the Quaide-Azam Police Medal and the Pakistan Police Medal were awarded to him.
In the 1990s, Zulfiqar became an assistant superintendent in the Pakistan Police Service. He is a member of Pakistan’s 19th Common of Police.
He held the positions of SSP Toba Tek Singh, SSP Administration Special Branch Punjab and SSP Special Branch Lahore Region, DIG Operations Lahore, RPO Multan, DIG CTD Punjab, DIG Operations CPO Punjab Lahore, and Additional IG Operations CPO Punjab Lahore during his 30 years of service.
Aamir Zulfiqar also worked for the federal government, the provinces of Sindh, Punjab, and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.
On Wednesday, the federal government appointed Ghulam Rasool Zahir as acting IG after Faisal Shahkar relinquished the charge.
The high-profile appointments come as the political crisis is brewing in the province as Punjab Assembly Speaker Sibtain Khan and Governor Baligur Rehman are at odds over calling a fresh session of the assembly for a vote of confidence for Chief Minister Parvez Elahi.
The outgoing chief secretary had been requesting a transfer to another position for a while, but the PDM administration in the Center had refused to consider his request. In September of last year, when Sumbal was assigned more responsibility for the chief secretary, he allegedly later took a leave of absence in protest.
Faisal Shahkar has relinquished his charge as Punjab IGP as he is set to leave for New York to take on his new assignment at the United Nations.
