Allah Dino Khawaja

Allah Dino Khawaja
Inspector General Motorway Police
Assumed office
September 2018
Appointed by Imran Khan
Inspector General Sindh Police
In office
14 March 2016 – 13 June 2018
Appointed by Nawaz Sharif
Personal details
Nationality  Pakistan
Alma mater Cadet College Petaro
University of Sindh

Allah Dino Khawaja (a.k.a. A.D. Khawaja) (Sindhi: الله ڏنو خواجا‎) is a Pakistani police officer who serves in BPS-21 grade (second-highest attainable rank for a serving officer) as the Inspector General of Motorway Police. Khawaja is batchmates with prominent bureaucrats namely Fawad Hasan Fawad (PAS), Rizwan Ahmed (PAS), Sikandar Sultan Raja (PAS) and Jawad Rafique Malik (PAS).[1][2][3][4][5]

Khawaja had taken serious decisions and implemented the National Action Plan of Pakistan and Karachi operation during his tenure as Inspector General of Sindh Police from March 2016 to June 2018.[6][7][8] During his tenure as IG Sindh, he launched reforms into the policing system in Sindh province and revised CCTV monitoring system in the city of Karachi. For the first time in the history of Sindh, under the leadership of I.G. Allah Dino Khawaja, police constables had been appointed purely on merit through credible testing services and physical test by the Pakistan Army.[9]

Early life

Khawaja belongs to a village[10] in Tando Muhammad Khan district. He was enrolled in Cadet College Petaro, from where he completed his Intermediate[10] in 1982. After that, Khawaja completed his Master’s in Criminology from University of Sindh.[11]

Career

Khawaja has served as SSP in various districts of Sindh and worked in Karachi as DIG in districts South and East. He also rendered his services in Intelligence Bureau (IB) as a joint director.[10]

He was also posted as DIG for telecommunication and director for Sindh’s anti-corruption department. Khawaja also worked as personal staff officer for two chief ministers, Syed Muzaffar Hussain Shah and Syed Abdullah Ali Shah.[11]

Khawaja was appointed to the position of IGP Sindh in March 2016 and served as the provincial top cop till June 2018. In September 2018, Prime Minister Imran Khan appointed Khawaja as the Inspector General of the National Highways & Motorway Police.[12]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "A tale of patties and pastries". Tribune.com.pk. Retrieved 9 August 2018.
  2. ↑ Fawad Hasan Fawad (PAS),
  3. ↑ "{title}". Archived from the original on 2018-08-09. Retrieved 2018-08-09.
  4. ↑ "AD Khawaja appointed new IG Sindh". Tribune.com.pk. 12 March 2016. Archived from the original on 9 November 2017. Retrieved 9 November 2017.
  5. ↑ "15th Common officials — a 'darling' group of ruling govt". Pakistantoday.com.pk. Archived from the original on 14 February 2018. Retrieved 6 May 2018.
  6. ↑ "Sindh Police". Sindhpolice.gov.pk. Retrieved 2018-05-24.
  7. ↑ "Sindh Police Official Website". Sindhpolice.gov.pk. Retrieved 2018-05-24.
  8. ↑ Imdad Soomro. "Sindh Police constables appointed on merit this time". THE NEWS INTERNATIONAL. Archived from the original on 4 January 2017. Retrieved 4 January 2017.
  9. ↑ "Sindh Police constables appointed on merit this time". Thenews.com.pk. Archived from the original on 2017-11-10. Retrieved 2018-02-21.
  10. 1 2 3 "Time To See The New Face Of The Sindh Police Department". Parhlo.com. Archived from the original on 28 March 2018. Retrieved 27 March 2018.
  11. 1 2 "Man who patrolled streets as milk seller to uncover corrupt cops takes charge as new IG". Tribune.com.pk. Archived from the original on 28 March 2018. Retrieved 27 March 2018.
  12. ↑ "AD Khawaja appointed new IG Sindh". Tribune.com.pk. Archived from the original on 28 March 2018. Retrieved 27 March 2018.
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