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It is a Karachi-based unit, with its operational jurisdiction extending throughout Sindh as a whole. It was established in 2010 in response to increased rates of terrorism . [ 2 ] The unit reports to the IG Sindh and DIGP Security/Commandant Mr. Maqsood Ahmed is the founding head of the unit.
The Sindh Police (Urdu: سندھ پولیس, Sindhi: سنڌ پوليس), is a law enforcement agency established in 1843 under a proclamation issued by Sir Charles James Napier, who became the conqueror of the State of Sindh by defeating the forces of the Talpur rulers at the Battle of Miani near Hyderabad on 20 March 1843.
The department deals with postings, promotions, and transfers in the Government of Sindh. This posting is given to a senior Officer in the Pakistan Administrative Service usually of the rank of BS-21. [1] [2] [3] The SGA&CD runs the Government of Sindh 'Protocol Cell'. It is also in charge of all Sindh Government Official residences and ...
Special Branch (Pakistan) (Urdu: سپیشل برانچ ) are an intelligence unit in the Police Service of Pakistan. [1] It is a specialized unit in each provincial police force [2] responsible for collecting and analyzing intelligence information within its territory.
Each police force has a Commissioner of Police appointed as Inspector-General who is a senior officer from the Police Service of Pakistan. [4] Some provincial police forces are routinely supported by federal paramilitary units operating in that area. All provincial police forces contain Counter Terrorism Department and Special Branch.
Since 2010, Karachi CTD personnel have engaged in police encounters, shoot-outs, murder cases, and high speed chases involving the al-Qaeda and TTP terrorists. In 2015, CTD teams gunned down four al-Qaeda operatives after a high speed chase took place in Qayyumabad in Karachi. [ 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 where he served till February 2020.
In May 1995, arm clashes again broke out between the MQM and the Sindh Police managed by the PPP. [4] Benazir Bhutto's steps towards the counterinsurgency did, however, bring some calm in Karachi by the spring of 1996. [4] Over this issue, Murtaza Bhutto was notably gunned down in a police encounter with the Sindh Police.