K-P cop bags UN Best Police Officer award

PESHAWAR:

A Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa police officer has been honored with the Best Police Officer of Asia award by the United Nations (UN) for his contribution to the UN peacekeeping mission in Kosovo.

The award recipient, SP Sajjad Khan, was recognised for his services as Legal Liaison Officer in Kosovo for conducted investigations of various cases of Muslims ‘prosecution and other criminal cases in the International Court of Justice.

SP had represented the country in the UN Peacekeeping Mission from 2009 to 2012 and he was deployed as the Team Leader in Kosovo’s capital, Pristina.

He also served in the mission from 2007 to 2008 as the Interpol Investigation Officer while for the third time, he was assigned additional responsibilities as Interpol Legal Liaison Officer and Admin and Logistic Officer.

While talking to The Express Tribune, SP Khan said that performing duties for the first time in 2003-04 was not less than a challenge. He told that the police department in Kosovo was headed towards modern policing and they have developed separate units for every police department.

Advising the newly selected police officials, the award winner said that it was mandatory to learn and understand the indigenous culture of the countries they were deployed in. He added that even getting selected for the UN Peacekeeping Mission was an honor.

Published in The Express Tribune, September 30^th, 2020.