Major reshuffle in K-P bureaucracy, police after emergency

PESHAWAR:

The Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa government has ordered a major reshuffle in the provincial bureaucracy and police following the imposition of emergency and Governor's Rule, transferring commissioners, deputy commissioners and senior police officers across the province.

According to notifications issued by the provincial Establishment Department, commissioners of six divisions have been changed, while four commissioners have been made Officers on Special Duty (OSDs).

Special Secretary Agriculture Pervez has been appointed Kohat commissioner, while Bannu Commissioner Khalid Mahmood has been transferred to Peshawar. Ahmed Ali Shah, who was awaiting posting, has been appointed Mardan commissioner, while PDMA Director Naeemullah has been posted as Bannu commissioner. Special Secretary Home Shakirullah has been appointed Hazara commissioner, and Federal Joint Secretary Iqbal Hussain has been transferred as Malakand commissioner.

Commissioners Riaz Khan Mahsud and Habibullah Arif have been made OSDs. Commissioners Shahidullah, Masood Ahmed and Mutasim Billah have been directed to report to the Establishment Department.

Several deputy commissioners have also been transferred. Muhammad Waseem has been appointed Haripur DC, Arif Khan Malakand DC and Afaq Wazir Peshawar DC. Other appointments include Ehsanullah as Lower Chitral DC, an additional secretary of the Agriculture Department as Upper Dir DC, Shahriyar Qamar as Upper Swat DC, Gohar Ali as Battagram DC, Behzad Adil as Abbottabad DC, Shahid Rafiq as Lakki Marwat DC and Shah Saud as Mardan DC.

In a parallel move, the Inspector General of Police has ordered extensive transfers in the provincial police force.

Additional IG Fasihuddin has been directed to report to Islamabad, while Hazara RPO Nasir Mahmood Satti has been posted as FRP commandant.