Salahuddin Khan Mehsud appointed as inspector general of police for Khyber Pakhtunkhwa

E-Paper | April 27, 2026

Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif on Thursday appointed Salahuddin Khan Mehsud as the new inspector general of police for Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) province on Thursday, said a notification.

Mehsud is a grade 21 officer of the Police Service of Pakistan (PSP).

The post of IGP was lying vacant after the recent retirement of Nair Khan Durrani on March 17.

Mehsud was the junior of three officers whose name was forwarded by the provincial government to the federal government.

The new inspector general joined the PSP in 1989 and was currently serving as AIG of special branch in the province. He had also served in CID, traffic and the frontier reserve police before his current assignment.

He was promoted to grade 21 in February.

Additional IGP Akhtar Ali Shah, who was briefly the acting IG, also congratulated Mehsud and wished him well.

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alien

Mar 30, 2017 10:19pm

Only good work PTI did in KPK was to depoliticised the KPK police and NS appointed this IG . Obviously he will promote NS not anyone Else..

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Rohail

Mar 30, 2017 10:29pm

Tough task in a difficult province. Good luck!

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Hamad

Mar 30, 2017 11:03pm

Good Luck sir and many congratulations to lead the world bravest Police force.

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gA Khan

Mar 30, 2017 11:23pm

Merit flouted in the appointment of a junior officer against a senior post superseding two senior officers of the province. What would have happened if merit had been followed in assigning the post to the deserving one. I am not against the new IG police and I extend my heartiest felicitation to him for the new assignment, I just want to pursue policy of merit in all appointments and that will be in the interest of all.

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PAtriot

Mar 30, 2017 11:44pm

PM appoints IGs? What does the Interior Minister do?

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Sameer

Mar 31, 2017 02:11am

IGP KPK with in 18 years of service? Wow! He is going to herr for a very long time MashAllah.

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Alba

Mar 31, 2017 04:51am

There is a reason for this change. Some of the KPK police were abusing their power.

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Sohail Khan Wazir

Mar 31, 2017 08:04am

Congrats sir. He belongs from FATA Waziristan.

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Mar 31, 2017 08:30am

Enough of cleansing in KPK Police has been done by the previous IGP and hope the process will continue so that Policemen serve the general public and not to fill their own pockets.

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Kalam

Mar 31, 2017 09:24am

Many many congratulations to Salah U Din

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Naeem Sajjad

Mar 31, 2017 11:28am

Ex-IG durrani definitely upgraded the police.Hopefully,this trend will continue

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Fareed N

Mar 31, 2017 06:46pm

An example for other provinces particularly Punjab and Sindh. Depoliticized department of Police is the only way to justice.

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