Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Azad Kashmir's IGs, chief secretaries transferred

E-Paper | June 04, 2026

The federal government on Saturday transferred erstwhile Inspector General of Police (IGP) for Khyber Pakhtunkhawa Salahuddin Khan Mehsud and erstwhile IGP of Azad Kashmir Muhammad Naeem Khan to each other's postings.

Simultaneously, KP's Chief Secretary Naveed Kamran Baloch, a Grade-22 officer, was also transferred from his post, which was subsequently given to Grade-21 officer Muhammad Salim, who is set to retire on October 30 this year.

Baloch, meanwhile, has been asked to report back to the Establishment Division. He had been appointed chief secretary of the province by the caretaker government in 2018.

Likewise, Mathar Niaz Rana was appointed new chief secretary of Azad Kashmir instead of Grade-21 officer Khawaja Daud Ahmed, who has been appointed additional registrar of the Supreme Court for a period of three years on deputation.

Rana had been serving as the additional secretary of industries and production until now.

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Tahir Sherani is an Islamabad-based reporter for Dawn News (TV) with 16 years of experience. His coverage focuses on the national economy, energy, cabinet affairs, the Establishment Division, and the Prime Minister’s Office.

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Tahir

Feb 09, 2019 05:36pm

AJK government is under the Pakistan PTI government, has no role.

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Fastrack

Feb 09, 2019 05:37pm

Mehsud should hopefully bring similar improvement in Azad Kashmir to what he brought in KP. Positive changes overall.

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Newborn

Feb 09, 2019 05:50pm

Must have said no to some bigwig in PTI.

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Danish

Feb 09, 2019 05:54pm

Very good. Get Pti loyalist officers on these post . It will to built Naya Pakistan quickly.

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Awan

Feb 09, 2019 06:02pm

Too much for the so called Independant police. Imran Khan is controlling police from his drawing room and that is a fact.

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Sifarish

Feb 09, 2019 06:11pm

Crime in Punjab is all time high. When will get a new IG?

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shahid

Feb 09, 2019 07:06pm

New face of PTI has no compatibility with up right officers like Mehsud.

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Harry Jam

Feb 09, 2019 07:39pm

@Tahir, AJK govt is headed by PM Raja Farooq Haider who is N-league not PTI. They don't get along.

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Zak

Feb 09, 2019 08:33pm

Now the clean up begins.

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Javed

Feb 09, 2019 09:11pm

Just yesterday our PM was saying ‘no political interference in the bureaucracy’.

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Khan

Feb 09, 2019 10:08pm

So much for your depolocised police Mr PM. The most honest and competent officer in KP police history is shown the door just because he resisted political influence in policing in relation to tribal merger. Just wait and see and you will see how quickly the KP police unravels.

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Jibran

Feb 09, 2019 11:12pm

@Javed, he meant appointments on merit not gullu butts

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Ayaz Noorani

Feb 10, 2019 08:45pm

Very strange stand being taken by some, without even knowing the facts they are hinting that he was transferred becuase he did not deliver. My question is then why was he transferred to AJK if he is a incompetetnt officer?

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Syedain

Feb 11, 2019 12:07pm

@Fastrack, Then they should have brought him ( Mr. Mahsud ) in Punjab as Inspector General Police.

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