KARACHI: In a significant development, Insp­ector General of Police Ghulam Nabi Memon has appointed a senior grade-19 police officer as the spokesperson for the department.

The IGP made SSP Syed Irfan Ali Bahadur, an officer of Police Service of Pakistan (BS-19) currently posted as Assistant IG-Welfare, as the spokesperson for the Sindh police with immediate effect.

An official said that it was the first time that a serving SSP was appo­inted as the police spokesperson.

Published in Dawn, April 11th, 2023

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