Imran Yaqoob Minhas appointed Karachi’s new police chief
Karachi
May 11, 2021
The Government of Sindh on Monday swapped the posts of the Karachi police and Special Branch chiefs, appointing Imran Yaqoob Minhas as Karachi Range Additional Inspector General of Police (Addl IGP) and Ghulam Nabi Memon as Special Branch Addl IGP. A total of four officers have been transferred.
A notification issued by Sindh Chief Secretary Mumtaz Ali Shah reads that Minhas, an officer of the Police Services of Pakistan (PSP) (BS-21), Special Branch Addl IGP, has been transferred and posted with immediate effect and until further orders as Karachi Range Addl IGP in place of Memon, PSP (BS-21).
You
Tue, 12, 20
In Pakistan, women make up less than one per cent of the overall police force. This week You! takes a look at a programme actively working to increase women’s representation in law enforcement…
In Pakistan, women police officers are rare. Despite the 10 per cent set quota, women make up less than one per cent of the overall police force in the country; with Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) and Balochistan trailing further behind with 0.72 and 0.31 per cent respectively.
Whereas, countries like Bangladesh and Nepal consist of six and eight per cent women in police forces respectively, Pakistani women police officers have the lowest representation in the force in the SAARC region.