Syed Akhtar Ali Shah
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Syed Akhtar Ali Shah (Urdu: سيد اختر علی شاہ) is a Pakistani police officer currently serving as Officer on Special Duty (OSD).
Syed Akhtar Ali Shah | |
|---|---|
| Acting IGP of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa | |
| In office 17 March 2017 – 4 April 2017 | |
| Governor | Iqbal Zafar Jhagra |
| Preceded by | Nasir Durrani |
| Succeeded by | Salahuddin Khan Mehsud |
| Personal details | |
| Alma mater | University of Peshawar Abdul Wali Khan University Mardan |
Awards | Quaid-e-Azam Police Medal Pakistan Police Medal |
| Military service | |
| Allegiance |  Pakistan |
Shah briefly served as the Acting Inspector General of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Police in 2017.[1] In 2006, Shah was the first one who introduced the counter-terrorism policy in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.[2] He served in the Mardan Division from 2008 to 2011 against militants.[2]
Shah got his LLB and Political Science (MA) degrees from University of Peshawar and a doctoral research in Political Science from Abdul Wali Khan University Mardan.[3]