By Our Web Reporter
LAHORE– The Punjab government has appointed Additional Inspector General of Police Rao Sardar Ali the managing director of the Punjab Safe Cities Authority (PSCA) and Deputy Inspector General of Police Muhammad Kamran Khan Chief Operating Officer.
A notification was issued on Thursday night.
Additional IG Sardar was awaiting posting, while DIG Kamran Khan was earlier working as Chief Administration Officer PSCA.
Both officers assumed the charge of their offices on Friday. Rao Sardar has replaced Additional IG Ali Aamir Malik, while Kamran Khan has replaced DIG Akbar Nasir Khan.
Profile of Additional IG Rao Sardar
Additional IG Rao Sradar Ali Khan has earlier served the Intelligence Bureau (IB) and the Punjab police at field and office positions.
Profile of DIG Kamran Khan
DIG Kamran Khan joined PSCA as Chief Administration Officer in 2017 and streamlined the human resource wing of the authority. He has been credited with hiring more than 50 per cent of the existing staff of the authority that is now operating in more than six cities with 1,000 staff.
Earlier, he worked as DIG Development and AIG Development at the Central Police Office (CPO) Punjab and helped develop police infrastructure of worth around Rs14 billion that is unprecedented in the previous 10 years history of the Punjab police.
With degrees in electrical engineering from the University of Engineering and Technology, Lahore and LLM from the London School of Economics, Khan has also served Balochistan police as DIG Headquarters and Punjab Police as Khanewal DPO.
He was rewarded with the President Police Medal (PPM) during his posting as Assistant Superintendent of Police (ASP). He was also nominated for National Civil award (Tamgha-e-Shujaat).
Mr Khan has also served the United Nations in Sudan and was awarded UN Medal for Peace (UNPM).
The officer is also winner of International Visitor Leadership Programme (IVLP) Award, US and British Chevening Scholarship, UK.
Police circles rate him high for his uprightness, professionalism and hard work.
