Sindh Police

The Sindh Police is a law enforcement agency established in 1843 under a proclamation issued by Sir Charles Napier, who became the conqueror of the State of Sindh by defeating the forces of the Talpur rulers at the Battle of Miani near Hyderabad on 20 March 1843.
Ever since its inception, the organization was raised on the model of the Royal Irish Constabulary to maintain law and order and law enforcement in Sindh, Pakistan. The department serves an area of ~140,914 km² and has about 280,000 police officers and staff. As of 1 January 2026, Javed Alam Odho is the Inspector-General of Police.
The Sindh Police has been fictionalized as well as dramatized in numerous movies, novels, dramas, and television shows through its history.

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History

After becoming the Governor of Sindh, General Sir Charles James Napier established a policy system based on the pattern of the Royal Irish Constabulary in 1843. British Indian Army Officers closely supervised and controlled the force which was consequently more disciplined, efficient and less corrupt. Influenced by the success of Napier's police, the Court of Directors of the East Bangladesh Company suggested that a common system of police be established on the pattern of the Irish Constabulary.
The British Indian Government set up a Police Commission headed by Mr. H.M. Court in 1860. One of the policy directives to the Police Commission of 1860 was that "though the duties of the police should be entirely civil, not military, the organization and discipline of the police should be similar to those of a military body". The present police system in Pakistan has been established under this Charter. At the time of the British Indian Police there was a famous Superintendent of Police from Pirdad in Punjab named Muhammad Umar Khan, who was much decorated.
In October 2010 the government announced that Sindh Police had been given the approval to use and had received equipment to utilise phone-tracking technology to help them tackle kidnapping cases and corruption on the streets of Karachi.

Designations

Designations of Sindh Police are as follows:

Grade	Police Ranks	Abbreviations
BPS-07	Constable	PC
BPS-09	Head Constable	HC
BPS-11	Assistant Sub-Inspector	ASI
BPS-14	Sub-Inspector	SI
BPS-16	Police Inspector	Inspector
BPS-17
BPS-18	Superintendent of Police	SP
BPS-19	Senior Superintendent of Police/Assistant Inspector General	SSP/AIG
BPS-20	Deputy Inspector General	DIG
BPS-21	Additional Inspector General	Addl. IG
BPS-22	Inspector General of Police	IGP

Posts

SHO, SDPO, DPO, CPO, RPO and PPO are posts, not ranks. So you may see a lower rank acting as a higher post for some time.

Special Security Unit

The Special Security Unit is one of the specialized counterterrorism and security units of the Sindh Police. It performs the function of counterterrorism operations and provide security to important personalities and institutions. It is a Karachi based unit of the Sindh Police, Pakistan and its operational jurisdiction extends to entire area of Sindh. The SSU was established due to the increased security and counterterrorism challenges in the country. It meets the international standards of counterterrorism training and has been directed to deal with the terrorist intimidations. The unit reports to IG Sindh and DIGP Security Mr. Lt Maqsood Ahmed is the founding head of the unit.

Composition and Organization

Central Police Office, Karachi serves as headquarter of Sindh Police where Inspector General of Police, Sindh sits. All main administrative branches of Sindh police such as Investigation, Finance and Establishment branch are also headquartered at CPO Karachi. When it comes to operational jurisdiction, Sindh Police is divided into three ranges. Each range is headed by Additional Inspector General of Police. Each range in return consists of one to three regions/divisions that are headed by Deputy Inspector General of Police. These divisions are consisted of 3 to 7 districts that are led by an officer with a rank of Senior Superintendent of Police. Currently Karachi, Hyderabad, Sukkur, Shaheed Benazirabad, Mirpurkhas, Karachi East, West District|West] and South District|South] are the ranges of Sindh Police that are being led by DIGP rank police officials.

Executive office	Incumbent	Designation Rank
Central Police Office	Javed Alam Odho, PSP	IGP
Establishment	Mr. Zulfiqar Ali Larik, PSP	Addl.IGP
Internal Accountability Bureau, Karachi	Muzzafar Ali Shaikh, PSP	Addl.IGP
Finance, Logistics and Welfare, Karachi	Muzzafar Ali Shaikh, PSP	Addl.IGP
Investigation Branch, Karachi	Mr. Amir Farooqui, PSP	Addl.IGP
Operations Branch, Karachi	Sharjeel Karim Kharal, PSP	Addl.IGP
Counter Terrorism Department, Karachi	Azad Khan Tanoli, PSP	Addl.IGP
Special Branch, Karachi	Zulfiqar Ali Larik, PSP	Addl.IGP
Research & Development Branch, Karachi	Muzzafar Ali Shaikh, PSP	Addl.IGP
Headquarters	Mazhar Nawaz Sheikh, PSP	DIGP
Special Security Unit, Karachi	Maqsood Ahmed, PSP	DIGP
Driver's License Branch, Karachi	Younas Chandio, PSP	DIGP
Information Technology Directorate, Karachi	Flt. Lt. Imran Yaqub, PSP	DIGP
Karachi Unit	Incumbent	Designation/Rank
Capital City Police Office	Imran Yaqoob Minhas, PSP	CCPO/Addl.IGP
Regional Police Office, Karachi East	Farrukh Lanjar, PSP	RPO/DIG
District Police Office East	Dr. Farrukh Raza, PSP	DPO/SSP
District Police Office Korangi	Sardar Hussain, PSP	DPO/SSP
District Police Office, Malir	Tariq Ilahi Mastoi, PSP	DPO/SSP
Regional Police Office, Karachi West	Irfan Baloch, PSP	RPO/DIG
District Police Office, West	Manzoor Ali, PSP	DPO/SSP
District Police Office, Central	Zeeshan Siddique, PSP	DPO/SSP
Regional Police Office, Karachi South	Syed Azad Raza, PSP	RPO/DIG
District Police Office, Keamari	Arif Aslam, PSP	DPO/SSP
District Police Office, South Karachi, Clifton	Imran Qureshi, PSP	DPO/SSP
District Police Office, Karachi City	Amjad Hayat, PSP	DPO/SSP
Hyderabad Unit	Incumbent	Designation/Rank
Additional. IGP Hyderabad Unit	Tariq Dharejo, PSP	Addl.IGP
Regional Police Office, Hyderabad	Tariq Dharejo, PSP	RPO/DIG
District Police Office Hyderabad	Adeel Chandio, PSP	DPO/SSP
District Police Office Tando Allahyar	Saleem Shah, PSP	DPO/SSP
District Police Office Tando Muhammad Khan	Saleem Shah, PSP	DPO/SSP
District Police Office Matiari	Noor ul Haq Rind, SPS	DPO/SSP
District Police Office Dadu	Ameer Saud Magsi, PSP	DPO/SSP
District Police Office Jamshoro	Zaffar Siddiqui, PSP	DPO/SSP
District Police Office Thatta	Ali Bux Nizamani, SPS	DPO/SSP
District Police Office Sujawal	Aleena Rajpar, PSP	DPO/SSP
District Police Office Badin	Qamar Raza Jiskani, PSP	DPO/SSP
Regional Police Office, Mirpur Khas	Zubair Dareshak, PSP	RPO/DIG
District Police Office Mirpur Khas	Adil Memon, PSP	DPO/SSP
District Police Office Tharparker	Ali Mardan Khoso, PSP	DPO/SSP
District Police Office Umerkot	Abdul Khalique, PSP	DPO/SSP
Regional Police Office, Nawabshah	Faisal Bashir, PSP	RPO/DIG
District Police Office Nawabshah	Capt Haider Raza, PSP	DPO/SSP
District Police Office Sanghar	Capt Saddam Hussain, PSP	DPO/SSP
District Police Office Naushero Feroz	Abid Ali Baloch, PSP	DPO/SSP
Sukkur Unit	Incumbent	Designation/Rank
Additional. IGP Sukkur Unit	Capt Faisal Abdullah	Addl.IGP
Regional Police Office, Sukkur	Capt Faisal Abdullah, PSP	RPO/DIG
District Police Office Sukkur	Azhar Mughal, PSP	DPO/SSP
District Police Office Ghotki	Munir Ahmed Khuhro, SPS	DPO/SSP
District Police Office Khairpur	Hassan Sardar Niazi, PSP	DPO/SSP
Regional Police Office, Larkana	Nasir Aftab, PSP	RPO/DIGP
District Police Office Larkana	Syed Abdul Raheem Sheerazi, PSP	DPO/SSP
District Police Office Shikarpur	Khalid Mustafa Korai, PSP	DPO/SSP
District Police Office Jacobabad	Syed Amir Abbas Shah, PSP	DPO/SSP
District Police Office Kashmore	Mir Rohal Khan, PSP	DPO/SSP

Controversies

Extra-Judicial Killings Reported in Media by Sindh Police
The Sindh Police has been actively involved in countering human trafficking, drug trade, solving criminal cases.

IG Sindh appointment

The Government of Pakistan, in consultation with the Governor of Sindh, appointed Mushtaq Ahmad Mahar as Inspector General of Police, replacing Syed Kaleem Imam at the request of Sindh's provincial government due to his perceived insubordination and failure to control increasing crime rates in Karachi.

Mazar-e-Quaid incident

The Pakistan Democratic Movement conducted a large political rally in the port city of Karachi near the Mazar-e-Quaid on October 18, 2020. During the rally, former Prime Minister of Pakistan Nawaz Sharif addressed the leader of the Pakistani Army, saying, "General Qamar Javed Bajwa, you packed up our government, which was working well, and put the nation and the country at the altar of your wishes." This speech was censored when broadcast by Pakistani media on the government's orders. Some news analysts believed that Sharif's open criticism of Bajwa was unlikely to be taken lightly.
That night, officials of the Inter-Services Intelligence and Pakistan Rangers allegedly abducted Inspector General Mahar and forced him to sign an order to arrest prominent opposition leader Muhammad Safdar Awan, Sharif's son-in-law, for "violating the sanctity of Quaid's mausoleum" during the rally. The sequence of events, according to Al Jazeera, was that federal intelligence agencies grew frustrated because they were unable to immediately arrest Safdar, so they sent nine paramilitary Ranger vehicles to Mahar's house at 4am on October 19 to bring him to a meeting with the sector commander, where they demanded that he authorise Safdar's arrest. Awan was released on bail the same day.
To protest this treatment, Mahar and other senior officials in the Sindh police department applied for leave en masse, though they subsequently relented when Qamar Javed Bajwa, the head of Pakistani armed forces, ordered an inquiry into the incident. The Federal Minister of Information, Shibli Faraz, called this protest by the Sindh police a "quasi-mutiny".
According to former Inspector General of Police Akhtar Hassan Khan, the events were a series of blunders. He said that Safdar's behavior at the mausoleum was inappropriate and could be considered a legal offence, but not a cognizable one, meaning that his arrest should have been preceded by a court warrant. He condemned the abduction and intimidation of Mahar. According to Al Jazeera, while all the reports of Mahar's mistreatment were unlikely to be true, such behavior on the part of federal intelligence officials amounted to coercion. Mazhar Abbas of thenews.com.pk reported that Prime Minister of Pakistan Imran Khan considered the kidnapping and its aftermath to be media-created hype and a non-issue, laughing over the incident.

Impact and legacy

According to Mazhar Abbas, the issues raised by such intra-institutional conflict and the unprecedented police revolt are unlikely to be resolved quickly. Three inquiries were made, one by the head of the armed forces, another by a committee of the Sindh provincial government, and a third, limited one by the federal government. The Civil Society filed a petition in Pakistan's Supreme Court seeking to restrain the federal government and its armed agencies from illegitimate interference in provincial autonomy.
As per a report by an inquiry conducted on the orders of Chief of Army Staff General Qamar Javed Bajwa, Mahar was not kidnapped but "summoned overzealously" since the ISI and Pakistan Rangers were allegedly under great public pressure. As per the recommendations of same inquiry, the ISI and Ranger officials concerned in the incident were removed from any ongoing assignments that might cause misunderstandings with the Sindh Police.

Weaponry

The Sindh Police uses a variety of weaponry. However, these are a few of the most common weapons used.

Vehicles

The most common vehicles used by the Sindh Police are:
Toyota Hilux Single/Double cabin, Toyota Corolla, Mohafiz Internal Security Vehicle, APCs, troop carriers, water cannons.
The Sindh Police is not known to use any aircraft; however, there have been rumours that the police use locally produced UAVs such as the SATUMA Jasoos, for reconnaissance.

Police Hospitals in Sindh

Sindh Police Hospital Garden Karachi
Regional Police Hospital Hyderabad
Regional Police Health Center Sukkur

Citizens Police Liaison Committee

The Citizens Police Liaison Committee is a public-private relationship, self-funding, Non-Political Statutory organization, established under a notification by the Sindh government. The CPLC provides relief and technical support to victims of crime. Fakhruddin G. Ebrahim established the Citizen Police Liaison Committee in 1989, while Jameel Yusuf was its founding chairman. The CPLC works in Karachi and assists citizens in registering the (FIR) if it is refused by police for some reason.
The public takes initiative as a volunteer and report the failing law and order situations to the law enforcement agencies to achieve its objectives.

Organization structure

CPLC is distributed among 6 district offices in Karachi, one district office at Hyderabad, decided to establish a district office in Sukkur, where as its main office is located in the Governor House Sindh. A Police core group was established by the IGP Sindh to cooperate among Police and the citizens.
CPLC had previously Ahmed Chinoy as its chief and new chief Zubair Habib has been appointed as a new chief of CPLC.
CPLC has established 1102 as its help-line. Makhdoom Ali Khan was member of the advisory board of the Citizens Police Liaison Committee.