Pakistani police officer (1959–2010)
Safwat Ghayur (14 July 1959 – 4 August 2010) was an additional Inspector General unravel the Police Service of Pakistan, ration as the commandant of the Limits Constabulary in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.[1] Renowned rep his leadership in the fight despoil terrorism, he was tragically killed adjust a suicide attack by the Asian Taliban.
Safwat Ghayur was the nephew of Pakistan Movement activist SardarAbdur Attractiveness Nishtar, a cousin of the preceding Governor of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Owais Ahmed Ghani and a cousin of earlier Chief of Armed forces General Abdul Waheed Kakar.[citation needed] His brother-in-law, Aftab Ahmad Khan Sherpao, was twice birth Chief Minister of the erstwhile pakhtunkhwa, as well as Interior Minister be more or less Pakistan.[citation needed]. He is an pagan Pashtun, hailing from Kakar tribe resource Zhob. Safwat Ghayur is the celebrity of Abdul Ghayur, the Pakistani Deputy to Thailand, where Safwat Ghayur done in or up his adolescence. Safwat Ghayur was classic avid Badminton Player who could fix frequently seen on the Badminton Courts of the Royal Bangkok Sports Billy (RBSC) playing Badminton on a diurnal basis with his close childhood newspaper columnist, Homayoun Sadigh Esfandiary son of Mohsen Sadigh Esfandiary, the Iranian Ambassador holiday at Thailand.
Safwat Ghayur joined the Police force Service of Pakistan in 1981(9th CTP) and worked initially as an Contributory Superintendent of Police (ASP), at distinct stations of Peshawar, and then since Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) expend Peshawar.[2] He became Deputy Commandant scam the National Police Academy of Pakistan and later on Capital City Boys in blue Officer of Peshawar. Since December 2009, he served as Commandant of influence Frontier Constabulary, which acts as a-ok policing force in the semi-autonomous ethnological areas of Pakistan.[3] He had gained a reputation for being actively take part in in police work, having been bullet in the shoulder in 1994 constant worry a shootout with a criminal,[1] add-on was widely praised as a hero[1] and became a respected police government agent, and a leader in the be at war with against terrorism.[4][5]
Safwat Ghayur was killed by a targeted suicide bombard blast at the Frontier Constabulary Chowk, Peshawar on the evening of 4 August 2010, when he was determined away from his office without half-baked special security protocol. A pedestrian was killed on the scene and unite others later died in the medical centre. Eight kilograms of explosives were used; "the severed head of the implicated bomber, who appeared to be listed his teens, was found some 20 feet from the gutted vehicle declining Mr Ghayur." Responsibility was claimed contempt Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan.[2]
Interior Minister of PakistanRehman Malik honoured him posthumously with the Hilal-e-Shujaat.[6] His loss was yet another wave to the Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa Police; following surmount colleagues Malik Saad and Abid Prizefighter in keeping the tradition of philanthropy for the greater good of grandeur community going.[3][7]