Azad Jammu and Kashmir Police
آزاد جموں و کشمیر پولیس
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AbbreviationA.J.K.P.
Agency overview
Employees80,000
Annual budgetClassified
Jurisdictional structure
Operations jurisdictionAzad Kashmir, Pakistan
Map of Azad Jammu and Kashmir Police's jurisdiction
Size13,297 km2 (5,134 sq mi)
Population6,200,000
Legal jurisdictionAzad Kashmir
Primary governing bodyGovernment of Azad Kashmir
Secondary governing bodyHome Department of Azad Kashmir
General nature
Operational structure
HeadquartersMuzaffarabad, Azad Kashmir
Agency executive
  • Amir Ahmed Sheikh (PSP), Inspector General of Police (IG)
Website
police.ajk.gov.pk

The Azad Kashmir Police (آزاد کشمیر پولیس) or Azad Jammu and Kashmir Police (AJKP) is responsible for law enforcement in the Azad Kashmir region administered by Pakistan. It is headed by Inspector-General of Police, Amir Ahmed Sheikh (PSP),[1] and headquartered in the Central Police Office (CPO) Muzaffarabad, Azad Kashmir.

Unlike the Police Chiefs of other administrative units of Pakistan, the Inspector-General of Azad Jammu and Kashmir Police is usually an officer of (BPS-21), due to the small size of the force.

The mission of the AJK Police is the prevention and detection of crime, maintenance of law and order and enforcement of the Constitution of Pakistan.

Azad Jammu and Kashmir Police consists of 80,000 manpower, responsible for law and order in the 10 districts of the Azad Kashmir. Azad Jammu and Kashmir Police works under the supervision of Home department - Government of Azad Kashmir.[2]

Composition and Organization

Central Police Office (CPO), Muzzaffarabad serves as headquarters of Sindh Police where Inspector General of Police, Azad Kashmir Police (AJKP) sits. All main administrative branches of AJK Police such as Investigation, Finance and Establishment branches are headquartered at CPO Muzzafarabad. When it comes to operational jurisdiction, AJK Police is divided into three ranges located at three divisions of Azad Kashmir. Each range is headed by Deputy Inspector General of Police (DIGP) who are called as Regional Police Officers (RPO).These regions are consisted of 3 to 4 district police. Each District Police is led by an officer with a rank of Superintendent of Police who is considered as the District Police Officer (DPO). Currently, Muzzafarabad, Poonch and Mirpur are three ranges of AJK Police that are being led by DIGP rank police officials.

Departments

Services

  • 24 Hours Helpline
  • Emergency Help (Madadgar One-Five 15 )
  • Police Khidmat Markaz
  • Safe City Project (Muzzafarabad)
  • Digital Sentinel System / E-Policing
  • Theft Reporting
  • Child Lost and Found Center
  • Forensic Science Lab (FSL)
  • Complaint Redressal System (CRS)
  • Bomb Disposal Squad
  • Crime investigation
  • Safe City Projects
  • Tourism Police

Designations

Designations of AJK 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
  • Assistant Superintendent of Police
  • Deputy Superintendent of Police
  • ASP
  • DSP
BPS-18 Superintendent of Police SP
BPS-19 Senior Superintendent of Police/Assistant Inspector General of Police SSP/AIGP
BPS-20 Deputy Inspector General of Police DIGP
BPS-21 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.

IGPs of AJK Police

Name From To
06 Rao Abdur Rasheed (PSP) 29 August 1957 24 January 1961
42 Tajik Sohail Habib (PSP) June 2021 May 2022
43 Amir Ahmed Sheikh (PSP) May 2022 Incumbent

See also

References

  1. ↑ News Desk (2022-05-14). "Amir Ahmed Sheikh appointed new AJK police chief". www.24newshd.tv. Retrieved 2023-01-25.
  2. ↑ "maintenance – Government of the State of Azad Jammu & Kashmir". Retrieved 2023-01-25.
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