Nasir Khan Durrani (17 March 1957 – 19 April 2021) was a Pakistani police officer belonging to the 10th CTP who served in BPS-22 grade.

Biography

Durrani was born in Pakistan on 17 March 1957. He became a police officer, and in September 2013, he was appointed the Provincial Police Office (

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) of the

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, where he served till March 2017. As Inspector General of Police, Durrani managed department policy and oversaw all patrol and speciality units. He was a

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, belonging to

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tribe. After winning the elections in 2018,

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shared in his first speech to the nation that he had asked Durrani to help improve the police standards of Punjab province. He was subsequently appointed the chairman of the Punjab Police Reform Commission in September 2018, where he served until October 2018. Nasir Durrani died on 19 April 2021, in Mayo Hospital, Lahore of COVID-19.

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