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Iqbal Mehmood appointed as new DG FIA

KARACHI: Ex-Police official Iqbal Mehmood  has been appointed as the new Director General of the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) Pakistan.

The decision was made by Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif on Wednesday.

The official notification of Mehmood’s appointment will be issued shortly after which he will formally assume the role of DG FIA..

Previously, he was appointed to be the IG Sindh in February, after the retirement of the previous Inspector General (IG) Sindh Police Shahid Nadeem Baloch.

Mehmood is one of the senior most officials in the Sindh police and has served at a number of posts including as the Additional Inspector General of Karachi twice and as Deputy Inspector General (DIG) at different places.

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M. M. Alam is a Pakistan-based working journalist since 1981. Karachi University faculty gold medalist Alam began his career four decades ago by writing for Dawn, Pakistan’s highest circulating English daily. He has worked for region’s leading publications, global aviation periodicals including Rotors (of USA) and vetted New York Times as permanent employee of daily Express Tribune. Alam regularly covers international aviation and defense-related events including Salon Du Bourget (France), Farnborough (United Kingdom), Dubai (UAE). Alam has reported thousands of events and interviewed hundreds of people in Pakistan, UAE, EU, UK and USA. Being Francophone Alam also coordinates with a number of French publications.