The Azad Kashmir Police or Azad Jammu and Kashmir Police (AJKP) is responsible for law enforcement in the Azad Kashmir region administered by Pakistan. It is presently headed by Inspector-General of Police, Capt (R) Liaqat Ali Malik (PSP).
The AJK Police is headquartered at the Central Police Office (CPO) Muzaffarabad, Azad Kashmir.
Unlike the police chiefs of other administrative units of Pakistan, where Inspector General of Police are usually officer of BPS-22, 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.
Composition and Organization Central Police Office (CPO), Muzzaffarabad serves as headquarters of AJK 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
Traffic Branch Counter Terrorism Department Special Branch (Intelligence unit) Investigation Branch Operations Branch IT Branch Admin Branch Crime Branch Finance and Logistical Branch
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: GradePolice RanksAbbreviationsBPS-07ConstablePCBPS-09Head ConstableHCBPS-11Assistant Sub-InspectorASIBPS-14Sub-InspectorSIBPS-16Police InspectorInspectorBPS-17 Assistant Superintendent of Police Deputy Superintendent of Police ASP DSPBPS-18Superintendent of PoliceSPBPS-19Senior Superintendent of Police/Assistant Inspector General of PoliceSSP/AIGPBPS-20Deputy Inspector General of PoliceDIGPBPS-21Inspector General of PoliceIGPBPS-22Supreme Commander of PoliceSCP
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 +NameFromTo06Rao Abdur Rasheed (PSP)29 August 195724 January 196142Sohail Habib Tajik (PSP)June 2021May 202243Amir Ahmed Sheikh (PSP)May 2022January 202444Sohail Habib Tajik (PSP)January 202418 May 202445Abdul Jabbar (PSP)18 May 202416 February 2026 46Capt (R) Liaquat Ali Malik (PSP)16 February 2026Incumbent
See also Law enforcement in Pakistan Crime Control Department Dolphin Force Punjab Police (Pakistan) Balochistan Police Islamabad Police Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Police Gilgit-Baltistan Police Sindh Police
References
External links Official website of the Azad Kashmir Police Official website of the Home Department of Azad Jammu and Kashmir Government