Dilshad Najmuddin (1933 – 18 May 2018The Christian Church Gazette, Obits: Rawalpindi-Islamabad ed 18th May) was a retired Inspector general of the Police Service of Pakistan.Pakistan Civil & Police Service Officers' Directory , Islamabad: Govt of Pakistan, 1989. He was educated at the renowned Woodstock School near Mussorie, India, during the 1940s and later at the Forman Christian College, Lahore.
During the late 1980s, he also served as the Director of the Pakistan Narcotics Control Board (PNCB).Chicago Tribune article 1988 Retrieved 1 November 2015 After his retirement from the Pakistani Police, Dr. Najmuddin also served for some time as Pakistan's Ambassador to the Papal See from 1991 onwards.Papal Address to HE the new Pakistani Ambassador 1991 Retrieved 1 November 2015
He died at a hospital, in Islamabad, on 18 May 2018, following a brief illness.See Church Gazette Obit above
Najmuddin belonged to the well-known Pakistani Christian Najmuddin family of Lahore, Pakistan The Church Times Lahore, Sept 27th 2013 Mrs Najmuddin, who was a senior English teacher and later principal at Kinnaird College for Women University was his aunt who had run the renowned Joan McDonald schools system in Lahore and Islamabad, since 1921.
See also Holy See-Pakistan relations Christianity in Pakistan
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