Malik Saad

{{Short description|Pakistani police officer (1959–2007)}}

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{{Infobox military person

| name = Malik Saad

| image = CCPO Malik Saad.jpg

| caption = Deputy.IG Malik Saad

| birth_date = {{Birth date|df=yes|1959|5|19}}

| death_date = {{Death date and age|df=yes|2007|01|27|1959|05|19}}

| placeofburial_label =

| placeofburial = Kohat, North-West Frontier Province (now-Khyber Pakhtunkhwa)

| birth_place = Abbottabad, North-West Frontier Province (now Khyber Pakhtunkhwa), West-Pakistan

| death_place = Peshawar, North-West Frontier Province

| placeofburial_coordinates =

| nickname =

| birth_name = Malik Muhammad Saad Khan

| allegiance = {{PAK}}

| branch = Police Service of Pakistan

| serviceyears = 1983–2007

| rank = 25px Deputy Inspector General

| servicenumber =

| unit = Frontier Police – Peshawar Branch

| commands = Chief Capital City Police Officer (CCPO)
DG Peshawar Development Authority
Adminis. Municipal Corporation
Commandant Frontier Reserve Police

| battles = War in Northern West-Pakistan

| battles_label =

| awards = Nishan-e-Shujaat (2007)

| alma_mater = Cadet College Kohat

| relations =

| laterwork =

}}

Malik Muhammad Saad Khan Shaheed (19 May 1959 – 27 January 2007), was one-star rank senior police officer, engineer, and former Chief Capital City Police Officer (CCPO) of Peshawar, North-West Frontier Province, Pakistan. He was in charge of security in the provincial capital of Peshawar. He was killed in a suicide bomb attack while on duty reviewing security arrangements during a Shia procession during the Islamic month of Muharram on 27 January 2007.{{Cite news |date=28 January 2023 |title=Tributes paid to Shaheed Malik Saad, others on 16th martyrdom anniversary |url=https://www.proquest.com/docview/2770224246 |access-date=2024-06-23 |work=The Balochistan Times |id={{ProQuest|2770224246}} }}{{cite web | url=https://www.dawn.com/news/1809152 | title=Martyrdom anniversary of Malik Saad observed | date=28 January 2024 }}

Death and legacy

Still young Malik Saad was martyred in a suicide attack on 27 January 2007.{{cite web | url=https://www.dawn.com/news/1809152#:~:text=Malik%20Saad%20had%20embraced%20martyrdom%20along%20with%20other%20police%20officials%20in%20a%20suicide%20attack%20in%20Qissa%20Khawani%20Bazaar%20of%20Peshawar%20on%20January%2027%2C%202007.%20They%20were%20guarding%20a%20Muharram%20procession | title=Martyrdom anniversary of Malik Saad observed | date=28 January 2024 }} His funeral was attended by over 200,000 people and his legacy remains an integral part of the history of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province and the Civil Services of Pakistan.{{cite web | url=https://www.dawn.com/news/1809152 | title=Martyrdom anniversary of Malik Saad observed | date=28 January 2024 }}{{cite web | url=https://www.dawn.com/news/691096/malik-saad-the-memory-lives-on | title=Malik Saad – the memory lives on | date=27 January 2012 }}

Honors

Numerous buildings and charities have been named after him, including the Malik Muhammad Saad Khan Shaheed flyover, a project which Malik Saad personally began during his tenure as DG CD&MDD and the Peshawar Police Lines, which was renamed the Malik Saad Shaheed Police Lines in his honour. Malik Saad was awarded the Nishan-e-Shujaat, the highest civilian award for gallantry.{{Citation needed|date= July 2022}}

See also

References

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{{succession box |title=Chief Capital City Police Officer Peshawar|

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after=Abdul Majeed Khan Marwat}}

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