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|
years=August 2006 – January 2007|
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after=Abdul Majeed Khan Marwat}}
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External links
- [http://saadtrust.com/index.php Malik Saad Shaheed Sports Trust Web Site]
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20110721222045/http://www.maliksaad.info/ Malik Saad memorial web site]
- [http://www.app.com.pk/en/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=2975&Itemid=2 Durrani pays tribute to Mailk Saad Federal minister pays tribute to Saad]
- [http://www.thenews.com.pk/top_story_detail.asp?Id=5492 THE NEWS: NWFP loses its finest cop]
- [http://archives.dawn.com/2007/01/30/nat23.htm Saadi: A man always in a hurry]
- [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/6209389.stm December 2006 Peshawar]
- [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/6306049.stm January 2007 Peshawar]
- [https://www.nytimes.com/2007/01/28/world/asia/28pakistan.html?scp=8&sq=malik%20saad&st=cse NY Times Peshawar 2007]
- [https://www.nytimes.com/2008/01/18/world/asia/18peshawar.html?_r=1&scp=1&sq=malik%20saad&st=cse Frontier Insurgency Spills Into Peshawar]
- {{YouTube|Ythd4F_KfXc|Malik Saad 3rd Death Anniversary}}
- [http://www.dawn.com/news/691096/malik-saad-the-memory-lives-on The Memory Lives On]
- [http://www.thenews.com.pk/TodaysPrintDetail.aspx?ID=5492&Cat=13&dt=1/28/2007 NWFP loses a fine cop]
- [http://www.thenews.com.pk/TodaysPrintDetail.aspx?ID=40918&Cat=11&dt=1/30/2007 Saad the Martyr]
- [http://www.thenews.com.pk/TodaysPrintDetail.aspx?ID=42339&Cat=11&dt=2/11/2007 Two Fine Police Officers]
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