Syed Akhtar Ali Shah

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|governor1 = Iqbal Zafar Jhagra

|office1 = Acting IGP of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa

|predecessor1 = Nasir Durrani

|successor1 = Salahuddin Khan Mehsud

|alma_mater = University of Peshawar
Abdul Wali Khan University Mardan

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|term_start1 = 17 March 2017

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|awards = Quaid-e-Azam Police Medal
Pakistan Police Medal

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Syed Akhtar Ali Shah ({{Langx|ur|{{Nastaliq|سيد اختر علی شاہ}}}}) is a Pakistani police officer currently serving as Officer on Special Duty (OSD).

Shah briefly served as the Acting Inspector General of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Police in 2017.{{cite web|url=https://www.pakistanpoint.com/en/pakistan/news/syed-akhtar-ali-shah-appointed-as-provincial-64623.html|publisher=www.pakistanpoint.com|title=Syed Akhtar Ali Shah Appointed As Provincial Police Officer KP}} In 2006, Shah was the first one who introduced the counter-terrorism policy in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.{{cite web|url=https://tribune.com.pk/story/1346607/akhtar-ali-shah-likely-made-k-p-police-chief/|publisher=tribune.com.pk|title=Akhtar Ali Shah likely to be made K-P police chief}} He served in the Mardan Division from 2008 to 2011 against militants.

Shah got his LLB and Political Science (MA) degrees from University of Peshawar and a doctoral research in Political Science from Abdul Wali Khan University Mardan.{{cite web|url=https://www.linkedin.com/in/syed-akhtar-ali-shah-02917537/?ppe=1|publisher=goo.gl/rhZByC|title=Syed Akhtar Ali Shah}}