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Books The Sindh Police: Brief History and Developments, 1947-1997 | ||
Akhtar Hassan Khan Gorchani (born 3 August 1956 in Lal-garh, Rajanpur District, Punjab) is a Pakistani diplomat and former intelligence official. He graduated from Government College, Lahore in 1976. He sat in the competitive exam for the Central Superior Services in November 1980. He was assigned to the Police Service of Pakistan.
During his tenure in the police, he received a Bachelor of Law degree and a Master of Arts degree in Political Science. He served in various capacities in the provinces of the Punjab and Sindh. As Assistant Superintendent of Police, he was posted at Tank (NWFP), Layya, Jhang, and Wazirabad (Punjab). As SP and SSP he served as SP-Punjab Constabulary, Additional SP Multan; SP Lodhran; SP Traffic (Highways), Multan; SSP Sukkur; Jacobabad; Hyderabad; Thatta; Gujranwala; and West Karachi; Deputy Director, FIA, Rawalpindi and Faisalabad.
In 2003 he joined Pakistan's delegation to the United Nations peace mission in Kosovo. After returning to Pakistan, he held posts as Deputy Inspector General of Police, Larkana and Regional Police Officer Multan before becoming Police Chief in Karachi. In July 2012 he was named Director General of the Intelligence Bureau. Soon afterwards, he became Minister for Community Affairs at the Embassy of Pakistan in Washington D.C.
He is author of "The Sindh Police, brief history & developments" published by Oxford University Press in 2007.