Allah Dino Khawaja

Allah Dino Khawaja ( A.D. Khawaja) is a retired Pakistani Police Officer BPS-22 grade who is currently serving as Chairman Pakistan Export Processing Zone Authority (EPZA). He previously served as the Federal Secretary for Ministry of Human Rights. A.D Khawaja is batchmates with prominent bureaucrats namely Fawad Hasan Fawad (PAS), Rizwan Ahmed (PAS), Sikandar Sultan Raja (PAS) and Hussain Asghar (PSP).

Khawaja had taken some serious decisions and implemented the National Action Plan of Pakistan and Karachi operation during his tenure as Inspector General of Sindh Police from March 2016 to June 2018. In February 2020, Khawaja earned the rare honour for a police officer to head a federal ministry when he was posted as Federal Secretary for Narcotics Control, an office he held for 7 months.

Early life and family Khawaja belongs to a village in Tando Muhammad Khan district. He was enrolled in Cadet College Petaro, from where he completed his Intermediate Khawaja is known to have only one son.

Career A.D Khawaja has served as SSP in various districts of Sindh and worked in Karachi as DIG in districts South and East. He was posted as Additional IG Special Branch before he was made IG. He also rendered his services in Intelligence Bureau (IB) as a Joint Director and Director.

In February 2020, A.D Khawaja earned the rare honour for a police officer to head a federal ministry when he was posted as Federal Secretary for Narcotics Control, by Imran Khan, an office he held for a period of 7 months.

Khawaja has also served as the Commandant of the National Police Academy in Islamabad.

A.D Khawaja was the first Sindhi in the history of Pakistan to be appointed as a Federal Secretary as well as the first ever Pakistani Police Officer to be appointed as a Federal Secretary twice. A.D Khawaja also served as the Federal Secretary for the Ministry of Human Rights. Khawaja is currently serving as Chairman EPZA Pakistan.