{
  "id": 7001545,
  "title": "Sohail Chaudhry made Islamabad IGP",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/12/sohail-chaudhry-made-islamabad-igp",
  "topic": "business",
  "section": "Business",
  "published": "2026-09-12T21:36:43.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Business Recorder",
    "slug": "business-recorder",
    "url": "https://www.brecorder.com/news/40439248/sohail-chaudhry-made-islamabad-igp"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Federal government appoints Muhammad Sohail Chaudhry as Islamabad's Inspector General of Police, replacing Syed Ali Nasir Rizvi. Chaudhry, a BS-20 officer currently serving in Punjab, will take up the role under the Civil Servants Act, 1973, effective immediately. The incumbent IGP Syed Ali Nasir Rizvi is reassigned to the National Cyber Crime Investigation Agency as Director General (DG). Syed Khurram Ali, a BS-21 officer awaiting posting, is transferred to the National Police Bureau (NPB) under the Interior and Narcotics Control Division, also as per the Civil Servants Act, 1973.",
  "summary": "ISLAMABAD: In a bureaucratic reshuffle, the federal government has appointed Muhammad Sohail Chaudhry, a BS-20 officer currently posted in Punjab, as Inspector General of Police (IGP), Islamabad, replacing incumbent IGP Syed Ali Nasir Rizvi. According to a notification issued by the Establishment Division, Capt Muhammad Sohail Chaudhry (Rtd), a BS-20 officer of the Police Service of Pakistan…",
  "key_points": [
    "Muhammad Sohail Chaudhry appointed as Islamabad IGP",
    "Replaces Syed Ali Nasir Rizvi as IGP",
    "Chaudhry to take role immediately under Civil Servants Act"
  ],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}